Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。

Some are concerned that apps are turning language acquisition into a dwindling pursuit.

一些人担心，应用程序正在将习得语言变成一种日益衰微。

30 He must become greater; I must become less.

30 他必兴旺、我必衰微。

To the Old World of art, Europe, where the veterans of modernism, Salvador Dali, Picasso, were still pottering around to ever less effect.

而那个有着众多现代主义高手，如萨尔瓦多，达利，毕加索等人欧洲旧艺术圈子，仍在影响力日渐衰微路上徘徊。

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.

你要警醒，坚固那剩下将要衰微（" 衰微" 原文作" 死" ），因我见你行为，在我　神面前，没有一样是完全。

Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: " An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses" .

所以主耶和华如此说：" 敌人必来围攻这地，使你势力衰微，抢掠你家宅。"

Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

他们虽在列邦中贿买人，现在我却要聚集惩罚他们。他们因君王和首领所加重担，日渐衰微。

Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away.

因此，这地悲哀，其上民、田野兽、空中鸟必都衰微，海中鱼也必消灭。"

Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.

素来饱足，反作佣人食；饥饿，再不饥饿；不生育，生了七个儿子；多有儿女，反倒衰微。

The study of Su Tungpo's life is, therefore, at the same time a study of national degeneration through party strife, ending in the sapping of national strength and the triumphant misrule of the petty politicians.

研究苏东坡传记，同时也就是研究宋朝因朋党之争而衰微，终于导致国力耗竭，小人当政。