Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption.

能源储备、燃料替代以及能源密集型重工业的重要性的，都减少消耗量。

She's so talented, but she's always trying to play it down. To play something up is the opposite: to try to make something seem more important. In the job interview, play up your strengths.

她很有天赋，但她总想己的重要性。play something up的意思正好相反：提高某物的重要性。在求职面试时，强调你的优势。

However, this does not diminish the importance of gaokao but instead clarifies its core spirit, which is that under the principle of fairness, it motivates young people to strive and struggle for their dreams.

然而，这并没有高考的重要性，而是阐释高考的核心精神，即在公平的则下，激励年轻人为己的梦想而奋斗。

There is a weakened bond of kinship, and declining social family significance as America has transferred industrial, educational and recreational activities to specialized institutions outside of the home.

随着美国把工业的、教育的和娱乐活动转移到户外的专门机构，亲属关系被削弱，社会家庭重要性。

To play something down is to try to make it seem less important. When the project failed, he tried to play down his role in it.

play something down是指某物的重要性。项目失败之后，他试图己在其中的重要性。

Some experts wondered if the move to make testing less important world hurt the testing companies.

一些专家想知道，考试重要性的举措是否会损害考试公司的利益。

Some experts wondered if the move to make testing less important would hurt the testing companies.

一些专家想知道，考试重要性的举措是否会损害考试公司的利益。

But again, I'm not trying to say that discipline is less important.

但再次强调，我并非试图表明纪律的重要性有所。

By claiming a direct line to God, they threatened to make priests less important.

他们宣称己与上帝有着直接的联系，并威胁要牧师的重要性。

Maybe like the importance of murder will go down one notch.

也许谋杀的重要性会一个等级。

When the government provides poor relief, unemployment relief, and various other sorts of assistance, it becomes less important that similar services be provided by families and private organizations.

当政府提供贫困救济、失业救济及各种其他形式的援助时，家庭和私人组织提供类似服务的重要性就。

You know, for the last 80 years, we were trying to create a world where a borderless world, at least borders matter less.

你知道， 过去80年里， 我们一直致力于创造一个无边界的世界，至少是边界的重要性。

Thus, their reduced importance matters not just for investors, but for regulators monitoring financial stability and analysts assessing the market.

因此， 股票市场重要性的不仅关乎投资者，还影响到监管机构对金融稳定的监控以及分析师对市场的评估。

Maybe because we're just inundated with this problematic idea that as you age, your sexual importance decreases.

或许是因为我们被这种有问题的观念所淹没， 认为随着年龄增长，你的性重要性会。

Partly it is because popes matter less.

部分因在于教皇的重要性。

Modern histories pay less attention, for many reasons.

现代史学因多种因较少关注这些，部分是因为教皇的重要性。