據(jù)商業(yè)部周三的報道，由于九月份歐元區(qū)債務(wù)危機(jī)引起的大規(guī)模削減，截止到十月，歐洲在中國的投資呈下降態(tài)勢。

請看相關(guān)英文報道：

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】

在上述報導(dǎo)中，“下降”用"drop"一詞來表達(dá)，而其他常用來表達(dá)“下降”之意的詞還有“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，來自27國集團(tuán)的投資為41.8億美元，同比下降了1.8個百分點(diǎn)。

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.
在運(yùn)輸系統(tǒng)中，鐵路的重要性逐漸下降。

Interest in the sport is decreasing.
人們對此項運(yùn)動的興趣已逐漸下降。

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