| 1. | Labour was scarce; but wages fell nevertheless .
劳动力很缺乏，可是工资依然在下降。 |
| 2. | The level of unemployment is down .
失业率在下降。 |
| 3. | White male death-rate increased in a declining rate .
白人男子的死亡率增长速度在下降。 |
| 4. | The birth rate in our country has been declining for several years .
我国人口的出生率几年来一直在下降。 |
| 5. | The proportion of the population was going down in the past few years .
在过去的几年里人口出生率在下降。 |
| 6. | The disease and mortality rates of children in the project also appeared to be falling .
参与此项目的儿童患病率和死亡率看来也在下降。 |
| 7. | With whole continents experiencing a decline in living standards there is ample ground for pessimism .
世界各大洲生活水平都在下降，所以悲观主义有充分的依据。 |
| 8. | With the terrible images ofafrican famine still fresh in mind, it is hard to believe that the occurrence of famine is declining .
由于人们对非洲饥荒的可怕形象记忆犹新，因此很难相信饥荒发生的次数在下降。 |
| 9. | I know our numbers in the military have gone down
我知道我们军队里的人数在下降 |
| 10. | Voters feel that their pay packets are shrinking
选民感到他们的支付力在下降。 |
