(单词翻译:单击)
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The U.S. dollar is getting stronger. And while that's making travel cheaper for Americans, living here, on the other hand, is getting more expensive.
美元正变得越来越强大。虽然对美国人来说旅游变得更便宜，但另一方面，生活在这里的成本也越来越高了。
New York City and Los Angeles both made the Economist Intelligence Unit's list of the top 10 most expensive cities in the world.
纽约和洛杉矶都在经济学人智库十大世界最贵城市名单里。
Los Angeles tied for eighth on the list, and New York City came in at No. 7.
洛杉矶并列第八名，纽约位于第七位。
The two are gaining on many of their more expensive counterparts. The most expensive city in the world - Singapore - held its title, but its lead dwindled.
两座城市正在逼近更多昂贵城市。新加坡生活成本最昂贵，但其领先势头逐渐减小。
In Europe, drastic declines in the euro helped some citizens, at least in terms of cost-of-living. Paris was the second most expensive city in the world just a year ago and now sits at fifth.
在欧洲，欧元的大幅下降帮助了一些市民，至少在生活成本方面。仅一年前，巴黎是世界上第二大昂贵城市，现在位列第五。
New York City's population grew at a slow but significant rate during most of 2015, as international migrants coming in have outpaced Americans leaving the city.
2015年大部分时间，纽约市的人口增长缓慢但非常显著，国际移民的进入量超过了美国人离开的量。
Immigration and the birth rate have dramatically slowed in Los Angeles, though, making its future uncertain in the top 10 most expensive cities.
然而，洛杉矶的移民和出生率已大幅放缓，使其在前10个最昂贵城市中的未来尚不确定。
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词汇解析
1、decline
下降;减少;衰退;衰落
The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.
员工人数从 21.7万减少到了11.4万。
Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.
第一季度工人每小时的产量下降了 1.3%。
婉拒;谢绝
He declined their invitation.
他谢绝了他们的邀请。
The band declined to comment on the story.
乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
下降;减少;衰退;衰落
There wasn't such a big decline in enrollments after all.
注册人数终究还是没有出现如此大幅度的下降。
Rome's decline in the fifth century.
公元5世纪时罗马的衰落
2、significant
数量相当大的;显著的
A small but significant number of 11-year-olds are illiterate.
数量不多但仍有相当一部分 11 岁孩子是文盲。
foods that offer a significant amount of protein.
富含蛋白质的食物
重要的;有意义的
Time would appear to be the significant factor in this whole drama.
时间似乎是整部剧中一个举足轻重的因素。
a very significant piece of legislation.
一条非常重要的法规
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