考研Complex international, economic, technological and culture change could start to diminish the leading position of English as the language of the world market, and UK interests which enjoy advantage from the breath of English usage would consequently face new pressures.

复杂的国际、经济、技术和文化变化可能开始削弱英语作为世界市场语言的领先地位，而从英语使用中获益的英国利益将因此面临新的压力。

2017年考研翻译原文

六级The technologies themselves, and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans.

技术本身和它们的制造商是我们注意力广度下降最容易受到指责的嫌疑犯。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研If left to themselves, such trends will diminish the relative strength of the English language in international education markets as the demand for educational resources in languages, such as Spanish ,Arabic or Mandarin grows and international business process outsourcing in other language such as Japanese, French and German, spreads.

如果听其自然，随着对西班牙语、阿拉伯语或普通话等语言教育资源的需求增长，以及日语、法语和德语等其他语言的国际业务流程外包的蔓延，这种趋势将削弱英语在国际教育市场上的相对优势。

2017年考研翻译原文

六级Cell phones also can diminish social tolerance because they reduce children's interactions with others who are different from them.

手机也会削弱社会容忍度，因为手机会减少儿童与其他与他们不同的人的互动。

2013年12月阅读原文

考研In zones of increased turbulence, the planes' wakes will decay more quickly and the effect will diminish.

在湍流加剧的区域，飞机的尾迹将更快地衰减，影响将减弱。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级In sum:generous family-friendly policies do keep more women in the labor market,but they also tend to diminish their careers.

总而言之：慷慨的家庭友好政策确实让更多的女性进入劳动力市场，但也会削弱她们的职业生涯。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级Government now supports the elderly, diminishing the need for children.

政府现在支持老年人，减少了对儿童的需求。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级However, these changes have also led to habitat（栖息地）loss and to diminishing biodiversity.

然而，这些变化也带来了栖息地(栖息地）生物多样性的减少。

2008年12月英语六级真题

考研If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful counte-balance to the sun’s diminishing heat.

如果这是正确的，那么二氧化碳的变暖效应可能会成为太阳热量减少的一个有用的计数平衡。

1992年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题