BACK in August, Europe and America seemed to be locked in a downward spiral toward recession.

回顾八月，欧洲和美国经济似乎困于不断走低的萧条中。

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When you fall into that downward spiral of negative emotions-those based in fear-you are taking a back seat and allowing your life to happen on a reactive basis.

如果陷入负面情绪(源于害怕)的下行曲线，好比坐在车后座上，受之控制。

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"What we don't want to do is get caught up in a spiral where people pull back from the economy, businesses then pull back, jobs are reduced and we get into a downward spiral," he said.

“我们都不愿陷入民众抽身，企业倒退，工作减少的恶性循环中。”他说。

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It goes out to the outside world, interacts,gets its hand and mind dirty, does work outside and then applies its work and learns from "the dirty experiences" and brings it back to the lab and so on and so on in an upward spiral.

而是走到外面的世界，与外界互动，接触那些“肮脏“事物，在外面工作，并吸取经验,从“肮脏经验“中学习“,将得到的经验带回实验室,诸如此类，就像一个上升的螺旋。

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It means less folks are being hired, and we can be back in a downward spiral instead of the kind of virtuous cycle that we want to see.

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But if you've been caught in that downward spiral, coming back is extremely difficult.

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Bank chief executives rationally have to pull back on lending in light of increased risks, Dimon says, a spiral effect the government is trying everything in its power to break.

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