A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline.

世界上很多地区才刚刚走出经济衰落。

As global rules decay, a fluid patchwork of regional deals and spheres of influence is asserting control over trade and investment.

随着全球规则的衰落，各种地区性协议和势力范围的不稳定拼凑，正在加强对贸易和投资的控制。

As capital has ebbed out of the periphery, banks in northern Europe have found themselves flush with funds, which they have put on deposit at the ECB.

当资金已日渐衰落到边缘，北欧的那些银行却发现他们之前存在央行的钱给它们带来了大笔的资金。

Question 14. What is the historical cause of the decline in the American Indian Languages?

美国印第安语言衰落的历史根源什么？

So accepted has the narrative of decline become, that it is probably time to bet the other way. The economy is poised for a sharp recovery.

衰落已事，候赌一把了。经济的迅速复苏已经蓄势待发。

What do you mean? Lots of people live with their parents, especially when rent is so expensive and the slump in the economy.

你什么意思？很多人都和父母 住在一起，特别如今房租如此地昂贵，经济衰落。

And they weren't sweet, which is a huge oversight that arguably contributed to Greece's downfall.

而且它们并不甜，这一个巨大的疏忽，可以说希腊华夫饼衰落的原因之一。

Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return?

过去经济衰落的日子会不会重来？

So if retail isn't dying, it's actually doing well.

所以零售业没有衰落的话，它们际上发展得很不错了。

Services, such as website design and accountancy, have grown in importance, and surprisingly, perhaps, manufacturing hasn't seen the decline that has affected it in other parts of the country.

像网站设计和会计服务这样的服务行业发展极其迅猛，而且令人意外的，我们镇的制造业并没有像国内其他地方一样走向衰落。

It declined seriously and has never fully recovered even in the current coffee boom.

它严重衰落，甚至在当前的咖啡热潮中也从未完全恢复。

London, in the time of COVID-19 is a much diminished city.

疫情期间，伦敦成为一个大为衰落的城市。

I also saw a headline about the rise and fall of DVDs.

我还看到一个关于数字化视频光盘兴起与衰落的标题。

If we look at the history books, they usually tell us that in this shift after the decline of the Byzantine rule in this area and the rise of the Islamic rule, then commerce almost stopped.

如果我们查看历史书，我们通常会了解到，在拜占庭统治在这一地区衰落和伊斯兰统治兴起的这一转变期，这里的商业几乎停止了。

This small island experienced the fall of a very special culture.

这个小岛经历了一种非常特殊的文化的衰落。

During the period it was without water, it was a system in decline.

在没有水的期，它一个衰落的系统。

He witnessed the decline of traditional Scottish culture in favor of English norms.

他目睹了苏格兰传统文化的衰落，人们转而支持英式传统。

The truth of the library's rise and fall is much more complex.

其，图书馆崛起和衰落的真相更为复杂。

We know what happens, we read about it in the news. Broadly determined, rural decline, but schools close, schools consolidate, post offices close, grocery stores close.

我们知道发生了什么，新闻上能看到，可以概括成农村衰落，学校关闭合并，邮局关闭，杂货店关门。

Railways mostly carried coal and steel, and when those industries declined they were cut back.

铁路大多被用来运输煤和钢铁，当这些工业衰落后它们的运输量也削减了。