economic decline

基本解释

Many of the cities that have been around longest are in economic decline, such critics point out, and in some places more people are leaving them than joining them.
上述批评指出，很多历史最悠久的城市现在都陷于经济衰退之中，在有的地方更多的人没有融入城市，反而离它们而去。

During this time the United States was in an economic decline known as the Great Depression.
The Dutch economy, the equivalent would be the decline of the Venetian economic power in the Mediterranean-- and trade with the East diminishes.
而荷兰经济的崩溃,有点类似于地中海威尼斯的经济下降,他们和东方的贸易往来也锐减
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It was during the economic decline in the United States called the Great Depression.

It seems to mean a second period of economic decline following the 2007-2009 nosedive.
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Lastly, significantly higher oil prices would impinge already-strained consumer spending habits and lead to economic decline.
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This is not really a question stagnation but economic decline for many, if not most Americans.
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