衰退的

A: The state of our economy and decline of our educational system.

我们的经济情况以及我们教育制度的衰退

That, short term, the most important thing is that we avoid a deepening recession.

在短期内，最重要的事是避免一场日益加深的衰退。

As in Iceland the banks' collapse has catalysed a new recession and rising unemployment, and may well contribute to the fall of a prime minister—even if Gordon Brown's defenestration is likely to be more decorous than that of his ousted Icelandic counterpart.

冰岛银行破产催化了新一轮的衰退，失业率下降，也很可能导致政府首脑下台，英国也是如此，虽说比起可能被硬生生被赶下台的冰岛首相，戈登

The new economy does not mean we'll never have anther recession or even a deflationary spiral.

新经济并不意味着我们将永远摆脱新一轮的衰退或是避免落入通货紧缩的旋涡。

Saying sorry for Britain's recession—perhaps in more nuanced, less demotic terms—might not feel fair to the prime minister.

为英国的衰退道歉——或许用更相似，而不那么通俗的措辞来说，对首相来说可能不公平。

Of course he doesn't like what's happening to his reputation, yet he seems sure that when this recession is past and informed people can look at the whole picture dispassionately, they'll agree that he didn't cause the crisis and couldn't have prevented it.

当然他并不喜欢有关他名誉上发生的这一切，他看上去也确信当经济衰退过去，人们能够理智的看到整个画面时，他们会认同他并没有引起危机，也不可能制止它。

Therefore, the oncoming slowdown in the world economy is likely to impact these Cyclicals disproportionately.

因此，正在迫近的世界经济衰退对这些周期货币的影响也各不相同。

But this week its chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said the world has entered what he called "a great recession."

不过，这个星期它的主席卡恩说世界已经进入"一个巨大的经济衰退"。

When you have an economic downdraft like this, that same flexibility can be a severe detriment.

当你遭遇这种规模的经济衰退时，同样的弹性可能就会非常不利。

There is less vulnerability to a downturn in economic activity.

在衰退时期的经济活动的脆弱性减少了许多。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。