英語「decline」の動詞活用・時制一覧

2024.12.13

英語の動詞「decline」の活用形と時制を一覧で紹介します。

「decline」の活用形

「decline」の活用形は以下の通りです。

原形｜decline
三単現｜declines
過去形｜declined
過去分詞｜declined
現在分詞｜declining
「decline」の意味と使い方とは
「decline」は、主に「減少する」「衰退する」「断る」という3つの意味を持ちます。「減少する」「衰退する」という意味では、経済状況や健康状態などが悪化していく様子を表し、「The company’s profits declined sharply last year.（その会社の利益は昨年急激に減少した。）」のように使われます。また、「断る」という意味では、申し出や招待などを丁寧に拒否する際に用いられ、「I had to decline their invitation due to a prior engagement.（先約があったため、彼らの招待を断らざるを得なかった。）」のように使われます。名詞としても用いられ、「減少」「衰退」といった意味合いを持ちます。文脈によって意味が大きく異なるため、注意が必要です。

「decline」の時制一覧

「decline」の時制は以下の通りです。

現在形
I decline
You decline
He/She/It declines
We decline
They decline
過去形
I declined
You declined
He/She/It declined
We declined
They declined
現在完了形
I have declined
You have declined
He/She/It has declined
We have declined
They have declined
現在進行形
I am declining
You are declining
He/She/It is declining
We are declining
They are declining
未来形
I will decline
You will decline
He/She/It will decline
We will decline
They will decline
過去進行形
I was declining
You were declining
He/She/It was declining
We were declining
They were declining
未来進行形
I will be declining
You will be declining
He/She/It will be declining
We will be declining
They will be declining
過去完了形
I had declined
You had declined
He/She/It had declined
We had declined
They had declined
未来完了形
I will have declined
You will have declined
He/She/It will have declined
We will have declined
They will have declined
現在完了進行形
I have been declining
You have been declining
He/She/It has been declining
We have been declining
They have been declining
過去完了進行形
I had been declining
You had been declining
He/She/It had been declining
We had been declining
They had been declining
未来完了進行形
I will have been declining
You will have been declining
He/She/It will have been declining
We will have been declining
They will have been declining

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