两者都有下降的意思,decrease专指数值上的下降,减少; decline除了数值上的还能指能力等抽 象量的下降,(多用于经济方面,如:经济形势、股息的)下降,而且decline还有谢绝的意思。
decline
1
VERB 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.
员工人数从 21.7万减少到了11.4万。
2
VERB 婉拒;谢绝
He declined their invitation.
他谢绝了他们的邀请。
3
N-VAR 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
There wasn't such a big decline in enrollments after all.
注册人数终究还是没有出现如此大幅度的下降。
descend
1
VERB 下来;下降;走下
Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar.
当我们往下走去地窖时,四周愈见阴冷潮湿。
2
VERB (情绪、气氛等)降临,笼罩
An uneasy calm descended on the area.
一种令人不安的平静笼罩了该地区。
3
VERB (大批人)突然到来,突然造访
3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money.
3,000名市政官员齐聚国会山,为筹集更多的款项进行游说。