Since 1980, productivity improvements in manufacturing have moved the United States from a position of acute decline in manufacturing to one of world prominence.

自1980年以来，制造业生产率的提高已使美国从制造业急剧衰退的境地成为世界瞩目的国家之一。

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We've been talking about the decline of coral reefs in tropical areas all over the world—how natural and man-made stresses are causing them to degrade or in some cases, to die.

我们之前提到了世界各地热带地区中珊瑚礁的衰落，即自然和人为（造成的）压力是怎样造成珊瑚礁退化，或者甚至在某些情况下，造成它们死亡的。

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The sharp hit to growth predicted around the world and in the UK could lead to a decline in the everyday services we depend on for our well-being and for growth.

全球以及英国的经济增长预估受到重创，这可能导致日常服务的减少，而这些服务是我们的福祉和经济发展所依赖的。

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"The expected decline in world hunger in two thousand ten is primarily the result of better access to food as the global economy recovers, and food prices remain below their peak level of mid-two thousand eight."

VOA: special.2010.09.21

But the Roof Ballroom began a long, sad decline during World War Two, when it seemed that all the men in town were off fighting the war.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

In the report, called "Heads in the Sand", the group says a serious decline in the supply of oil coupled with increasing demand and few new projects planned, means the world needs to move away from oil.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Or a stubborn defence of the existing order that will keep France a middling world power in economic decline?

ECONOMIST: France

In all cases, Japanese must adjust to a world in which demographic decline means sheer growth may not always be as easily attainable as it once was.

WSJ: Business Asia: Singing the Abe Electric

One country on the opposite side of Africa where that scenario may already have started to play out is Mali, the third poorest nation in the world, where rainfall levels have been in decline for the past 30 years across the semi-arid Sahel region.

CNN: Climate change 'to create 1B refugees'