Declining

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decline

校对:蒂米

• It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the mean time Keimer's credit and business declining daily, he was at last forced to sell his printing-house to satisfy his creditors. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I thought he meant to try his skill, by his manner of declining it yesterday. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• In an age when religious faith was declining, we find men displaying a new and vivid belief in the reality of these personifications. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• If you give those names to my thanking you for your proposal and declining it, is it my fault, Mr Headstone? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The worst excuse a soldier can make for declining service is that he once ranked the commander he is ordered to report to. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It ended in my flatly declining to mention the subject to Laura, unless she first approached it of her own accord. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Raymond had been exalted by the determination he had made; but with the declining day his spirits declined. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I sent up a message at once, declining to disturb them, and only begging to know whether I could be of any use. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Mr. Winkle looked up at the declining orb and painfully thought of the probability of his 'going down' himself, before long. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We were seldom shaded from the declining sun, whose slant beams were instinct with exhausting heat. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Thou dost think, I warrant, that thou hast lost somewhat of our regard, by thy boldly declining this unpleasing task--But no, Maurice! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The declining sun lighted brilliantly the eastern banks of Korus, the crimson sward, the gorgeous forest. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• She requested them to be seated; and declining to take a seat herself, at once anticipated any introduction of their business. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Here's the original,' said Jackson, declining the required explanation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In the Peace of Paris (1763) the French gave England Canada, and relinquished Louisiana to the inert hands of declining Spain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But the day was declining and she had no time to lose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Yes; Jane says she is sure they will; but yet, this is such a situation as she cannot feel herself justified in declining. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Unhappily, declining fast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The news was sent by wire to Washington, and Mr. Wright sent his message declining the honor over the telegraph. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But my godmother wrote a stiff letter declining for me, and I never went. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The morning found her afoot again, but fast declining as to the clearness of her thoughts, though not as to the steadiness of her purpose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He took very little supper, but was a long time over it, and often reverted to his brother's declining state. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Old familiar declining and falling off the Rooshan? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr Boffin, declining rum, being still elevated on his pedestal, was in a convenient position to be addressed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The declining years of his life were full of sorrow, pain and affliction, and at his death in 1860 his estate was $200,000 in debt. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Porter had gone to his assistance with a part of his fleet on the 3d, and I now wrote to him describing my position and declining to send any troops. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• There will be enough of them, in all probability, to supply every sort of sensation that declining life can need. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

校对:蒂米