The collapse of their isolated civilization, Diamond writes, is a "worst-case scenario for what may lie ahead of us in our own future".
戴蒙德写道，他们的孤立文明的崩溃，是“我们未来可能面临的最糟糕的情况”。
Now a third and far more significant motivation presents itself: meeting these goals may be necessary to prevent the collapse of our civilization.
现在，第三个也是更重要的动机出现了：为了防止我们文明的崩溃，这些目标可能是必须要实现的。
The disease pushed him to work harder but also led to the collapse of his two marriages.
这场疾病促使他更加努力工作，但也导致他两次婚姻失败。
The collapse also ruined a bath house and mosaics that had been in the cliff for many hundreds of years.
这次坍塌还摧毁了一座澡堂和在悬崖上存在了数百年的马赛克。
The second was the earthquake that hit China's Sichuan Province in 2008, causing the collapse of poorly constructed buildings.
第二次是2008年发生在中国四川省的地震，那次地震导致一些劣质建筑倒塌。
Correspondents in the city say the raids, one of them in daylight, caused the collapse of sections of the walls around the Bab al-Azizia military complex.
在该市的记者说，其中一次袭击发生在白天，导致阿齐齐亚军事基地周围的部分墙壁倒塌。
After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world's largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed investments in risky loans.
在雷曼兄弟破产后，许多全球最大的银行都曾担心出现最糟糕的情况，因为房地产泡沫的破裂暴露了它们在高风险贷款方面的投资。
然而崩溃从没发生。
The first is the collapse of loyalty.
首先是忠诚意识的崩溃。
The collapse came when climate reached a tipping point.
当气候到达一个顶点的时候，气候突变就是出现。
The second reason is the collapse of technical processes.
第二个原因是技术过程的失灵。
Another issue emerged from the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
当雷曼兄弟破产之后另一个问题产生了。
The collapse of the credit bubble will reduce tax revenues.
信贷泡沫破灭将减少财政收入。
I want to read what you said five years before the collapse.
我要在这里读一下就在这场危机发生的五年前你所说的话。
The collapse of a big car company would provide a huge test.
一所大型汽车公司的倒闭会是对其的巨大考验。
Exports have been tumbling along with the collapse in world trade.
国际贸易崩溃连累了出口。
But they did not predict the collapse of the US mortgage market.
但是他们没有预料到美国次贷级市场的崩溃。
NO COUNTRY or company has been immune from the collapse in car sales.
没有任何一个国家或者公司能够幸免于汽车销量的大幅下降。
The collapse in the Hirst market can partly be ascribed to the recession.
赫斯特作品在市场上大幅度跳水，部分原因可以归结到经济衰退头上。
The collapse of Lehman Brothers was an enormous shock to global business.
雷曼兄弟的倒闭严重冲击了全球商业。
It is not clear how many survived the collapse of the three-storey building.
倒塌的三层楼下还有多少幸存者目前还不得而知。
The annual reports began in 2001, after the collapse of the Internet bubble.
年度报告从2001年互联网泡沫崩溃之后开始的。
The collapse of one big financial company could cascade through the industry.
一间大型金融公司破产可能会让整个业界轰然倒塌。
It's also good news if prices fall due to the collapse of a speculative bubble.
即使价格下降是由于投机泡沫的破灭造成的，也仍然是个好消息。
It's also good news if prices fall due to the collapse of a speculative bubble.
即使价格下降是由于投机泡沫的破灭造成的，也仍然是个好消息。
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