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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。
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。
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。