屈折語

屈折语
qūzhéyǔ
  1. to inflect (in grammar)
  2. to decline
  3. to conjugate

CEDICT

  1. (linguistics) inflectional language
  2. inflectional language

Wiktionary

一種語言類型。屈折語的特點在用詞根內音位交替和詞尾變化──即所謂內部屈折和外部屈折來表達語法意義。如英語man與men以a和e表示該名詞的單數、複數，是內部屈折語的例子，或如laughing與laughed的-ing和-ed表示進行式和過去式的差別，便是外部屈折的例子。一般以印歐語系的語言為屈折語的代表。

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Entry Composition

1 屈折 qūzhé
  1. (linguistics) to inflect
  2. (physics) to refract
  3. to bend; to turn; to make a turn; to warp
  4. to inflect
  5. to refract
2 語 yǔ
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. speech

Related entries

下降 xiàjiàng
  1. to decline
  2. to drop
  3. to fall
  4. to go down
  5. to decrease
气温突然下降了。

The temperature has suddenly dropped.

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式微 shìwēi
  1. (literary) to decline
  2. to wane
  3. title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經 Shījīng
那個男人大聲咆哮，但她訓練有素的客服式微笑始終沒有消退。

The man ranted and raved, but her well practiced customer service smile remained unflinching.

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推辭 tuīcí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
虽受邀参加今晚一个精彩万分的派对，奈何明日不得不打起精神出席会议，只好推辞了。

I got an invitation to a party tonight that I know would be a lot of fun but I have to be in my best form for tomorrow's meeting so I had to turn it down.

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敗落 bàiluò
  1. (of status or wealth) to decline
  2. (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated
  3. run-down
  4. (of plants) to wilt
沒落 mòluò
  1. to decline
  2. to wane
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