Wagoner has been criticized for his handling of G.M.'s declining fortunes, but he has said he intends to stay on.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

is when you're declining to offer something.

这就是当你拒绝主动为他人做某事的时候。

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In response to the subprime crisis that we are now in, our central bank, the Federal Reserve, has been cutting interest rates aggressively to try to save the economy that appears to be declining.

为了积极应对,目前的次贷危机,我们的中央银行,也就是美联储,已经调低利率,来积极地拯救正在衰退的经济

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President Medvedev says Russia will devote considerable resources to develop and purchase new weapons, despite a tight national budget affected by the declining price of Russian oil exports.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

As you can see, part of the reason why the dividend-earnings ratio-- especially in more recent years, since 1990-- has been declining is that corporations were trying to somewhat ease the tax burden on their shareholders by doing repurchase instead of dividend.

可以看出,股利收益比降低的部分原因,尤其是在近些年,从1990年起,有所降低的原因是,公司想通过将分红,改为股票回购的方法,多少减轻股东的税负

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Grayson says Mexico's gross domestic product is likely to drop 5.5 percent this year due to the flu scare, the worldwide recession and declining production from Mexico's oil fields.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

And so it's thought and the research suggests this to be the case, that during this period of time here when the blood sugar is declining very rapidly and then when it goes down to below its initial level here -- you see that--that people are especially hungry and want to eat more.

这个例子被认为,同时研究也证明了,在这段时间,当血糖迅速降低时,以及当血糖降低到比它的初值还低时,大家能看到人会特别饿和想多吃东西

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