This word should be read with falling tone.

这个字该读去声。

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Here we should use a falling tone.

这里我们应该用降调。

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As with the passage on the falling of the leaves there's a kind of elegiac tone that works to undo, or at least to challenge, our theological certainty.

在描写落叶的段落里,有一种挽歌式的腔调，似乎要抹掉，至少是挑战神学上的确定性。

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The negative tone continued into US trading hours, with the Dow Jones falling steadily from mid-morning, to finish the day 1.6% lower.

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One trader also cited a recently softening tone in the U.S. dollar, with dollar index falling below the 20-day, 100-day and 200-day moving averages this week.

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