Enlightened visa rules could revive declining towns.

开明的签证规则可能会重振衰败的城镇。

Astronomers think it's a failed dwarf galaxy that lacked the requisite mass to produce stars.

家们认为它是缺乏必要存在物而不能产生新星的已经衰败的矮星星系。

Why start something if it's probably going to fail?

既然一个事情有走向衰败的可能，那为什么要开始呢？

Some European politicians have interpreted Airbus's move as the latest depressing symbol of Europe's decline.

一些欧洲政客将空客的这一举动视为欧洲衰败的最新标志，令人十分沮丧。

So when small farms fail, whole economies fail.

所以当小农场衰败的时候，整个经就会衰败。

Or we can wake up. Realize we aren't evolving upwards, but rather falling down.

要么觉醒，意识到自己并不是在向前进而是在不断衰败。

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 11.5 YEARS, AND it's declined.

我来这儿已经11年半了，这里已经衰败了。

But today, the tradition of getting a quick shine is weakening.

但在今，擦鞋的传统正在衰败。

He stood for a rotten borough and he took on a sinecure in government himself.

他代表着一个有名无实的衰败选区，并在政府中为自己谋取了一个领干薪的闲差。

Like everybody else's. Subject to entropy, decay and eventual death.

跟普通人没什么两样 经历着万物的成长 衰败和最终的死亡。

The deal closes the final chapter in the company's rapid decline.

这笔交易意味着这家公司快速衰败的最后篇章落下帷幕。

Then his marriage failed, his career burned out and his drinking became serious.

后来他婚姻破裂，事业衰败，并且酗酒严重。

For example, his pride was the downfall of his career.

例如，他的骄傲导致了事业的衰败。

And so that's not going to decay.

所以它不会衰败。

State failure, it appears, does not necessarily go hand in hand with other human woes, such as poverty.

似乎政权衰败并不总是与人类其它灾难——例如贫穷——共进退。

About five decades ago, the core values that make America great began to bring America down.

那就是，约50年前，曾经成就了美国的核心价值观开始将美国推上了衰败之路。

IMMIGRATION is a sensitive subject at the best of times, and this is not one of them.

即便是在光景好的年代，移民也是个敏感话题，更何况如今光景衰败。

In these roles, great goddesses control the cycles of growth, decay and rebirth: the seasons.

在这些角色中，伟的女神掌控着生长、衰败和重生的周期，也就是四季。

So what were the stones telling him? '' This is what happens to decadent empires, '' they said.

那么这些石头究竟告诉了他什么呢？他们说：“这就是衰败的帝国的下场”。

We need to build something that will last, Papa, not stand by and watch it crumble into dust.

我们得构建能持久的产业，爸爸，而不是袖手旁观庄园的衰败。