decline
v．傾斜
The wall declined slightly on account of the earthquake. 牆因地震而傾斜。
v．婉拒
I must regretfully decline your kind invitation. 我很抱歉必須拒絕你的盛情邀請。
v．衰退
Her health declined after the surgery unexpectedly. 手術後，她的健康狀況出人意料地惡化了。
desperate
adj．絕望的
As the supply of food ran out, people became desperate. 隨著食品供應的耗盡，人們變得絕望。
After her parents’ death, she felt a desperate loneliness particularly deep at night. 她的父母去世後她感到了絕望般的孤獨，尤其是在深夜。
adj．鋌而走險的，孤注一擲的，拚命的
A desperate man will stop at nothing to get what he wants. 一個孤注一擲的人會不惜一切代價得到他想要的東西。
The fashion industry is always desperate to innovate. 時尚界總是不知疲倦地創新。
adj．渴望的
For those fresh out of university, desperate for work but unable to get it, there is a big imbalance between supply and demand. 對於那些剛剛畢業，極其渴望工作但得不到工作的大學生來說，供應和需求之間有巨大的不平衡。
adj．絕望的
We could hear their desperate cries for help. 我們可以聽到他們絕望的呼救。
discipline
n．訓練
It takes years of discipline to become a pianist. 要成為鋼琴家需要經過多年的訓練。
n．紀律
He has stressed discipline and control. 他強調紀律和約束。
n．學科
Applied linguistics is a new and independent discipline. 應用語言學是一門新興的獨立學科。
dismiss
vt．解雇
If you are late again, you will be dismissed. 如果你再遲到，你將被解雇。
vt．解散
The teacher dismissed the class five minutes earlier. 老師提前五分鍾下課。
vt．拒絕
We should dismiss all thoughts of revenge. 我們應該擯棄一切報複的念頭。
domestic
adj．家庭的
He was called out to attend a domestic dispute. 他被叫出去解決一場家庭糾紛。
adj．國內的
We adopt an active attitude towards drawing on overseas funds to make up for domestic fund shortage. 我們采取積極的態度吸引海外資金以彌補國內資金短缺。