declination
🇺🇸
/ˌdɛkləˈneʃən/
🇬🇧
/ˌdeklɪ'neɪʃən/
noun
B2
A polite way to say no or show disagreement.
He sent a letter of declination to the committee, stating his reasons.
他给委员会发送了一封拒绝信，陈述了他的理由。
B2
A slanting downward direction or angle.
The declination of the hill made it easier to walk down.
这座小山的倾斜度使下山变得更容易。
B2
The angle of a star or other object in the sky measured from the celestial equator.
The declination of the star was measured using a sextant.
使用六分仪测量了这颗恒星的赤纬。
C1
The movement away from a central point, like the sun moving away from its highest point in the sky.
The declination of the sun from the zenith marked the start of the afternoon.
太阳从天顶的偏移标志着下午的开始。
C1
The way nouns, pronouns, or adjectives change their form based on case, gender, or number in a language.
The language has a complex system of declination for its nouns.
这种语言的名词有一套复杂的变化系统。
translation
婉拒, 倾斜, 赤纬, 偏离, 词形变化
词形变化
Plural
declinations