To decline to vote is a cop-out.

不投票是一种逃避。

Even chimp mothers regularly decline to share food with their children.

甚至黑猩猩的母亲也经常拒绝与孩子分享食物。

Even chimp mothers regularly decline to share food with their children, who are able from a young age to gather their own food.

连母猩猩也经常拒绝和孩子们分享食物，因此孩子们从小就能自己觅食。

And there are reasons to expect the rate of decline to accelerate.

并且有理由预期下跌的速率还会加快。

In particular, growth is forecast to decline to just 7 per cent a year.

具体而言，经济年增长率预期将降至7%。