Overall -- a significant decrease in the face of a rising trend.

整体来说——尽管有增加的趋势，但还是有显著的减少。

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And while only 1, 330 were actually accepted, according to UCAS, the relatively modest Numbers mask a rising trend.

根据高校招生服务部统计，仅1330人被真正接受，这个相对温柔的数字掩盖了一个上升的趋势。

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Twelve years without a new record would, the sceptics reckon, be rather a large lull in what is supposed to be a rising trend.

全球变暖怀疑论者认为，12年不出现新纪录，在本该是上升趋势的过程中，间歇期显得也太长了。

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Many PC cameras still connect via parallel ports, but USB is a rising trend, according to IDC.

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There was a rising trend: 42 cases 10 years ago, 116 five years ago and 159 last year.

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But even in the longer term a rising trend is not inevitable.

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