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declension

/dih-klen-shuhn/US // dɪˈklɛn ʃən //UK // (dɪˈklɛnʃən) //

分级,降级,分层,分级法

Related Words

decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减degeneracy退化,退化性,堕落,变质decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性worsening恶化的,恶化,恶化的情况,不断恶化

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Grammar. the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives for categories such as case and number.the whole set of inflected forms of such a word, or the recital thereof in a fixed order.a class of such words having similar sets of inflected forms: the Latin second declension.
    • : an act or instance of declining.
    • : a bending, sloping, or moving downward: land with a gentle declension toward the sea.
    • : deterioration; decline.
    • : deviation, as from a standard.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundeterioration
Synonyms
decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风decadency颓废,颓废之风,颓势,颓废现象decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneracy退化,退化性,堕落,变质degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性worsening恶化的,恶化,恶化的情况,不断恶化decaying衰败的,腐朽的,颓废的,衰败

Examples

  • Nouns of the weak declension have -e in all cases of the singular, -en throughout the 500 plural.

  • Encouraged by these reflections, a new stock of patience was gathered, and the declension of the sun was viewed with less alarm.

  • The word Dy, which supplies this declension, is derived from Indyim mine.

  • I shall conclude these remarks, with full examples of each pronominal declension.

  • Why this steady declension, with which, considering the character of Cecilia, the court sojourn can have had nothing to do?

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