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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

下降 [xiàjiàng]
  1. 1. descend; go or come down; drop; fall; decline; dip; falter; go down;move down; slip
    飞机开始下降
    The plane began to descend.
    气温显著下降
    There was a marked drop in the temperature.
  2. 2. noun descent

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

下降 [xiàjiàng]
  1. 1. 从高处向低处落
    滑翔机徐徐下降
  2. 2. 程度、数量由高变低,由多变少
    体温有所下降

Examples

飞机穿云下降
The plane descended through the clouds.
陡然下降
fall suddenly
气温急剧下降
There was a sudden drop in the temperature.
内招做法容易造成员工素质下降
The practice of internal enrolment of workers tends to lower the caliber of the personnel.
气温显著下降
There was a marked drop in the temperature.
使正气上升,邪气下降
encourage healthy trends and check unhealthy ones
雪融化时吸收热量,气温因此下降
Melting snow absorbs heat, and so makes the temperature drop.
原材料消耗下降
a drop in consumption of raw and other materials
我国白儅豚的数量在不断下降
The number of dolphins in China is on the decline.

Collocations

水位下降
The water recedes
下降幅度
margin of decrease
迅速下降
to descend quickly
下降
to drop to

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