Many times. My dear Papa thought the balloon would go up in the 1880s.

起起落落好几回。十八世纪八十年代，我父亲以为业败落，日薄西山。

There are signs that Salinger's profound influence on generations of American writers and readers may be waning.

有迹象表明，此前，塞林格影响了代又代美国作和读者，如今，这影响力或已开始日薄西山。

It's a message that worked in 2016 for Mr. Trump, who cast Ms. Clinton as the avatar of establishment self-dealing, a past-her-prime creature of Washington unable to adjust to the times and to produce real change.

2016年美国大选时，这理念就在特朗普身上起效了，当时，特朗普将希拉里·克林塑造成了假公济，已经日薄西山，无法适应时代变化，带来真正的变革的华盛政客的代表。

It's not just like some brand that's on its last leg or something like that.

这不仅仅是日薄西山或类似情况的品牌。

That place is on its last legs.

那地方已是日薄西山。

The writing is on the wall for old manufacturing industries.

【writing】古老的造业分明已经日薄西山，江河日下了。