With no clear global lead, countries muddle along.

由于缺乏明确的全球性纲领，各国都敷衍了事。

I'm a middle-aged man who's muddling along.

我是个正在混日子的中年人。

But ultimately, underneath it, it's hopefully just a reminder that this is just a bunch of flawed human beings muddling along and doing their best and sometimes you know, not managing to get through their day.

但归根结底， 希望本书能提醒我们， 只是一群不完美的人， 在尽力而为地前行， 有时会力不从心，无法顺利度过每一天。

Muddling along doesn't really threaten his base at this point, but I think it makes it really hard for him to win back the voters that have put him over the top in recent elections.

眼， 得过且过的状态并不会真正威胁到他的基本盘，但我认为， 让他很难赢回那些在最近几次选举中助他胜出的选民。

Single-unit housing starts, they've effectively been muddling along for the past eight months at this point.

独栋住宅的开工量在过去八个月里实际上一直停滞不前。

I'll just stick with muddling along.

我只能继续得过且过了。

So at least for now, the state of the economy as it is, we're kind of muddling along, right?

因此，至少就目前而言，经济现状如此，我们似乎是在勉强维持，对吧？