At the root of the sharp price decrease is reduced demand because of the economic downturn.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

the Israelites who are encamped at the foot of the mountain grow restless, and rebellious, and they demand of Aaron a god, because they don't know what's become of "this fellow Moses."

在山脚驻扎的犹太人渐渐焦躁不安，开始反叛，他们向亚伦索要神像，因为他们不知道摩西遭遇了什么事情“

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I print out -- and this is only wrapping - because of the big font -- I print out, "I demand that you give me a positive integer."

我打印出来--这个字符相互覆盖了,因为用的是大字体-,我打印：“我需要你给我一个正整数“

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But prices are down sharply now because the recession cut demand for energy.

VOA: special.2009.10.23

Because the Bank of England could then demand all the it could start accumulating notes from some issuing bank and then demand payment in gold.

因为英格兰银行那时可以,要求所有的，它可以开始从一些纸币发行银行,收集些发行的纸币之后再要求以金子的形式偿还。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Industry analysts say Australia's mining boom is likely to continue for years" because of strong demand from the developing economies in Asia.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

It turned out to be kind of wrong because in the 1880s they started building so many houses in response to the demand that there was eventually a crash; but somehow people got this idea at some time.

结果证明这错了,因为在19世纪80年代,为迎合需求,他们建造了很多房屋,结果却崩溃了,但不知为何,人们有时就是会突发奇想

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Industrial analysts say iron ore prices could rise because of increasing demand as the global economy recovers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"Because of the public's need for transparency, because of the public's demand for a full accounting, these investigations, they are a good thing,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

The company's output of iron ore, as well as copper, zinc and nickel, surged in the last three months of 2009 because of strong demand from Chinese carmakers and construction companies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The flu outbreak is starting to affect the tourism industry, with one major airline announcing plans to scale back services between Australia and Japan by one-third because of a slump in demand from Japanese passengers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The U.N.World Food Program says it needs $500,000 to bring 250 metric tons of food to Birao next month because supplies that were pre-positioned earlier in the year are not sufficient to meet greater demand.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27