In the U.S. and Europe, for example, the rise of the Internet has led to a declining consumption of news from outside the reader's borders.
例如，在美国和欧洲，互联网兴起导致读者对境外新闻消费的下降。
It is a great deal easier to motivate employees in a growing organisation than a declining one.
激励在一个成长中的组织工作的员工要比激励在一个衰落中的组织工作的员工容易得多。
It's also a potential economic problem, since a declining dollar makes imported food more expensive and exerts upward pressure on interest rates.
这也是一个潜在的经济问题，因为美元贬值使进口食品更加昂贵，并对利率产生上行压力。
Still, a declining workforce is changing once-fixed views.
尽管如此，正在下降的职工人数也正在改变曾经固定不变的观念。
But some firms have found fortune even in a declining economy.
但一些公司却可以从经济衰退中寻找财富。
"This just continues a declining trend for the growth rate," said Wang.
“这正是出生率下降趋势的延续”，王说。
A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter.
不断走低的美元拉低了上一个季度的出口数据。
Inflation has been on a declining trend since November 2008 and will continue to slow.
自从2008年11月以来通胀就显现出下滑的趋势，并且将持续减慢。
But Barbie hashad so many careers, and at 43 marriage seems to be a declining prospect.
但芭比已经有了如此多的职业，加之43次婚姻，她的前景愈发黯淡。
It is true that marriage is a declining institution. Marriage rates are at their lowest since 1895.
婚姻已成为一种衰退的制度，这是事实，眼下结婚率正处于1895年来最低水平。
The net result will be a progressive convergence of nations to a declining per capita emission rate.
最终的结果将是各国逐渐趋于一个相同的并下降的人均排放量。
In the British case, the industry's share of Labour and capital has been on a declining trend since 1990.
我们以英国为例，自1990年以来，金融业占用的劳动力及资金都呈现出了一个下降趋势。
Britain was a declining power but it managed to hang on for quite a long time with intelligent strategy.
英国国力虽然日益衰退，但它还是凭借高明的策略坚持了相当长的一段时间。
That means there will be a declining number of wage earners to support an increasing number of older people.
也就是将会出现这样一种情况，逐渐减少的工薪族人口将要养活不断增长的老龄人口。
An ageing population and a declining birth rate constitute a serious problem for the domestic employment market.
人口的老龄化和出生率的降低给国内就业市场带来了严重的问题。
"If you take coal prices, chart them in euros and strip out the currency effect, you have a declining price," the trader said.
“如果你把煤炭价格用欧元列出来，剔除货币的影响因素，你会得到一个下降的价格，”该贸易商表示。
To further revitalize the city, we should now take similar action in a declining residential area on the opposite side of the city.
为进一步使城市重新繁荣，我们应该在城市另一侧的正在衰落的居住区采取类似的行动。
Worse, in the last 15 years, the poorest quintile in many low-income countries have shown a declining share in national consumption.
更糟糕的是，在过去15年期间，许多低收入国家最贫困的五分之一人口在国民消费中所占份额持续减少。
They play down the result's wider significance for a country they view as a declining power while predicting that little will change in practice.
他们并不认为大选结果对于日本有着更深层次的重要意义。在他们的心目中，日本不过是一个正在衰落的国家，他们预期这一事实几乎不会出现变化。
On the contrary, some economists think the emergence of skyscrapers, especially when records are refreshed, too often indicates a declining economy.
有些经济学家则持完全相反的看法，认为摩天大楼的出现，特别是摩天大楼的纪录被刷新，往往预示着经济即将衰退。
The prefecture’s working-age population has shrunk from over 1m in 1990 to 874, 000 in 2008, a result both of the exodus and a declining birth rate.
在迁移和人口出生率递减的共同作用下，该地区的适龄工作者从1990年10万衰减到2008年的87400人。
The trend over the last 15 years has been for the poorest quintile of the population in many countries to have a declining share in national consumption.
过去15年期间的趋势是，许多国家中最贫穷的五分之一人口在全国消费中所占的份额不断减少。
Despite this growing patient population, however, mental health care accounted for a declining percentage of new Medicare spending in that same time period.
尽管病人数目在不断地增加，但是心理健康保健在新的医疗支出预算中所占的比重与以往同期相比是逐渐下降的。
It is possible that this result is really capturing the effect of being a less productive (and thus expendable) worker, or of being trapped in a declining industry.
一种可能的解释是，上述结果实际上反映了产能不高（因此也就更容易被裁掉）或者被困于夕阳产业给员工带来的影响。
Industry critics say that as consumer preference has shifted toward cremation, funeral homes are jacking up prices in an attempt to preserve profits in a declining market.
业界批评人士指出，随着消费者偏好已转向火化，殡仪馆正在提高价格以保持市场衰退时的利润。
But lately Japan has been forced to rethink that, prompted by a declining market for passenger and freight traffic at home, as well as a flurry of overseas opportunities.
但近来，在乘客市场低迷，国内货物运量下降，以及雪片般的海外机遇面前，日本被迫重新反思这一策略。
But lately Japan has been forced to rethink that, prompted by a declining market for passenger and freight traffic at home, as well as a flurry of overseas opportunities.
但近来，在乘客市场低迷，国内货物运量下降，以及雪片般的海外机遇面前，日本被迫重新反思这一策略。
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