A drop in interest rates gave a welcome fillip to the housing market.

降低利率给房屋市场带来利好刺激。

Rain played a big part in the air show's drop in attendance.

下雨是这次飞行表演观众数量下降的主要原因。

His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting.

他的费用与广播的实际成本相比是沧海一粟。

He was prepared to take a drop in wages.

他准备好了接受一次工资的快速下调。

Retirement usually brings with it a massive drop in income.

收入通常随着退休而大大减少。

The drop in travel is bad news for the airline industry.

旅游业滑坡对航空业来说是件坏事。

I thought I'd drop in on you while I was passing.

我曾想路过时顺便来看看你。

A small drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the millions without a job.

对数百万失业者来说，通货膨胀率的微降是不起作用的安慰。

The result was a sharp drop in farm prices.

结果是农产品价格大幅下跌。

Purists say that a further drop in house prices would merely shuffle wealth around.

纯粹主义者说房价的进一步下跌只会围绕财富重新洗牌。

Hotel owners have been forced to find new ways of attracting tourists since the sudden drop in tourism last year.

自从去年旅游业急剧下滑以来，饭店的老板被迫去寻找新的吸引游客的方法。

Hundreds of people had to be turned away because the stadium was so full that couldn't even admit one drop in.

成百上千人都被拒之门外，因为体育馆已经座无虚席，无法容纳多余的人了。

Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job.

工资一直是最大的威慑因素，因为有家庭的人往往觉得，当他们找一份大学工作时，他们担负不起薪水的下降。

A new data shows that the global AIDS pandemic will cause a sharp drop in life expectancy in dozens of countries, in some cases declines of almost three decades.

一项新的数据显示，全球艾滋病疫情将导致数十个国家的预期寿命大幅下降，在有些国家寿命减幅近30年。

Experiments have also cast serious doubt on the belief that yawning is triggered by a drop in blood oxygen or a rise in blood carbon dioxide.

对于打哈欠是由血液中的氧气减少或血液中的二氧化碳增加引起的这种观点，一些实验也同样提出了严重的质疑。

Consider that nearly two-thirds of students will experience the "ninth-grade shock," which refers to a dramatic drop in a student's academic performance.

考虑到近三分之二的学生都将经历“九年级冲击，即学生的学习成绩急剧下降。

A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that the economy might not be as weak as some analysts previously thought.

新屋销售激增和每周失业救济人数下降表明，经济可能不像一些分析师此前预期的那样疲软。

The 20 dollars is a drop in the bucket.

这20美元只是杯水车薪。

It can generate 194 megawatts of electric power, but that's just a drop in the bucket.

它可以产生194兆瓦的电力，但那只是沧海一粟。

While it's possible bike-sharing will cause a drop in business, Crooks allowed that the idea is a positive step forward for New York City.

虽然共享单车可能会导致业务下滑，但克鲁克斯认为，这一想法对纽约市来说是向前迈出的积极一步。

I'm terribly sorry to drop in at this time on Friday, Paul.

保罗，我非常抱歉在星期五的这个时候来找你。

Her 20-dollar donation is a drop in the bucket because they need to raise thousands of dollars for this project.

她20美元的捐款只是九牛一毛，因为他们需要为这个项目筹集几千美元。

Just drop in any lime during the day.

只需在白天投入一些石灰即可。

Now, hotel, restaurant and bar owners have said they could face a 10% drop in trade with the new rules.

现在，酒店、餐厅和酒吧老板说，新规定实施后，他们可能会面临生意减少10%。

That's important—this really does happen, stocks really do drop in price on the ex-dividend date.

这很重要——这种情况确实会发生，股价通常会在除息日下跌。

Recent statistics show a drop in the number of television assemblers in Borodia.

最近的统计数据显示，博罗迪亚的电视汇编数量有所下降。

If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our sky-high divorce rate.

如果以大萧条为鉴，我们可能会看到我们极高的离婚率有所下降。

For three-year-olds, for reasons that are still in need of clarification, no improvement—rather a slight drop in performance resulted from the change.

对于三岁的孩子来说，由于一些原因，他们的成绩并没有得到改善，只是因为改变而略有下降。

A drop in oxygen pressure can cause headaches in certain individuals.

氧分压的下降会使一部分人头痛。