2012年商务英语考试中级阅读指导篇(三)

据商业部周三的报道，由于九月份欧元区债务危机引起的大规模削减，截止到十月，欧洲在中国的投资呈下降态

势。

请看相关英文报道：

EU investment in China up to October dropped， due mainly to a massive cut in September caused by

the eurozone debt crisis， the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.

【解析】

在上述报导中，“下降”用“drop”一词来表达，而其他常用来表达“下降”之意的词还有“fall”，“decline

”和“decrease”。

例句：

Investment from the 27-nation bloc dropped 1.8 percent year-on-year to $4.18 billion for

theJanuary-September period.

今年前三季度，来自27国集团的投资为41.8亿美元，同比下降了1.8个百分点。

The water in the river has fallen two feet.

河水水位下降了二英尺。

The role of the railways declined in the transport system.

在运输系统中，铁路的重要性逐渐下降。

Interest in the sport is decreasing.

人们对此项运动的兴趣已逐渐下降。