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.
他給委員會發送了一封拒絕信，陳述了他的理由。
B2
A slanting downward direction or angle.
The declination of the hill made it easier to walk down.
這座小山的傾斜度使下山變得更容易。
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.
使用六分儀測量了這顆恒星的赤緯。
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.
太陽從天頂的偏移標誌著下午的開始。
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.
這種語言的名詞有一套複雜的變化系統。
translation
婉拒, 傾斜, 赤緯, 偏離, 詞形變化
詞形變化
Plural
declinations