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India Soon to Be the Most Populous Country
India is set to overtake China as the most populous country in the world by 2023. Right now, their populations both sit at around 1.4 billion. The change is due to both India’s high fertility rate of 2.1 and China’s low fertility rate of 1.7 children per woman.
Brittany was able to overtake the other runners in the final seconds of the race.
布萊特妮在比賽的最後幾秒超越了其他跑者。
South Korea has overtaken Japan as our main overseas market.
南韓已經超越日本成為我們海外的主要市場。
Bob declined to join Judy's dinner party.
鮑伯婉拒出席茱蒂的晚宴派對。
I offered to give Tina a ride after the party, but she declined.
舞會結束後我提議讓蒂娜搭便車,但她婉拒了。
Car sales declined by 5% in the second quarter.
汽車銷售量在第 2 季下降了 5%。
Street violence seems to have been on the decline ever since the new mayor was sworn in.
新市長上任後,街頭暴力事件似乎已在減少中。
As people get older, they become more aware of their mortality and make preparations for their eventual death.
人隨著年紀漸長會更加意識到人終將死亡,並會為此做好準備。
The mortality from the big earthquake continued to climb as more bodies were recovered from collapsed buildings.
隨著從倒塌的建築物中找到更多屍體,這場大地震的死亡率不斷上升。
The bridge is estimated to cost US$20 million. 這座橋的成本估計要花費兩千萬美元。
