"Japanese research has even shown that the fat layer on whales down there has decreased-not to the point of malnutrition, but suggesting a decreased access to food," Glover said.

“日本的研究还表明鲸鱼的脂肪层也变薄了——虽然还没有达到营养不良的地步，却也足以说明食物数量的减少”，格勒佛说。

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Through direct device access, the influence of Virtual Machine (VM) on system performance could be decreased. Meanwhile, current device drivers could be used by guest operating systems.

虚拟机对设备的直接访问可以减小系统开销，并充分利用现有的驱动程序。

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By the use of the fiber optical head, the average access time of the storage system is decreased effectively.

其读写系统使用了飞行式光纤光学头，极大程度地降低了平均寻道时间。

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The kind of petty bribery once common in the former Communist Bloc, where citizens often had to pay to grease the wheels of government or get access to goods, has decreased sharply.

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