declension
英 [dɪ'klenʃ(ə)n]
美[dɪ'klɛnʃən]
- n. 词尾变化；变格；倾斜；衰退
英英释义
- 1. the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
- 2. process of changing to an inferior state
- 3. a downward slope or bend
- 4. a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms;
- "the first declension in Latin"
实用场景例句
- An ardent outset may be followed by declension.
- 热情的开端可能继之以冷漠.
辞典例句
- Declension means varying the forms of nouns, pronouns and adjectives in a sentence.
- 变格是指名词 、 代词和形容词在句中的形式变化.
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中文词源
declension 词形变化
de-, 向下。-clen, 弯，转，词源同lean, incline. 用于语法格词形变化。
双语例句
- 1. An ardent outset may be followed by declension.
- 热情的开端可能继之以冷漠.
来自辞典例句
- 2. In Latin, the nominative case of first declension nouns ends in'a '.
- 在拉丁文中, 属于第一类词形变化的名词的主格以a结尾.
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- 3. Declension means varying the forms of nouns, pronouns and adjectives in a sentence.
- 变格是指名词 、 代词和形容词在句中的形式变化.
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英文词源
- declension (n.)
- mid-15c., ultimately from Latin declinationem (nominative declinatio), noun of action from past participle stem of declinare (see decline (v.)); perhaps via French; "the form is irregular, and its history obscure" [OED].