I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.

我认为我们可以非常准确的推断出西方文明衰落的年代。

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Most of the time I decline, especially for stores I rarely frequent.

大多数时候我谢绝了，特别是不常去的地方。

youdao

I am worried about the decline of what I call deep reading.

我在担忧我所谓的“深度阅读”的衰亡。

youdao

Nonetheless, I think it's safe to say you see a gradual decline in the cultural idealization of virginity and a corresponding increase in the valuation of marriage in this new form of chastity that we can think of as married chastity.

然而我认为这么说还是比较保险,你们看到童贞理想化的逐渐下降趋势,而同时婚姻定位的逐渐上升,以这种新形式出现的贞节，我们可以看做是婚姻的贞节。

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Whenever I hear politicians lament the decline of unions in America, I think back to that Faneuil Hall fistfight and recall: The victim was just trying to pack up his own booth!

FORBES: Unions Are Evil And Weird

Bradford, after correctly identifying the problem of population decline, does not point (as far as I know) to a reversal of the decline as a potential solution, nor do any of the economists the Times reach to talk about his findings.

FORBES: The Key To The Next Industrial Revolution Is Staring Us In The Face And We Pretend Not To See It

There have, since then, been some discussions (most notably by Technologizer and MG Siegler himself) about the seeming decline in the quality of some of the comments -- but I'm going to leave that aside for the moment, and talk about the larger issue in all of this that interests me far more.

ENGADGET: Editorial: Facebook, single identities, and the right to be anonymous