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decrease in something
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If there is a decrease in something, it becomes less:
There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.来访者数量持续减少。
Changing attitudes among young people have led to a decrease in television viewing.
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The city has seen a slight decrease in its crime rate.
There has been a significant decrease in oil prices since the highs of last year.
Decreases in average daily pain intensity were observed during post-treatment checks.
The food bank has seen a 60 percent decrease in donations this month.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
fall away
halve
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
trough
tumble
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