1·Rain played a big part in the air show's drop in attendance.
下雨是这次飞行表演观众数量下降的主要原因。
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2·A drop in oxygen pressure can cause headaches in certain individuals.
氧分压的下降会使一部分人头痛。
3·The director dusted his staff down about the drop in their efficiency.
主任因工作效率下降而训斥员工。
4·If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our sky-high divorce rate.
如果以大萧条为鉴，我们可能会看到我们极高的离婚率有所下降。
5·That's important—this really does happen, stocks really do drop in price on the ex-dividend date.
这很重要——这种情况确实会发生，股价通常会在除息日下跌。
6·Shifting eating habits, including a sharp drop in consumption of sparkling drinks, have forced a radical change in the industry.
饮食习惯的改变，包括汽水消费量的大幅下降，迫使该行业发生了根本性的变化。
7·Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent.
很多人都在谈论劳工部公布的6月份新增28.8万个工作岗位，失业率降至6.1%的消息。
8·For three-year-olds, for reasons that are still in need of clarification, no improvement—rather a slight drop in performance resulted from the change.
对于三岁的孩子来说，由于一些原因，他们的成绩并没有得到改善，只是因为改变而略有下降。
9·A new data shows that the global AIDS pandemic will cause a sharp drop in life expectancy in dozens of countries, in some cases declines of almost three decades.
一项新的数据显示，全球艾滋病疫情将导致数十个国家的预期寿命大幅下降，在有些国家寿命减幅近30年。
10·He was prepared to take a drop in wages.
他准备好了接受一次工资的快速下调。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》