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• Gears on an automobile may be used either to decrease or increase speed .
  汽车的排挡可用来加速或减速。
• An increase in soil water content would decrease their movement .
  土壤水分含量的增加将减低它们的移动。
• Sodium levels are either not altered significantly or slightly decreased .
  钠值没有明显改变或稍有降低。
• If shoots grow rapidly the root growth rate decreases markedly .
  如果新梢生长很快，则根系生长显著减慢。
• The strengths decrease in order crocidolite chrysotile, amosite .
  强度按青石棉，温石棉，铁石棉顺序下降。
• If more bentonite clay is used, the lead temperature must be decreased .
  如果多用膨润土，铅的温度必须降低。
• That part of loss directly ascribable to kinetics may decrease .
  直接由化学动力过程引起的那部分损失可以减小。
• If the arterioles are contracted, the size of the vascular bed is decreased .
  如果小动脉收缩，血管床就会减小。
• As soon as sliding begins, it is found that the friction force decreases .
  人们发现，滑动一开始，摩擦力就减小。
• From may to july 1979, the microseismicity was decreasing as a whole .
  从1979年5月到7月，总的来看微震活动下降。