Any reading below 50 signals contraction of the service sector, and July's reading was the tenth consecutive month of decline.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

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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Well, that's because the housing market is now in decline.

因为住房市场正在衰退

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A group of Venetian residents concerned about this marked the city's population decline with a mock funeral procession.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The peak occurs a little bit later and then there's a less rapid decline here, and then blood sugar actually ends up a little above this initial level, and therefore you're less likely to eat because you're less hungry.

峰值出现得比较晚,下降也较为缓慢,最后血糖结束在比起始值稍高的位置,因此人就没有那么想进食 因为不感觉饿

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You do not often see Japanese citizens publicly venting their frustrations over the country's economic decline.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Boards always want to keep their price of a share up because if it starts to decline, the company could become a takeover target; it's viewed as a failure etc., etc.

董事们想将股价维持在高水准上,因为股价一旦下滑,公司很可能会成为收购目标,被人看做是决策失误等等

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Even after a decade-long decline in illegal logging,Ritter says, there's still a long way to go.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

His critics accuse him of behaving like a dictator and of trashing the country's reputation overseas while key industries, including tourism and sugar production,decline.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But PNC Financial Services senior economist Stuart Hoffman agrees with the president that last week's decline in applications does not yet mean substantial job growth.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The European Union predicts the German economy, Europe's largest, is likely to contract by 5.4 percent this year, a larger decline than the EU average.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

"China,after having been one of the world's strongest and most developed countries, went through a period of relative decline and relatively being pushed around by other countries."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

The scientists say if their work is confirmed, it could lead to further research on how lifestyle choices figure in the prevention and treatment of age-related decline and diseases such as Alzheimer's.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Im Sambath says there are a number of reasons for the decline - from the changing travel habits of the Phnom Penh's citizens to the rise of the tuktuk - a motorized rickshaw.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"Even though we have slowed the loss of jobs,and today's report on the continued decline in unemployment claims is a hopeful sign, the economic growth that we have seen has not led to the job growth that we desperately need,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12