據商業(yè)部周三的報道，由于九月份歐元區(qū)債務危機引起的大規(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】

在上述報導中，“下降”用“drop”一詞來表達，而其他常用來表達“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國集團的投資為41.8億美元，同比下降了1.8個百分點。

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.

人們對此項運動的興趣已逐漸下降。