作为我个人，我并不是的很反对家长作风，但是我觉得它的程度应该建立在公众意见之上。

Personally, I'm not against paternalism, but I think that the level should be based on public opinion.

youdao

货币是建立在信心而不是黄金之上的，美国和欧洲的货币系统很大程度上需要投资者的信心来维持运作。

The monetary systems of both the U.S. and Europe require confidence on the part of investors to operate given that the money is largely backed by faith, not gold.

youdao

而更为糟糕的是，我们许多人认为“我们的生活方式“在很大程度上是建立在源源不断相对廉价的石油供应之上。

To make matters even worse, what many of us think of as "our way of life" is very much built around a limitless supply of relatively cheap oil.

youdao