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”。
Hundreds of scientists, writers and academics sounded a warning to humanity in an open letter published last December: Policymakers and the rest of us must engage openly with the risk of global collapse.
在去年12月发表的一封公开信中，数百名科学家、作家和学者向人类发出了警告：政策制定者和我们其他人必须公开应对全球崩溃的风险。
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。
The interesting question, and the one that probably divides us, is this: to what extent should we welcome the likely collapse of industrial civilisation?
有一个有趣的，而且可能是区分我们两者的问题是：要到什么程度，我们才应该欢迎可能到来的工业文明的崩溃？
Chinese and other Asian investors are injecting capital into Western financial services companies that have been hit by the collapse of the US subprime market.
中国以及其他亚洲投资者正在向西方那些备受美国次贷市场崩溃打击的金融服务企业注资。
Kyoto, they point out, was saved from collapse at the eleventh hour, while the Bali talks in 2007 were rescued when US opposition wilted in the pressure cooker of the conference chamber.
他们指出，京都在最后一刻才免于崩溃，2007年巴厘岛态度强硬的美国最终在会议大厅的“高压锅”里妥协。
We faced a slump for a simple reason: the financial crisis we inherited triggered a collapse in US private spending and a sharp rise in private saving.
我们陷入经济衰退，原因很简单：我们接手的金融危机，触发了美国私人消费的暴跌和私人储蓄的猛增。
China may have indeed started to rebalance its foreign reserve portfolio from US Treasuries, he says, having piled into the asset class after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.
他表示，2008年9月雷曼兄弟(Lehman Brothers)倒闭后，中国把大量资金投向了美国国债，目前，中国可能真的已开始调整外汇储备结构，减持这种资产类别。
Since the collapse of the leading US investment banks in August-September 2008, there has been a breakdown of trust in inter-bank and inter-institutional lending.
自从2008年8月、9月美国主要的投资银行破产以来，银行间和信贷机构间信用已经崩溃。
I'm sure we can agree that the immediate consequences of collapse would be hideous: the breakdown of the systems that keep most of us alive; mass starvation; war.
我相信我们都同意大崩溃的直接后果将是可怕的：让我们大多数人存活的系统将倒塌；将有大规模饥荒；将爆发战争。
Trade data from Asia's export tigers has been disastrous over recent weeks, reflecting the collapse in us, UK and European markets.
来自亚洲出口小虎们的出口数据过去几周来惨不忍睹，这反映了美国，英国和欧洲市场的状况。
But the collapse in US and European car sales has substantially reduced automotive industry demand, meaning uncertainty still surrounds the outlook for both metals.
但欧美汽车销售锐减，显著降低了汽车行业的需求，意味着这两种金属的前景仍然存在不确定因素。
Only thus shall we be able to mitigate the sufferings which the coming period will bring to each one of us and to prevent the collapse.
只有这样，我们才能减轻未来时期将给我们每个人带来的伤痛，才能防止突如其来的溃败。
The softening in the outlook for us consumer spending is due to a collapse in mortgage equity withdrawal as the housing market slowdown has intensified.
美国消费者支出前景走弱，乃是因为随着房地产市场进一步降温，资产增值抵押贷款市场出现了崩盘。
The ft reports that only in May 2009, after the Lehman collapse, was a fail penalty introduced in the US Treasurys market.
《金融时报》报道称，直到2009年5月雷曼兄弟公司破产后，美国国债市场才引入了违约罚金制度。
The January sales figures show a collapse of US car sales rather than a surge in Chinese demand, said John Zeng, a Shanghai-based analyst with Global Insight.
环球透视公司上海分析师JohnZeng表示，1月份的销售情况反应了美国汽车销售的锐减，而不是中国需求的激增。
This is highly sensitive information that could result in a collapse of US soy and corn export markets and significant disruption of domestic food and feed supplies.
这是高度敏感的信息，可能导致美国大豆和玉米出口市场的崩溃，并造成国内食品和饲料供应重大混乱。
Discussion of the property rights of social capital helps us grasp the transformation of TVEs and the building of community public space when industrial consortia collapse.
而探讨社会资本产权，对于理解乡镇企业改制和工业集体制解体时期社区公共空间的培育可能具有帮助。
The us Treasury denied the market's judgement that the appeal of nationalization of the two big housing companies lead to the collapse of the two companies' stock prices.
美国财政部否定市场关于国有化“两房”的呼吁直接导致了“两房”股价的暴跌。
The us Treasury denied the market's judgement that the appeal of nationalization of the two big housing companies lead to the collapse of the two companies' stock prices.
美国财政部否定市场关于国有化“两房”的呼吁直接导致了“两房”股价的暴跌。
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