1·The result was a sharp drop in farm prices.
结果是农产品价格大幅下跌。
2·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。
3·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。
4·Soon afterward, the Federal government drastically cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later abolished them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation.
很快，联邦政府就彻底地切断了用于此类目的的开销，后来直接取消了这项开支，这导致了营业中的托儿所数量锐减。
5·The market did not appear last year's sharp drop to the freezing point.
由此市场并没有出现去年的急剧降到冰点的情况。
6·There was a sharp drop in Toyota's sales in the United States in January.
1月份丰田在美国的销售额急剧下滑。
7·The General Motors Corporation had reported a sharp drop in profits on Tuesday.
通用汽车公司曾在星期二报告说该公司的利润急剧下降。
8·And then, in the past two months, a sharp drop in US and European consumer demand.
再来，是在过去两个月中，美欧消费者的消费需求迅速减小。
9·There has been a sharp drop in positive ratings by Germans, down 14 points to 59%.
德国人对欧盟的积极评价下降了14个点，目前为59%。
10·The outbreak caused a sharp drop in private consumption in the economies it affected.
SARS的爆发使得各受影响经济体的私人消费大幅下跌。