Women who viewed themselves as "on the bottom step" on the life ladder were shorter than the average woman by half an inch, or 1.3 centimetres.
而觉得自己处于“生活阶梯”“最底层”的女性则比平均身高矮0.5英寸，合1.3厘米。
At the bottom of the ladder we have only ignorance, and at the top we have knowledge.
在阶梯的最底层，我们是无知的。当我们到达顶端时，我们就拥有了知识。
Imagine, in a world where human intelligence is near the bottom of the ladder, what the world would look like even a short decade later.
在一个人类智能接近阶梯底部的世界里，就算是短短的十年之后世界会变成什么样，想象一下。
But seen from the very bottom of the ladder, the sky recovers its full meaning: a priceless grace.
可是，从社会台阶的最底层仰望时，天空却又恢复了其全部的意义：那是无价可当的恩典。
The family may be near the bottom of the ladder, but it sees a way up.
这家人可能接近社会底层，但他们看到了往上走的路。
Education was more important than ever but, at the same time, the gap between the "kids at the top and bottom of the social ladder" appeared to be getting bigger.
当今，教育的重要性日渐突出，与此同时，“在社会金字塔顶端和底端的孩子”之间的差距也越来越大。
So, if you do badly in the developmental tests at 22 months, and your parents are in low-paid manual jobs, you are likely to remain on the bottom rungs of the educational ladder.
所以，假如你搞砸了22月大时的测试，而你的父母又恰是低薪的劳动工人，那么你这辈子就很可能要与与你父母一样的人为伍。
"What you're seeing is people at the bottom rung of the economic ladder being taken off the economic ladder entirely," Kleinbard said.
“你所能见的景象是，原本收入中等的人在金融风暴中被彻底击垮，无力翻身，”凯伦·巴德说。
Demography makes it harder for people who start at the bottom of the ladder to climb up it.
人口问题已经让从阶梯底层开始的人很难爬上去。
At the bottom of the ladder we squat in a narrow passage, while Anne-Marie Leparmentier, a geologist, measures the oxygen level.
在梯子的底部我们蹲着移入一条狭窄的通道，与我们同行还有一位叫安妮玛丽.丽帕米蒂尔的地质学者，她的工作是测量空气含氧量。
So we said the person starts at the bottom of the ladder and we ask this person to gradually climb up.
也就是说人,从梯子底部开始,让这个人,慢慢爬高。
Dr High warns that researchers are still at the bottom of a tall ladder, though she expects quicker progress in the future.
High博士警告说科研人员仍处于开端，虽然她期望未来会有更快的进展。
Again, people at the bottom of the economic ladder are more alarmed — 85% of C2s think they could become unemployed.
另外，穷人受到的影响会更加严重——85%的C2s认为他们可能会失业。
Climbing quickly down a steel ladder, he paused at the bottom, two feet above the roadbed flashing by.
他疾速攀下铁梯，停在梯子最后—级上，离他脚下飞速掠过的铁路路基有两英尺。
The younger brother's post was on the top of the official ladder; the elder brother's at the bottom.
弟弟的位子是在职务阶梯的顶端，哥哥的位子则是在它的最底层。
The report challenged the idea that it is those who are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder that feel the most miserable and anxious.
该报告挑战了一种想法，即处于社会经济阶梯底端的人感觉最痛苦和焦虑。
That is making it harder for young people to get on to the property ladder, cutting off demand at the bottom of the market.
这使得年轻人更难爬上地产阶梯，也将市场底部的需求切断。
They said while the richest Americans may be seeing reductions in executive pay, those at the bottom of the income ladder are often unemployed and struggling to get by.
分析家们同时也表示，虽然美国高管的巨额收入或许有所下降，但处于收入底层的穷人可能根本就没有收入，难以维生。
Stepping down he saw that there was no further passage-way below, that the bottom rung of the ladder rested here.
下了梯子，他看到，在这一层下面，没有别的通道了，这里也就是整个梯子的底部。
Before liberation women were at the bottom of the social ladder, with no rights to speak of.
解放前妇女处于社会最底层，没有说话的权利。
Since the late 1990s, average incomes have declined 2.5% for families on the bottom fifth of the country's economic ladder, while incomes have increased 9.1% for families on the top fifth.
自从九十年代后期以来，位于美国经济阶梯底端的五分之一家庭的平均收入下降了2.5%，而经济阶梯顶端的五分之一家庭的收入增长了9.1%。
We are at the bottom of the ladder in terms of having any influence with China. Ask any businessman who has been to China, and he will tell you the same thing.
“我们正处于底部的阶梯，在条款有任何的影响与中国的任何商人，请问谁已经向中国，他会告诉你同样的事情” 。
I hate being controlled by others, and I don't want to start at the bottom of a steep corporate ladder.
我不愿意受制于人，也不想从公司的最底层开始往上爬。
They said while the richest Americans may be seeing reductions in executive pay, those at the bottom of the income ladder are often unemployed and struggling to get by.
他们认为，虽然最富裕的美国人也可能发现收入缩水，但那些工资最低的人才是真正的受害者，因为他们经常遭到解雇，艰难度日。
"Everybody knows that the people with the greatest need, that will get sick more often for longer periods of time, are people at the bottom end of the social ladder," gelinas continued.
linas继续说：“所有人都知道，最需要帮助的人群——那些生病更频繁且更久的人都是生活在社会阶梯最下层的人们。”
"Everybody knows that the people with the greatest need, that will get sick more often for longer periods of time, are people at the bottom end of the social ladder," gelinas continued.
linas继续说：“所有人都知道，最需要帮助的人群——那些生病更频繁且更久的人都是生活在社会阶梯最下层的人们。”
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