While some are proclaiming that a new order is upon us which will solve all our problems, the Better-Nevers fear on the contrary that civilization is declining faster than ever before.

当一些人宣告一个新的时代已来临、所有问题都将解决的时候，“没有会更好派”却担心我们的文明正在以前所未有的速度消亡。

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So I respectfully told the professor I was declining the assignment and that I thought it was a fair trade to receive an a - in order to reinvest those hours elsewhere.

所以我就很充满敬意的告诉我的授课老师说我不想做这篇作业，而如果把节省下来的时间去做其他的事情的话是一个更加不错的选择。

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We cannot pass you an order at this high price, because the raw materials have for some time past been declining in price and we see no justification for the increase of your quotation.

恕不能交付如此高价订单，因为原材料在过去的一段时间里已下跌，我方认为你方没有理由提价。

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We must break the vicious cycle of declining professional conditions for teachers in order to improve the quality of learning for all.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN APIA

The loss of a major customer together with a continuing reduction in order levels at a time of declining demand within the UK printing industry have adversely affected the company.

BBC: Scotland business

Less spectacular -- but as important to ordinary people's feelings of security -- is the perceived deterioration of public order: declining schools, rising welfare rolls and foiled terrorist attacks.

CNN: Germany's Merkel is right -- multiculturalism has failed