223 – 帮你掌握新词汇 – Decline

动词：下降

1. As a result of the pandemic, sales revenue for last year declined considerably.

Because of the pandemic, sales revenue for last year dropped a lot.

因为疫情，去年的销售额下降了很多。

2. The number of staff has declined by 20%.

The number of people working dropped by 20%.

员工人数下降了20%。

3. The demand for landline telephone declined significantly over the past few years.

The number of people using landline telephone is much lower than a few years ago.

过去几年对固定电话的需求显著下降。

名词：下降

1. During the pandemic, we have seen a significant decline in the number of people coming into the office.

During the pandemic, there were much less people coming into the office.

在疫情期间，来公司上班的人明显下降了。

2. Uber’s pandemic delivery boom fails to offset sales decline. (Uber Technologies Inc. reported declining revenue in the fourth quarter, showing that demand for food delivery isn’t making up for a falloff in ridership.)

The increase in delivery business during the pandemic was not enough to make up for its sales decline.

疫情造成的优步大规模的配送热潮未能抵消销售下滑.