【辨析】decline, refuse 与 reject(拒绝)：decline 指较正式地、有礼貌地谢绝；refuse 为普通用语，指坚决、果断或坦率地拒绝；reject 指以否定、敌对的态度而当面拒绝。

decorate[d] vt.装饰，修饰：We decorated the house for May Day. 我们装饰房子过五一节。/ We decorated the room with flowers. 我们用花朵把屋子装点了一下。

【说明】decorate 的意思是 make sth more attractive by putting sth pretty on it，即指通过加上某种好看的东西使其更具吸引力，所以其宾语应是被装饰的对象，而不是用来装饰的东西，所以“这座建筑物有旗子作装饰”不能译为Flags were decorated on the building，可译为The building was decorated with flags。

decoration[5dekEreit] n.1.[U]装饰，修饰：When will they finish the decoration of the bathroom? 他们什么时候才把盥洗室装饰好? 2.[C]装饰品，装饰物：Christmas decorations 圣诞节用的装饰物

decrease[di5kri:s] vi. 减少，降低：His interest in the subject gradually decreases. 他对这门科学的兴趣逐渐衰减。n.[C,U]减少，降低：There was a decrease in the number of children in school. 在校儿童人数有所减少。

deed[di:d] n. [C]行为，事迹：Deeds are better than words. 行动胜于言论。/ He promises to do one good deed every day. 他保证每天做一件好事。/ His deeds do not answer to his words. 他言行不一致。■in deed 事实上，真正地，在行动上：A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真正的朋友。

deep[di:p] adj.1.深的：There were deep cuts in his face. 他脸上的伤口很深。2.深刻的，深奥的，深厚的：Her love for the child was very deep. 她对孩子的爱很深。adv.深深地，深厚地：His cruel remark cut me deeply. 他无情的话伤透了我的心。

deeply[5di:pli] adv. 深深地：He was deeply impressed. 他被留下很深的印象。/ Her story moved me deeply. 她的故事使我深受感动。

【辨析】deep与deeply：1.修饰具体的动作，两者常可互换：The doctor asked me to breathe deep [deeply]. 医生叫我做深呼吸。2.修饰静止状态一般用deep：He sat there deep in thought. 他坐在那儿深思。3.修饰形容词或过去分词，以及某些带感情色彩的动词(如hate, dislike, love, admire, hurt, regret等)，通常要用deeply：He deeply hates fish. 他很不喜欢吃鱼。/ I am deeply grateful to you. 我衷心感谢你。

deer[diE] n. [C]鹿：Male deer have antlers. 公鹿有角。

【说明】单复数同形：a deer 一只鹿 / some deer 一些鹿

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