Phase of decline
[医] 衰退期
🧩 词语组成解析
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
decline
[dɪ'klaɪn]
n. 下降;（力量、健康、品格、权力、价值等的）衰退;下倾;（人、生命等的）衰退期;
vt.& vi. 辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）;
vi. （道路、物体等）下倾;（太阳）落下;（在品格、价值上）降低;衰落，谢绝;
vt. 谢绝，婉拒;
de向下+clin倾斜=lean,slope+e→倾斜；衰退
🗣️ 情景例句
What do you think of this weather?
你觉得今天天气怎么样？
Third, straightforwardness is important, too.
最后坦率也很重要。
However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
不过，他终于获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉编辑，就在他数通向15英尺高的总统府围墙的1，084级台阶时，被抓了起来。