They tried to shore up the failing economy by means of tax increases.
他们企图用增加税收的办法来挽救日益衰落的经济.
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Middle East has declined since modern era, however it had possessed of refulgent history.
中东地区曾有过辉煌的历史，只是在近代以来衰落了。
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The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town's decline.
矿山的关闭是这个镇衰落的唯一最重要的因素。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
It is accepted wisdom that science has been partly responsible for the decline of religion.
人们普遍认为，科学的兴起是宗教衰落的部分原因。
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The cocoa industry dwindled because it became increasingly difficult to cover costs.
由于越来越难以收回成本，可可产业日渐衰落。
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现代社会的世俗化突出地表现为政治意识形态的衰落和金钱意识形态的僭越两个方面，在其过程中形成的重日常生活和个体生存的现代感觉，影响着文化的内容和形式。
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此时这个罗马君主政权，从其全盛时期开始濒临其衰落的边缘，一直到被野蛮的德国人和塞西亚人所颠覆的西罗马帝国。
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Throughout the whole course of history almost all the empires have flourished only to decay.
在整个历史进程中,几乎所有的帝国都曾盛极一时,结果都还是衰落了.
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