This is a good moment to posit the idea that, in a man-free world, makeup and beauty-product sales would decline, because we would have no one to preen for.

现在正是时候去假设一个概念，在一个没有男人的世界，化妆品和美容产品销量将会直线下降，因为我们已经没有了为悦己者容的对象了。

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"All indications are that sea ice will continue to decline over the next several decades," he said. "We are still looking at a seasonally ice-free Arctic in twenty to thirty years.

他说：“所有的迹象表明在接下来的几十年时间里冰川将继续减少，二三十年之后我们会在夏天看到一个没有冰川的北极。

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I think it means the rate of decline in the economy, which during late last year and the first quarter of this year was like a free-fall, is definitely slowing down.

我认为，这表示，经过去年年底和今年第一季度自由落体式的经济下滑后，现在经济衰退的速度绝对是放慢了。

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And between the decline of free agency and their newfound fiscal restraint, their riches don't carry quite as much weight as they used to.

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Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and former chief economist at the U.S. Labor Department, said that for some women, greater career ambition means less free time and a decline in overall happiness.

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Free market reform or decline.

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