declining
adj. 越来越少的，越来越差的
v. 减少，下降；谢绝；恶化，衰退（decline 的现在分词）
例句
Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.
官方统计数据表明实际工资水平下降了24％。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
The loggers say their jobs are faced with extinction because of declining timber sales.
樵夫们说他们的工作因不断下降的木材销售而面临消亡。
The material position of the Church had been declining since the late eighteenth century.
自18世纪晚期以来，教堂的世俗地位一直在下降。
