So many of them lost sizable fortunes and consequently were dislodged from their comfortable perches atop the social ladder that a fear of swindlers spread like wildfire.

由于他们中有人失去了数额极大的财富，并因此被赶出了自己高高在上的安乐窝，所以对骗子的恐惧如同野火般蔓延开来。

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For instance, if you're in a career that you don't like, every step you take up the ladder is just taking you further and further in the wrong direction.

比如说，如果你在从事一种你并不喜欢的事业，你一步一步顺着梯子向上爬，不过是让你在错误的方向走的越来越远。

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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。

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The backbone's on the outside of the molecule like the upright struts of a ladder on the outside of a ladder.

主链位于DNA分子结构外侧,像梯子两侧上下的支柱,记住是梯子外侧

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