正是一场几乎摧毁了英国金融体系的金融危机开启了这次经济衰退，而这一开端便预示了一个繁荣的经济体将滑向衰落。
The genesis of the downturn—a financial crisis that came close to toppling Britain’s banking system—is one that augurs ill for a robust recovery.
但对过于50年的大多数时间来说则是一种相对衰落，包括1990s早期的一次严重衰退(见图1)。
But for most of the past 50 years the story has been one of relative decline, including a deep recession in the early 1990s (see chart 1).
豪华酒店及度假村在经济衰退期间衰落得厉害，因为商务旅行策划者回避浪费，而消费者计划节俭，如果有休假的话。
Luxury hotels and resorts have fallen on hard times during the recession, as corporate travel planners shy away from lavish spending and consumers plan thrifty, if any, vacations.
走下坡的，衰退的：从先前或最初的状态衰落的，如在功能或性质方面。
Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state.
就在上个月，美国很多媒体都在讨论佩尔斯坦刚出的新书《从家庭解体到美国的衰落》，该书勾勒了家庭衰落和经济衰退之间的关联。
Last month, debate was wide among American media on Pearlstein's new book---From Family Collapse to America's Decline, which depicts the correlation between family recession and economic recession.
就在上个月，美国很多媒体都在讨论佩尔斯坦刚出的新书《从家庭解体到美国的衰落》，该书勾勒了家庭衰落和经济衰退之间的关联。
Last month, debate was wide among American media on Pearlstein's new book---From Family Collapse to America's Decline, which depicts the correlation between family recession and economic recession.
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