We need to look at ways of cutting the working week without slashing living standards.

我们需要研究在不降低生活水平前提下减少工作时间方法。

Despite lower gas prices and lower unemployment recently, retail sales have lagged.

尽管最近油价降低, 失业率低迷造成零售业销售滞后。

And if you're not, scale it back a bit.

如果没成功，就把标准降低一点。

More debt, lower wages and less likelihood of owning their own homes.

债务变重了、薪资降低了、拥有自己小窝可能性降低了。

And not even the subzero temperature manages to dampen the party atmosphere.

即使是零下气温也无法降低聚会气氛。

To counteract this oxygen would have to be diluted with non reactive gas.

为了制造这种况，氧气中空气比率需要利用惰性气体来降低。

The discovery of artemisinin has helped significantly reduce the mortality rates of malaria patients.

青蒿素发现极大地降低了疟疾患者死亡率。

Also, we will be driving down the costs.

同样，我们将降低费用。

If insulin sensitivity goes down, that's known as insulin resistance.

如果胰岛素敏感度降低， 就被称为胰岛素抗性。

To sum up, we should be sensible about lowering admission requirements for celebrities.

总结，我们应该在为名人降低录取水平上更加理性一点。

Absenteeism and lateness hurt productivity and, since work was specialized, disrupted the regular factory routine.

既然工厂生产已经专业化，旷工与迟到就会降低劳动生产率，也会影响工厂正常运转。

Cattle losses have increased with the wolf population.

随着狼群数量增长，牛群数量呈现降低。

And by the way that sample was slowed down by half, and lowered an octave.

顺便说一下，采集到声音样本经过了处理——速度减半，音调也降低了一个八度。

But as jobs increased, the average hourly wage in America declined.

然而就业机会增多，导致美国平均时薪降低。

There is a Department of Defense standards and we are not going to lower standards.

我们绝对不会降低国防部制定标准。

Professional duties swell even as parental ones diminish, and the inclination sags.

即使作为父母职责减少，职业责任也会增加，从而降低社交倾向。

That will lead to less ticks infected which will lead to less human's infected.

这将使越来越少壁虱被感染，从而降低人类被感染概率。

They found hydrogen sulphide levels decreased in 80% of participants.

他们发现受试者口腔内硫化氢含量降低了80%。

But its carbon footprint will be lowered if it's recycled or composted.

如果被回收或堆肥，它碳足迹将会降低。

Besides low visibility, volcanic ash particles could cripple necessary navigational equipment.

除了能见度降低以外，火山灰颗粒还会损坏必要导航设备。