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As an expected increase in the cost of raw materials looms for late summer, consumers are beginning to encounter shrinking food packages.

从去年夏天以来，由于原料成本意料之中的上升，消费者们开始买到包装缩水的食品。

But Serbia has one of the oldest populations in Europe and a low fertility rate, so the population is shrinking by 30, 000 a year.

但是塞尔维亚有着欧洲老年人口最多和低出生率，所以人口每年缩小3万人。

Losses on the toxic loans LBG inherited in that deal have been shrinking at a much faster rate of late than the bank had anticipated.

在比银行预期下降更快的最近的利率下，获得一些不良的资产，这才是亏损的原因所在。

The only optimum design scheme was the combination form of full breadth weir and downside the shrinking weir.

通过分析比较，确定上部全幅堰与下部侧收缩堰相结合的方式是废水测流堰槽的最佳设计方案。

Antarctic sea ice, for instance, does not seem to be shrinking, probably because increased melting is balanced by more snow.

例如，南极洲洋面上的冰似乎没有减少，可能是由于加速融化与降雪增多之间达成了平衡。

The 'bulge' at the Equator had been shrinking by less than a millimetre a year, according to National Geographic.

美国国家地理学会的数据显示，赤道每年都在以不到一毫米的速度“萎缩”。

But with all the turmoil in the economy, the product almost certainly would be shrinking if it were not restricted to cash transactions.

但是，鉴于经济目前的混乱局面，如果GDP的核算范围不局限于现金交易的话，几乎可以肯定地说，国内生产总值正在萎缩之中。

He said the number of tanker vehicles hauling fuel has dropped on a shrinking demand for petroleum.

他说，随着石油需求不断下滑，运输燃油的油罐车数量减少。

And, in a time of shrinking budgets, turf battles between the fusion centers and federal law enforcement are a certainty.

并且，在预算收缩的时期，必须掩盖联合中心与联邦执法部门之间争夺资金的斗争。

The consequences of that would be all the more threatening against a background of already shrinking output and trade flows.

在产出和贸易流已在收缩的背景下，那样的后果威胁性只会更大。

As for next year's trend of exports, not to be grim To open up emerging markets may be ripe to make up for shrinking market impact.

至于明年的出口走势，亦未许乐观，开拓新兴市场则可弥补成熟市场萎缩带来的影响。

"It sounded As if you were praying, " she said bravely, but she felt herself inside to be withering and shrinking.

“听起来你好像在作祷告呢，”她鼓起勇气说，心经却不禁世了气，感到难受。

All this could reduce productivity growth at a time when labour forces in these countries will be growing more slowly or even shrinking.

当这些国家的劳动力增速进一步放缓甚至出现负增长的时候，以上这些因素将会成为生产力发展的桎梏。

Mr Schwarzenegger wanted to eliminate entire programmes wholesale, but now appears ready to settle for shrinking them.

施瓦辛格原本想取消整个医疗保障计划，但目前打算缩小范围。

The newest satellite techniques and field observations allow us to see that the volume of ice is shrinking much faster than its area today.

最新的卫星技术和实地观察让我们看到，现在冰体积萎缩速度远远超过其面积。

But one must be blind in order not to see that oceans no longer belong to the West, while land under its domination keeps shrinking.

只有瞎了的人才不会看见那些海洋已经不属于西方，而受西方支配的土地正在缩水。

He said the government needed to seek solutions for swelling urban populations and shrinking resources.

他说，政府必须找到可行的办法来解决城市人口不断增加和资源不断减少的问题。

Sometimes he made an effort, coaxing her to walk with baby steps to exercise her shrinking muscles.

有时他设法哄劝她像小孩学步一样走路，这样可以锻炼她萎缩的肌肉。

Mr Obama says that he refuses to leave seniors "at the mercy of the insurance industry, with a shrinking benefit to pay for rising costs" .

奥巴马先生说，他决不让老年人们“任凭保险公司摆布，要支付的医疗费在增长，而保险金却在缩水”。

Record migration into a fast-shrinking job market have been a charged issue in recent years.

创纪录数量的移民涌入一个快速收缩的就业市场，近年来一直是一个引发争议的问题。