"We find there's a tremendous decay with distance," says Christakis.

Christakis说：“我们发现随着距离加大、影响巨幅下降。”

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In the western modern contract law, the contract freedom principle suffers from a great attack and falls into decay with each passing day.

在西方近代合同法中，合同自由原则遭到全面打击而日趋衰落。

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It has been long established that the crimp geometry and crimp properties of synthetic staple fibers decay with the ensuring stages of processing.

长期以来大家一致承认，合成纤维的卷曲形状和性能随着加工阶段的增加而减少。

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In Ireland, where venal politicians granted tax breaks to home builders, joblessness rests in the mid-teens and the landscape is littered forlornly with unoccupied, pretentious homes in decay with no takers.

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Yet without it, not only the energy industry, but also domestic aviation, railways, public buildings and other legacies of the Soviet Union's industrialisation will decay with increasing speed, putting the bits of Russian industry that are trying to modernise at even more of a competitive disadvantage than the one that they face already.

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Spalted wood is wood that has been infiltrated by "waves" of decay, with each wave leaving a uniquely outlined stain-zone line.

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