Instead, the expansion of agriculture and a steady decrease in the number of male farmworkers combined to cause the industry to hire more women in the postwar years.

相反，农业的扩张和男性农场工人数量的持续下降，导致了该行业在战后雇用了更多的女性。

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And what they saw is a steady decrease in the size and number of dendritic spines, the tiny branches of the nerve cell that receive messages from nearby cells.

他们发现从邻近细胞接受信息的神经细胞的小分支——树突脊的大小和数目发生了逐步的减少。

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There has been a steady decrease in population in this city.

这个城市的人口在不断减少。

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True, the technology costs more up front, but as volumes increase all signs point to a steady decrease in the price of lithium batteries and related hardware.

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But its decrease in monthly active users is still a big step down, or more accurately, a steady decline for the game.

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