Businesses have downsized or shut down across America, leaving fewer job opportunities for those in search of work.
美国各地的企业已经裁员或者倒闭，给求职者留下的就业机会更少了。
The other thing I have down is population, although the population of the U.S. has been pretty steady -that pink line looks awfully steady -and I have interest rates.
我还做了另外一个数据，就是人口数，而美国的人口数量一直都很平稳，粉色的那条线看起来非常平稳，我还做了利率的数据。
He and his wife, already parents of a child with cystic fibrosis, had gotten word that their second baby, due later this year, would almost certainly have Down syndrome.
他和他妻子已经有了一个患囊肿性纤维化症的孩子，今天又得知将于今年晚些时候出生的第二个孩子几乎肯定患有唐氏综合症。
All goods have been marked down by 15%.
所有商品都打八五折。
Technical advances have cut down on the number of grains you have to study, so you get your results faster.
技术进步已经减少了你需要研究的谷物，你就可以更快地得到结果。
Being the particular icons of Chinese culture, traditional festivals are also precious intangible cultural heritage that we have carried down from our ancestors.
作为中国文化的特有标志，传统节日也是我们从祖先那里继承下来的宝贵的非物质文化遗产。
These two poems—possibly the first to have been written down in the Greek alphabet—had long been held up as literary archetypes.
这两首诗——可能是首次用希腊字母写下来的诗——长期以来一直被视为文学原型。
If a few thick pillars had not been left supporting the rest, it would undoubtedly have tumbled down.
如果没有几根粗大的柱子支撑这残骸，它肯定会倒下来。
At some point, you will cut the magnet so small that you will have cut down to the size of a single atom.
从某个方面看，你会把磁体切到如此之小，小到只有一个单原子那么大。
They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile.
他们声称已经击落了一枚来袭的导弹。
They have put substantial funds into rebuilding one of the most run-down areas.
他们已投入大量的资金用于重建最破败的地区之一。
Winds have knocked down power lines, cutting electricity to thousands of people.
风刮断了电线，中断了数千人的电力供应。
It's amazing how much computers have come down in price over the past few years.
过去这几年，电脑的价格大大降低，简直令人惊讶。
It would have meant cutting down over 200 trees, including oaks and hickories.
这就意味着砍伐200多棵树，包括栎树和山胡桃树。
I have a vivid picture of my grandfather smiling down at me when I was very small.
我清楚地记得很小的时候祖父向我低头微笑的情景。
The sense of let-down today is all the greater because in the past doctors have been over-confident about these treatments.
今天的幻灭感尤其强烈，原因是过去医生们对这些治疗过度自信。
When 23-year-old Marilyn Brown started to feel run-down last December, it never occurred to her that she could have tuberculosis.
当23岁的玛丽莲•布朗去年12月开始感到疲惫的时候，她未曾想到她会得肺结核。
Timber owners have often produced lumber at a loss and survived these down cycles in demand.
木场主经常赔本生产木料，以便在需求低迷期挺过来。
Children appear to have it down to an art and for the most part they don't need self-help books or therapy.
孩子们似乎已经把它归结为一门艺术，而且在很大程度上，他们不需要自助书籍或治疗。
All over the world, people have cut down millions and millions of trees.
在全世界，人们已砍伐了许许多多的树木。
Now that the swine flu scare seems to have died down. Does this mean we all overreacted?
现在猪流感恐慌似乎已经平息。这是否意味着我们都反应过度了呢？
Anything like numbers, names, places, have to be noted down.
任何像数字、名字、地点之类的东西都必须记录下来。
Absolutely, anything like numbers, names, places have to be noted down.
当然，任何像数字、名字、地点之类的东西都必须记录下来。
It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved.
因此，人们可能会很容易地认为旧的障碍已经打破，平等的机会已经实现。
He would have liked to fall down and worship him, if it were in the dark.
如果是在黑暗中，他真想跪下来膜拜他。
You have a deep, vertical crease down the middle of your earlobe.
你的耳垂中间有一条很深的垂直折痕。
Children appear to have it down to an art—and for the most part they don't need self-help books or therapy.
孩子们似乎深谙其中的奥秘，并且大多数情况下，他们不需要自助书籍或治疗。
Had the bell towers' wooden frames burned down, the heavy bells would have crashed down.
如果钟楼的木质框架被烧毁，那些沉重的钟就会倒塌。
It's amazing how much computers have come down in price over the past few years.
过去这几年，电脑的价格大大降低，简直令人惊讶。
"The wind might have blown it down," remarked Barbara, who was staring open-mouthed at the beautiful velvet cushions.
“可能是风把它刮下来地。”芭芭拉说，她正目瞪口呆地盯着漂亮的天鹅绒坐垫。
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