Of course, that might happen even if the kids pull their weight. Father Time can be cheated for only so long.

当然，这些年轻人站出来也是有可能的。只有很短的时间，我们拭目以待。

youdao

Just eight per cent of husbands and boyfriends pull their weight when it comes to household chores, figures show.

数据表明，只有8%的丈夫和男友在家务上尽了自己的本分。

youdao

Yet without an international deal that sets targets for all, no one nation can be certain that others will pull their weight.

然而，没有一个国际协议为各国设置目标，没有一个国家能确定其他国家会尽心尽力。

youdao

The men with whom I interact are professional, do what they say they will, communicate well, and pull their weight.

FORBES: Women and Overperforming: Don't Go for the Bait

Europe's firms and workers are too cosseted, they argue, and as a result the continent's economies are unable to pull their weight in the world economy.

ECONOMIST: How to slay America's monster trade gap?

But the principle is: are the few Brazilians who pay income tax, and the legislators they influence, willing to pull their weight in a fight that matters to all Brazil?

ECONOMIST: Brazil near the edge