A sinking dollar means a poorer nation and a superpower with a sinking currency is a contradiction in terms."

美元疲软意味着国家的衰落,而美国本身又是个超级大国,两者未免自相矛盾“

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Your stomach sinks, you have that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, when you get a bad grade on a test.

当你考试考砸的时候,你的胃会垂下去,或者说,会有胃部下垂的感觉

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The dollar is plunging, -and the dollar is plunging perhaps maybe just around a little bit -- That's been sinking for some months now-- -because America has been living beyond her means borrowing 2 billion a day from foreign nations.

美元大幅走低，-我插一句，美元确实下跌了一点点,且几个月来持续疲软-,-原因在于美国长久以来一直入不敷出,财政赤字每天增长20亿。

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