例外论会导致自大，在文明衰落时，二者互相强化其作用。
Exceptionalism leads to hubris, and when the two reinforce one another, that's when civilizations fall.
我不是说我们必须盛装打扮或者赶上潮流(尽管我大力推荐这样做)，也不是对如今休闲服装和T恤衫如何代表了西方文明衰落的一种诽谤。
I'm not talking about dressing up or staying in fashion (although I highly suggest it), and this is not a diatribe on how casual Fridays and T-shirts represent the decline of Western civilization.
本人正是这样，尽管我不会上纲上线到像先知一样预告说这种随意乱用标点的行为预示着英语文明的衰落。
And yes, I admit to being such a person, although I don't go as far as the jeremiahs who suggest that this haphazard punctuation portends the decline of English-speaking civilization.
戈尔是不随便说话的，他引用历史来支持主张：娓娓道来无数文明的衰落和错误态度的关系。
Al is tough-minded. He marshals history to make his argument, and countless examples of civilizations changing course and attitudes midstream roll off his tongue.
Flannery的主题是人类有可能的命运，以及科技赋予现代文明的力量将带来的是衰落还是救赎？
Mr Flannery’s subject is the likely fate of humankind, and whether the powers granted to modern civilisation by science and technology will prove to be its downfall or its salvation.
丁克式的生活肤浅，对于种族繁衍和家族延续毫无贡献，反而“促进”了西方文明的衰落。
The DINK lifestyle can be a shallow one, adding nothing to the propagation of the race and family line, and contributing to the decline of Western civilization.
在中世纪期间，希腊文明开始衰落直至衰败。
During the middle ages, Greek civilization declined and became effete .
古国文明的衰落从表面上看是源于自然的毁灭和外来的侵袭，究其本质还是自身患上了无法自救的文化遗传疾病。
To look at their surface, the decline of the ancient civilizations resulted from natural disasters and outside invasions, but in fact, such results come from their cultural genetic diseases by nature.
其他南太平洋岛屿同样经历了文明的兴盛与衰落，但它们并没有留下拉帕·努伊的巨型石像，这些石像成了复活节岛文明消失的引人注目的见证。
Other South Pacific islands have also seen civilizations rise and fall, though none have left such dramatic reminders of their passing as the giant statues of the Rapa Nui.
我国这个具有悠久文明历史的古国在不到一个世纪的时间里，从衰落的低谷走向了振兴的坦途。
Our country with a long history nowadays walks on a flat road to rejuvenation from all-time low of recession within less than one century's time.
当我们想到生命与文明的无休止的成长与衰落，我们就无可避免地感受到绝对虚无。
When we think of the unending growth and decay of life and civilizations, we cannot escape the impression of absolute nullity.
在中世纪期间，希腊文明开始衰落直至衰败。
During the middle ages, Greek civilization declined and became effete.
在中世纪期间，希腊文明开始衰落直至衰败。
During the middle ages, Greek civilization declined and became effete.
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