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"It tapered off in the '90s as people either became more healthconscious or drinking-and-driving- conscious, and it's just sort of plateaued since then," said Robert Mandelbaum, a director at PKF Hospitality Research.

90年代的饮料营收逐渐萎缩，一方面是因为人们的健康意识提高，另一方面则是喝酒不开车的意识抬头，从此营收便每下愈况，」「PKF客服研究」酒店行业研究机构主管罗伯特E曼德邦说。

Consumer spending represents two-thirds of the nation's economic activity, and analysts said the striking sales declines at retailers almost certainly portended an extended, severe recession.

消费开支一般占国民经济活动的2/3，分析家指出零售业销售额的萎缩很可能预示着更广泛、更严重的经济衰退。

Thus, from the psychological point of view, we can divide the psychoneuroses into two main groups the one comprising collective people with underdeveloped individuality, the other individualists with atrophied collective adaptation.

因而从心理的角度，我们可以把神经官能症分为两大类：个体性发育不足的集体人、以及集体适应性已萎缩退化的个人主义者。

As some developed markets shrink, redeploying capital to Asia makes sense for banks with strong existing franchises.

随着一些成熟市场的萎缩，对于已经拥有强大经营特权的银行，将资本重新配置到亚洲是合理的。

Asia ushered in 2009 with more ghastly economic data. Singapore's economy may shrink by 2 per cent. South Korean exports tumbled 17 per cent in the year to December. Indian and Chinese factories are scything output.

亚洲以更多糟糕的经济数据迎来了2009年：新加坡经济可能萎缩2%；在截至去年12月的一年里，韩国出口下降了17%；印度和中国的工厂都在削减产出。

Chinese exports are likely to drop further in coming months as world demand shrinks.

随着世界需求的萎缩，接下来的几个月中国的出口可能进一步下降。

This year didn't start out particularly special for us, but it did turn out to mark one of those major points of passage in life for us. Among those blind-sided by the economic shriveling of this year was the seminary (Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO), which in turn led to an offer of "early retirement" to folks 55 and above.

今年，并不是一开始就特别突出，但后来却变成一个我们生活主要的转泪点，由於金融危机导致的经济萎缩，今年协和神学院要求55岁以上的教职员&提前退休&。

The corolla of the 235A degenerated and most of its shrivelling stamen had incompletely developed anther and stigma.A few fertile pollens in one or two completly developed stamen were not emerged because anthers were closed by much longer calyx.

研究表明，新发现的辣椒雄性不育花冠退化，大部分雄蕊萎缩、没有花丝、具发育不完整的花药；虽然花内1～2枚发育正常的雄蕊有少量可育花粉，但由于花萼畸长紧闭，不能开花。

Gastric cancer usually arises in chronic stomach inflammation and where atrophy and intestinal metaplasia have supervened.

胃癌发生的过程通常是长期的慢性发炎，慢慢导致细胞的萎缩和化生，然后走向癌化。

It has apparently shrugged off the worst global recession in at least 30 years — one that had, at the end of last year, crippled growth in a country for which exports are a critical part of its economic lifeblood.

它已经明显地摆脱了30年来全球最严重的经济衰退，在去年末，它的出口严重萎缩，而出口是该国经济增长的一个关键环节。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。