Our colloquialisms reveal a great deal : once you are old you are " fading fast " , " over the hill " , " out to pasture" , " down the drain" , " finished " , " out of date" an " old crock" , " fogy" , " geeze" , " biddy" .

你一旦老了，便" 很快枯萎" ，" 走下坡路" ，" 靠边站" ，" 徒劳 无功" ，" 完蛋了" ，" 过时了" ，是个" 老废物" ，" 老古板" ，" 怪老头儿" 或" 长舌婆。

We've passed our peak in terms of looks.

我们的外貌已经开始走下坡。

The future is uphill, and the past, downhill.

来是坡路，过去是下坡路。

The dormant volcano slopes down to the sunny beaches on the west coast of Maui.

休眠火山往下坡绵延直达茂宜岛西海岸的阳光海滩。

Many feel as though they're still in decline, and they don't have the ability to turn things around.

许多民众深感生活持续走下坡路，自身无力扭转现状。

It is always possible to underestimate the shock absorbers in America's vigorous, multi-tiered system.

在美国充满活力的多级体系，人们总是有可能低估下坡路起到缓冲作用的那一步骤。

Things started to go downhill from breakfast in the Great Hall.

从早晨在大礼堂吃早饭起，境况就开始走下坡路了。

Meaning you're diving straight down as opposed to a less steep downhill angle and this is going to be the tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster in the world when it's finished.

这意味着你是垂直下降，而不是一个较小陡峭的下坡角度，它完成之后，这将成为最高，最快，最长的下降过山车。

In retail, the industry is taking steps backwards.

整个零售业都在走下坡路。

We have seen this movie play out in the past, when North Korea has opened up after time tension, diplomacy has looked very promising and then the situation has spiraled back downward.

我们以前也看过如此情景，当朝鲜在紧张的局势下选择开放之后，外交看起来很有希望，但局势又开始走下坡路了。

Whether or not we get out of them and continue forward or spiral downward depends on whether or not we're willing to face the failure objectively and make the right decisions to turn the loop upward again.

我们是否走出困境，继续前进，还是继续走下坡路，取决于我们是否愿意客观地面对失败并且做出正确的决定，以再次扭转循环。

By the fourth century, after a lifespan of over a millennium, the Roman Empire declined.

公元4纪，在经历了一千年后，罗马帝国开始走下坡路。

Yes. So, obviously, when people go skiing, they actually go downhill.

是的。所以，显然，当人们去滑雪时，他们实际是在向下坡滑。

" … Tearing down the hill! " " Oh my goodness! "

“… … 冲下坡道了！”“哦天哪！”

You may be enjoying the view from the top, or you may be worried that what goes up, must come down.

你也许正享受山顶的风光，又或许你开始担忧，凡事有起必有落，登高之后终将下坡。

Skyscrapers went up, but the economy went down.

摩天大楼拔地而起，但经济却走下坡路。

The big classical names are still popular, but definitely in decline.

古典名家们仍然很受欢迎，但肯定在走下坡路。

If it makes it down the slopes, can't wait for lunch. It's on Ebbers' back.

如果午饭能顺利下坡，我就等不及吃午饭了。它在埃伯斯的背。

So now I am trying to ski down the hill.

现在我尝试滑下坡.

Over the Hill means someone or something is old and does not have much value.

Over the Hill指的是，人变老或者东西变旧了，开始走下坡路，不再有价值。