decreasing
adj. 减少的,渐减的
v. (使)缩短,减小,减少( decrease的现在分词 )
When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year...
人口增长率正在以每年 1.4% 的速度下降。
The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96...
独立公司的数量从 198 个减少到了 96个。
A decrease in the quantity, size, or intensity of something is a reduction in it.
...a decrease in the number of young people out of work...
失业青年人数的减少
Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.
银行的基本利率已从 10% 降到了 6%,降幅高达 40%。
1. becoming less or smaller
2. music
We'vegot stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。
Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year.
人口增长率正在以每年1.4%的速度下降。
Toy sales peaked just before Christmas and are now decreasing.
玩具销售额在圣诞节前夕达到最高峰,现已逐渐下降.
Interest in the sport is decreasing.
人们对此项运动的兴趣已逐渐减退.
The birthrate in the city has been decreasing.
该市的出生率一直持续下降.