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n. 下降17 次
a decline in product quality.
产品质量下降。
There is an overall decline in visits and many are struggling as local authorities come under continued financial pressure.
到访人数总体在下降，而且随着地方政府持续承受财政压力，许多图书馆正举步维艰。
Britain has relatively few butterfly species compared with mainland Europe and 80% are in decline, mostly because intensive chemical farming has reduced many species to tiny fragments of habitat and small nature reserves.
与欧洲大陆相比，英国的蝴蝶种类相对较少，而且其中80%正在减少，这主要是因为集约化的化学农业使许多物种只能栖身于零星的小块栖息地和小型自然保护区。
Butterflies may not pollinate as many plants as wild bees and hoverflies, but because British butterflies are the best-studied group of insects in the world, they are an extremely useful indicator of the wider declines in flying insects.
蝴蝶授粉的植物也许不如野蜂和食蚜蝇那么多，但由于英国蝴蝶是世界上被研究得最透彻的昆虫类群，它们是反映飞行昆虫更大范围减少的一个极其有用的指标。
Passing vision tests also produced a similar decline in fatal crashes for those drivers, although there appeared to be no benefit from combining the two.
通过视力测试也使这些司机的致命车祸出现了类似幅度的下降，不过两者结合似乎并没有额外的益处。
has seen a market share decline.
市场份额出现了下降。
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Decline of business profits.
商业利润下降。
One study found that muscle loss and the [accumulation] of body fat around the abdomen are associated with a decline in fluid intelligence.
一项研究发现，肌肉流失和腹部脂肪的{{4}}与流体智力的下降有关。
This suggests the [possibility] that lifestyle factors might help prevent or [delay] this type of decline.
这表明了一种{{5}}：生活方式因素或许有助于预防或{{6}}这种衰退。
Decline of job opportunities in U.S. agriculture.
美国农业就业机会的减少。
The sharp hit to growth predicted around the world and in the UK could lead to a decline in the everyday services we depend on for our well-being and for growth.
预计全球和英国的经济增长将受到严重打击，这可能导致我们赖以获得福祉和增长的日常服务水平下降。
high GDP foreshadows an economic decline.
高GDP预示着经济衰退。
shows a general tendency of decline.
总体呈下降趋势。
Look up Homo sapiens in the “Red List” of threatened species of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and you will read: “Listed as Least Concern as the species is very widely distributed, adaptable, currently increasing, and there are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline.”
在世界自然保护联盟（IUCN）的濒危物种“红色名录”中查找智人，你会读到：“列为无危物种，因为该物种分布极广、适应性强、目前数量正在增长，且不存在导致其总体数量下降的重大威胁。”
the decline of middle-class incomes.
中产阶级收入的下降。
In The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, the economic historian Benjamin Friedman argues that both inside and outside the U.S., lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms.
经济史学家本杰明·弗里德曼在《经济增长的道德后果》一书中指出，无论在美国国内还是国外，长期的经济停滞或衰退几乎总会让社会变得更加刻薄、更不包容，而且通常会阻止甚至逆转权利与自由的进步。
Now even the project's greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a “Bermuda triangle” of debt, population decline and lower growth.
如今，就连这一计划最热情的支持者也在谈论欧洲大陆正面临着由债务、人口减少和增长放缓构成的“百慕大三角”。
v. 下降，衰落12 次
Some will say the audiobook boom revives it, though I suppose you can then worry about the decline of reading.
有些人会说有声书的繁荣让它复兴了，不过我想那样一来你又会担心阅读的衰落了。
Williams pointed to rising production costs and declining attendee donations as primary reasons the Silver Room Block Party could not continue, highlighting a reality that all street festival organizers face right now.
威廉姆斯指出，不断上涨的举办成本和不断减少的参与者捐款是银屋街区派对无法继续的主要原因，这凸显了当下所有街头节庆组织者都面临的现实。
“While there is some optimism that emerging countermeasures and best practices may see piracy begin to plateau by 2027, there is no consensus among stakeholders as to when it may begin to decline,” says analyst Steve Hawley.
分析师史蒂夫·霍利说：“虽然有人乐观地认为，新出现的应对措施和最佳做法可能会使盗版在2027年前趋于平稳，但对于盗版何时可能开始减少，各利益相关方并未达成共识。”
our ability to focus declines with age.
我们的专注力会随年龄增长而下降。
It [peaks] in young adulthood, levels out for a period of time, and then [generally] starts to slowly decline as we age.
它在青年时期{{1}}，在一段时间内保持平稳，然后随着我们年龄增长{{2}}开始缓慢下降。
Their market values declined.
它们的市值下降了。
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The declining efficiency of the TSA.
运输安全管理局效率的下降。
Yes, there has been a budding economic recovery since the 2008 global crash, but in key indicators in areas such as health and education, major economies have continued to decline.
诚然，自2008年全球金融危机以来，经济已初现复苏，但在健康和教育等领域的关键指标上，主要经济体却持续下滑。
But successive governments have presided over selling green spaces, squeezing money from local authorities and declining attention on sport in education.
但历届政府却主导了出售绿地、压缩地方政府资金以及在教育中日益忽视体育。
The fashion industry would decline.
时尚业将会衰落。
And though print ad sales still dwarf their online and mobile counterparts, revenue from print is still declining.
尽管印刷版广告销售额仍远超线上和移动端广告，但来自印刷版的收入仍在下降。
Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession, but it is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign workers.
戴维森的文章是近来出现的众多文章之一，这些文章都指出：如今失业率居高不下、中产阶级收入不断下降，很大程度上是由于大衰退导致需求大幅下滑，但也是由于全球化和信息技术革命的推进，它们正以前所未有的速度用机器或外国工人取代劳动力。
v. 拒绝4 次
declining
拒绝
PRH declined to comment on the issue, but a spokesperson for Waterstones told me: “Waterstones are currently operating with reduced credit terms from PRH, the only publisher in the UK to place any limitations on our ability to trade.
企鹅兰登书屋拒绝就此事发表评论，但水石书店的一位发言人告诉我：“水石书店目前在企鹅兰登书屋缩减的信用条款下运营，它是英国唯一一家对我们的交易能力施加任何限制的出版商。
Microsoft declined to comment.
微软拒绝置评。
will decline incentives from the firm.
会拒绝公司的激励措施。
n. 斜面，倾斜，衰落4 次
This is a reaction to Hollywood’s decline, which is reaching a critical point for the industry and Southern California.
这是对好莱坞衰落的一种反应，对整个行业和南加州而言，这种衰落正在逼近临界点。
U.S. Agriculture in Decline?
美国农业在衰落？
the regrettable decline of astronomy in ancient times.
古代天文学令人遗憾的衰落。
The decline in American manufacturing is a common refrain, particularly from Donald Trump.
美国制造业的衰退是一个老生常谈的话题，尤其是从唐纳德·特朗普口中。