The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oilproducing nations can't afford to import as much as they used to.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Shifting eating habits, including a sharp drop in consumption of sparkling drinks, have forced radical change on the industry.

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oil-producing nations can't afford to import as much as they used to.

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Besides the sharp increase in oil prices, OPEC's 1973 oil embargo caused panic in the West.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

One's brain becomes sharp when it is activated.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Their brains become both calmer and sharper.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

They put up with the inevitable sharp increase of different taxes.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

It stands in sharp contrast to Sanchez, this other gadget, a gas powered flame we killer, invented in 1997.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

The thin, extremely sharp needles didn't hurt at all going in.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

You see there has been a sharp increase in Indian's balance of payment deficit.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; we are numb to new stimulation, new ideas.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Italy, which has a much weaker tradition of immigration, has witnessed a sharp increase in immigration in recent years.

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The link between what the men had done as boys and how they turned out as adults was surprisingly sharp.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The underlined word "sharp" probably means clear and definite.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Thus humans who lived a million years ago, despite their big brains and sharp stone tools, lived in constant fear of meat-eating animals.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

To construct a working still, use a sharp stick or rock to dig a hole four feet across and three feet deep.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The sharp hit to growth predicted around the world and in the UK could lead to a decline in the everyday services we depend on for our well-being and for growth.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

The heightened alert followed an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising numbers in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.

2010年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ