The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星公主.
It was Death himself, they declared, come visibly to seize on subject earth, and quell at once our decreasing numbers, sole rebels to his law. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
One great factor in this change has been the decreasing cost of electricity. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.