The decline in moral standards—which has long concerned social analysts—has at last captured the attention of average Americans.
道德标准的下降长期以来一直令社会分析人士担忧,现在终于引起了普通美国人的注意。
But average Americans are hurting with no end to the pain in sight.
但是普通美国民众的苦楚却是没有尽头。
The rate of growth in spending by average Americans was falling sharply.
美国人平均消费增长率在飞快下降。
There is some skepticism in Congress over the plan and also among average Americans.
在美国国会里,乃至在一般美国民众中间,一些人仍然对救市计划心有疑虑。
But recently, research has shown that the eating habits of the average Americans may be dangerous to future health.
但近来的研究表明,普通美国人的饮食习惯对未来健康可能是危险的。
Average Americans drank just 9.4 litres of alcohol a year - the same as 470 pints of mild beer or 31 glasses of wine.
美国人平均每年饮酒9.4升,这相当于淡啤酒470品脱或葡萄酒31杯。
Poor Americans today are more likely to have fridges, dishwashers and air-conditioning than average Americans were in 1971.
今天就算是穷人也会有电冰箱、洗碗机、空调,而在1971年普通美国人还不一定拥有这些。
They warn that a so-called "double-dip," if it comes, could be more painful for average Americans than the 2007-2008recession.
他们警告说,假如所谓的“双重下滑”真的到来,那将比2007 - 2008年的经济衰退更使普通美国人感到痛苦。
What could help average Americans, particularly low-income households, are policies that help them build wealth by helping people to save more.
能够帮助普通美国人、尤其是低收入家庭的,是那些能够协助人们增加储蓄从而积累财富的政策。
Obama argues that trade agreements have been written to help the wealthy, not average Americans, and has urged that a number of them be renegotiated.
而奥巴马则认为贸易协定只是为了帮助富人,而非普通美国人,因此敦促重新协商多项协议。
For millions of average Americans, Network Marketing continues to be the best vehicle in building a lucrative business in a short period of time.
数百万美国人的平均水平,网络营销仍然是最赚钱的生意车建在短短的时间。
The next day the stock market fell 115 points, prompting me to tease Bob Rubin again about how much Wall Street hated it when average Americans did well.
第二天,股市跌了115点,让我不得不再次奚落鲍勃·鲁宾,当普通美国人表现很不错的时候,华尔街却是如此憎恨。
Although it is the common understanding that we are now living in a global village, the average Americans know China in part through the Chinese-Americans who helped build our country.
尽管大家都认为我们如今生活在同一个地球村,但是,普通美国人对中国的了解部分是来自于参加建设我们国家的美籍华人。
It is these 21st century anxieties--anxieties about changes from outside America that seem beyond average Americans' control--that represent the Republicans' best shot at unhorsing Obama now.
现在,正是21世纪的这些担忧——关于外界的变化超出一般美国人的控制的担忧——成为共和党想让奥巴马落马的最紧要一枪。
But a number of groups are fighting these changes, as they worry about average Americans coming up with huge chunks of money to buy a home. Does the CRL's 14-year estimate exaggerate the situation?
但是一些团体非常反对这种变化,因为他们担心大部分美国人都需要一大笔钱来买房子,贷款中心的计算表是否夸大了这种形势呢?
Unlike many Americans compelled into early retirement by company restrictions, the average nevertiree often has no one forcing his hand.
与许多因公司限制而被迫提前退休的美国人不同,一些普通的永不退休的人通常不会受人逼迫。
In 2005, as the authors observe, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average.
在2005年,正如作者所观察到的,法国的人均实际消费仅为美国的60%,表面上美国人的平均经济状况似乎比法国人好得多。
Between 1969 and 1989 employed Americans added an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules.
在1969年至1989年期间,美国人的年度工作时间平均增加了138个小时。
We are still in the exploratory stages of this project, although what's noteworthy is that East Asians on average sleep about an hour and a half less each night than North Americans do.
我们仍然在这个项目的探索阶段,尽管值得注意的是,东亚人平均每晚比北美人少睡一个半小时。
And, indeed, over the past century Americans have reduced their average nightly sleep time by more than 20 percent — wearing the dark circles under their eyes like badges of honor.
的确,在过去的一个世纪里,美国人每晚平均睡眠时间减少了20%以上——人们带着黑眼圈就像戴着荣誉徽章一样光荣。
We average two or three attacks a day against the Americans and their allies.
针对美军及其联军,我们平均每天发动两到三次攻击。
Senator Obama fired back, accusing Senator McCain and Republicans of approving tax cuts for the wealthy while neglecting the needs of average working Americans.
奥巴马还以颜色,他指责麦凯恩和共和党人一方面批准给富人减税,同时却忽视普通美国工薪阶层的需要。
Senator Obama fired back, accusing Senator McCain and Republicans of approving tax cuts for the wealthy while neglecting the needs of average working Americans.
奥巴马还以颜色,他指责麦凯恩和共和党人一方面批准给富人减税,同时却忽视普通美国工薪阶层的需要。
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