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

一些专家想知道，降低试重要性的举措是否会试公司的利益。

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

一些专家想知道，降低试重要性的举措是否会试公司的利益。

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降低，都减少了石油消耗量。

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降低。

Modern histories pay less attention, for many reasons.

现代史学因多原因较少注这些，部分是因为教皇的重要性降低了。

Partly it is because popes matter less.

部分原因在于教皇的重要性降低了。

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

也许谋杀的重要性会降低一个等级。

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

他们宣称自己与上帝有着直接的联系，并威胁要降低牧师的重要性。

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有题的观念所淹没， 认为随着年龄增长，你的性重要性会降低。

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

因此， 股票市场重要性的降低不仅乎投资者，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。

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是指降低某物的重要性。项目失败之后，他试图降低自己在其中的重要性。

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降低了。

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，亲属系被削弱，社会家庭重要性降低。

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降低了。

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，这并没有降低高的重要性，而是阐释了高的核心精神，即在公平的原则下，激励年轻人为自己的梦想而奋斗。

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，但她总想降低自己的重要性。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。

'Then if, on the other hand, you are restless and anxious about the future, study astronomy at once. Your troubles will be reduced amazingly. But your study will reduce them in a singular way, by reducing the importance of everything.

“那么，另一方面，如果你对未来感到不安和焦虑，那就马上研究天文学吧。”你的麻烦会大大减少。但是你的研究将通过降低一切的重要性以一独特的方式减少它们。