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].
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. An ardent outset may be followed by declension.
熱情的開端可能繼之以冷漠.
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. In Latin, the nominative case of first declension nouns ends in'a '.
在拉丁文中, 屬于第一類詞形變化的名詞的主格以a結(jié)尾.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Declension means varying the forms of nouns, pronouns and adjectives in a sentence.