The number of poor men is on the decrease as the economy is growing.

随着经济发展，贫困人口数量正在减少。

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Specialisation and the effort to increase yields have resulted in the decrease of biodiversity.

专业化和提高产量的努力导致了生物多样性的减少。

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The biggest change has been the decrease in sales since the great boom years in 1980s when champagne production and sales reached record levels.

最大的变化是，自20世纪80年代香槟的生产和销售达到创纪录水平的大繁荣时期后，销量一直在下降。

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Annette Flanagin and Joe Wislar said they were pleased about the decrease but had hoped it would be larger.

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So would you expect, therefore, as we go across a row for the atomic radius, to increase or to decrease? Good. OK, yes.

那么大家觉得，原子半径沿着某一行向右走，是会增大还是会减小呢？很好，不错，是的。

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Not only are we taking away an electron here, but we're also going to decrease shielding, so the electrons that are already in there are going to feel a higher z effective and will be pulling and the atom will be getting smaller.

这不只是因为我们拿走了一个电子，还因为我们这样做会减小屏蔽效应，这样留下的电子,将会感受到更大的有效核电量,也就会感受到更强的吸引力，使得原子变得更小。

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Despite the decrease, bullish sentiment remains above its historical average for the 21st consecutive week.

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The decrease was due to targeting thieves and rogue scrap dealers, a police spokesman said.

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The decrease in government spending and business inventories subtracted 1.6 percentage points from GDP growth.

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