After years of neglect and decline, the city was cleaning itself up.
在多年的荒废和衰退之后，该城市在进行自我整治。
Countries have their rise and decline.
国家都有兴起和衰亡。
How can we make, accept and decline invitations?
我们如何提出、接受和拒绝邀请？
The things people make, and the way they make them, determine how cities grow and decline, and influence how empires rise and fall.
人们制造的东西及其制造方式决定了城市的兴衰，也影响着帝国的隆替。
This article deals with the species of bees pollinating Amomum compactum, along with the laws governing their growth and decline.
摘要本文研究了为小蜜蜂授粉的蜜蜂种类，以及它们的生长和衰退规律。
This article ferrets the rise and decline of the trisyllabic verse and the close relation to the heptasyllabic verse.
本文探讨了三音节诗歌的兴衰，以及与七音节诗歌的密切关系。
The alternative, he says, is a decade of stagnation and decline.
他说，除此美国的另一个选择是未来十年内的经济停滞和衰退。
But in the U.S., affluence did not lead to indulgence and decline.
但是，在美国，富裕并没有使它走向放纵与衰落。
But more likely, argues Edward Carr, it will lead to compromise and decline.
但更有可能危及欧洲并使之衰落，爱德华·卡尔(Edward Carr)称。
Centuries ago, historians came up with a classic theory to explain the rise and decline of nations.
几个世纪之前，历史学家发明了一个堪称经典的理论解释大国的兴衰。
Do what you feel you need to do for your business, I'll be polite, say thank you, and decline to sign.
为你的商业做觉得需要做的事情吧，我会很礼貌的说谢谢，并拒绝签字。
The collapse of General Motors into bankruptcy is only the latest chapter in a long story of mismanagement and decline.
通用汽车公司的崩坍直至破产不过是管理不善与衰败的历史当中最新的章节而已。
Indeed, this story line, with its Shakespearean overtones of youth and age, vigor and decline, is among the oldest in recorded history.
而实际上，这类年轻与老迈，崛起与衰落的莎士比亚剧情，是历史上最古老的线索之一。
Over and over they find that middle age, instead of being a time of depression and decline, is actually a time of being more optimistic overall.
经过反复研究，科学家们发现步入中年其实总体上会使人更加乐观，而不是闷闷不乐，抑郁寡欢。
Added to the mediocrity and ineptitude of our ruling class there was an oil boom, which has produced an unparalleled period of decadence and decline.
我们除了有一个碌碌无为和能力低下的统治阶层，还迎来了石油危机，进入一个前所未有的衰落时期。
At the same time, America's wealth-creation machine is sputtering because of the financial crisis, debt crunch and decline in real-estate prices.
而与此同时，美国的财富制造机器却因金融危机、信贷紧缩和房地产价格下跌而运转艰难。
After decades of emigration and decline, Poland's Jewish population is growing again, as children sheltered in secret by gentile families during the war rediscover their roots.
移民数量在经历了几十年的下降之后，波兰犹太人的数量开始增加，因为很多得到好心人帮助幸免于难的犹太儿童开始寻根之旅。
He teamed up with Walter Scheidel, a Stanford classicist and historian, to create a model of population growth and decline based on coin-hoard data gathered over the years.
他与WalterScheidel合作，Walter Scheidel是斯坦福的一个古典学者与历史学家。他们发明了一个人口增长模型，这个模型基于钱币藏匿的数据，这一工作已进行多年。
I might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy.
一个少年要能挺得起腰，拒绝做不应该做的事，就因为这事不值得做。我可以写上好几页谈谈早年培养这一点的重要性。
If a crime took place several years ago, notes Ms Powell, a Greek court may regard it as time-barred and decline to extradite, even though other EU countries would count it as still prosecutable.
如果一桩罪行发生在多年前，鲍威尔女士指出，希腊法院可能认为已失时效而拒绝引渡，但欧盟其他国家却认为仍具有追诉时效。
The memory loss and decline in mental performance associated with the disease occur in people when this protein forms small lumps in the brain. They eventually lead to a complete loss of function.
当这种蛋白质在人脑中形成小块斑点时，就会使人记忆丧失，精神活动退化，最终导致大脑功能完全丧失。
Inflation is rampant and industry in decline.
通货膨胀肆虐，工业生产下降。
Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.
图书馆是对未来的一种投资，不应该让图书馆衰落。
Several explanations have been offered for this decline and for the discrepancy in productivity growth between the manufacturing and service sectors.
对于这种下降以及制造业和服务业之间生产率增长的差异，人们提出了几种解释。
Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery.
或许繁荣增长和萧条衰退最好的例子就是大浅滩的渔业。
The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline.
这样做的目的是延长产品的寿命，使销售额和利润不会下降。
Therefore, the Brindon Bolt Barn will undoubtedly show a sharp decline in sales volume and revenue for this year as compared to last year.
因此，与去年相比，Brindon BoltBarn在今年的销量和收入无疑会出现大幅下降。
A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.
明尼苏达大学和蒙特利尔的麦吉尔大学的一项新研究着眼于这种衰退发生的区域和程度。
At the same time, perhaps inevitably, the humanities—while still popular in elite colleges and universities—have experienced a significant decline.
与此同时，或许不可避免的是，人文学科——尽管在精英大学里仍然很受欢迎——已经经历了显著的下降。
At the same time, perhaps inevitably, the humanities—while still popular in elite colleges and universities—have experienced a significant decline.
与此同时，或许不可避免的是，人文学科——尽管在精英大学里仍然很受欢迎——已经经历了显著的下降。
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