This is progress, not upward, but downward.
这个“进步”，决不是向上的，而是向下的。
But downward pressure on wages in rich countries could continue for a long time.
但是在富国工资水平向下的压力可能会持续很久。
He swam quartering upstream, but still was swept downward rather faster than he had expected.
他向上游游去，但还是被水冲了下去，流速比他预料的要快得多。
But daily vertical movements by zooplankton in the ocean—upward by night to seek food, downward by day to escape predators—can also be considered migration.
但是海洋中浮游动物每天的垂直运动——夜里上浮以寻找食物，白天下潜以躲避捕食者——也可以被视作迁徒。
But last year, that downward trend was reversed.
然而去年，下降的趋势有所反弹。
There seems to be a downward trend for receiver utilization, but I don't know what it means.
接收方的利用率似乎有下降的趋势，但我不知道这意味着什么。
Gravity constantly tugs downward on a slope, but only when gravity's force exceeds the strength of the rocks, soils, and sediments composing the slope does land begin to slide down hill.
重力不断的向下托拽山坡，当重力作用超过岩石、沙子和沉积物的强度，就形成滑坡，并使得地面开始沿着山坡滑落。
But such downward comparisons can remind us of our own fortune.
当然，向下比较能够时刻提醒我们其实自己还是很幸运的。
A currency facing downward pressure is a headache, but one facing upward pressure is not badly off.
有下降压力很头痛，但上升压力绝对不坏。
Well there is this initial impedance from explosion, sure the cannon ball can keep going horizontally but as soon that impedance goes it store its natural motion which is downward.
在发射的最初阶段会产生一个阻力，使得炮弹可以保持水平飞行，很快阻力就消失了，自然力使得它向下运动。
We know the water moves downwards when its left to itself as in rain, but you see if it moves downward on the right that would leave a gap, vacuum a hole in the pipe.
我们知道水都是往下运动的，就好比如同下雨一样，但是你会发现如果在右边的水也向下运动，就会产生一个空隙，在吸管里会有一段真空部分。
For the past few years this has remained relatively constant—buoyed partly by the weak pound—but, as the chart shows, the trend over the decade to 2007 was slightly downward.
在过去的几年当中，这一点保持的相当稳定—浮动部分是由于英镑的疲软导致的—但是，如图表所示，在到2007年的十年间，(整体)趋势有一点的下滑。
That may not seem like much of an increase, but it reverses the downward trend of 2010.
增加幅度看来还不算大，但确实增加了，这便折返了2010年的下跌趋势。
You can delegate administration downward that will help, but I suspect this will get hard to manage.
您可以通过代理下面的管理来帮助自己，但是我认为管理起来是非常困难的。
But if the downward spiral takes hold, America will end up in recession and so quite possibly will Europe.
但如果现在的这种螺旋下降的情况继续的话，美国经济将以衰退收场，欧洲也是难兄难弟。
But as prices of designer clothes have crept ever upwards, fast fashion has plunged prices dramatically downward.
但是，随着服装设计成本的稳步提升，“快时尚”的价格却在显著滑落。
Indeed, with the economy spiralling downward and the Federal Reserve's monetary ammunition all but spent, he rightly chose to boost the deficit in the short term through hefty fiscal stimulus.
的确，由于经济的急剧衰退和联邦储备系统的货币储备消耗殆尽，他不得不选择在短期内实行大量的财政刺激措施，这使财政赤字急剧增加。
But dumping assets would risk setting off another downward spiral in prices, eating into the amount of capital in the system.
但是倾销资产可能会引起又一轮价格的急速下跌，并侵蚀该系统的资本额。
The downward trend is clear, but change advocates always overestimate how quickly these things will happen.
虽然其减少的趋势非常明显，但是这些倡导者经常过快估计变化所需要的时间。
But so many people think we're morally in trouble, in a downward spiral and teens are out of control.
但还是有那么多人认为我们正处于道德麻烦之中，世风日下，孩子们都失了控。
The adverse consequences of turmoil on financial markets will not only affect US demand growth but also lead to further downward revisions in economic growth for Japan and Western Europe.
金融市场动荡带来的负面影响不只影响美国需求增长，还会进一步影响日本和西欧的经济增长预期。
It's easy to think that the pressure to push prices downward was the only impulse that drove the success of travel on the web - but there have been other factors at work.
我们很容易想象出，降价的压力是推动在线旅游的动力——但还有其它因素在起作用。
They used to pay out typically like 80% of their earnings but it's been gradually going downward and now it's down to like 40%.
过去他们将收益的80%作为股利,但现在正慢慢减少,目前降到了40%
But she believes that when you take away genes and circumstances, what is left besides error must be "intentional activity," mental and behavioral strategies to counteract adaptation's downward pull.
不过她相信的一点是，如果撇开遗传因素和环境因素不谈，再剔除各种错误因子，那么所剩下的那一部分必然是个人的“主观行为”，即为了抵抗适应性的下拉力而必须采取的各种心理对策与行为对策。
But she believes that when you take away genes and circumstances, what is left besides error must be "intentional activity," mental and behavioral strategies to counteract adaptation's downward pull.
不过她相信的一点是，如果撇开遗传因素和环境因素不谈，再剔除各种错误因子，那么所剩下的那一部分必然是个人的“主观行为”，即为了抵抗适应性的下拉力而必须采取的各种心理对策与行为对策。
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