It would not serve the purpose of stemming school drop-out rates, or raise the educational level of the younger generation.

这样不能扭转辍学率,也不能提高一般国民的教育水平。

属类：社会文化-新闻报道-

1: The recession then took a heavy toll on the rich. 2: Between 2007 and 2009 the inflation-adjusted income of the bottom 99% dropped by 11.6%, the largest decline seen since the Depression. 3: The top 1% suffered a much larger drop of 36.3%, substantial enough to suggest the possibility of a break in the previous trend. 4: The distribution of incomes in America levelled off sharply in the 1930s and remained flat until the late 1980s (see chart). 5: A repeat performance seemed possible.

1:此次大衰退给富人们造成了严重的损失。2:2007-2009年间，调整通胀后，占人口99%的较低收入者的收入削减了11.6%，是大萧条以来的最大降幅。3:1%的富人的降幅则更大，达到36.3%，足以有超过先前趋势的可能。4:大萧条时期20世纪30年代，美国的收入分配大幅趋平，这种情况持续到了20世纪80年末（见上图）。5:这次似乎又是一次循环。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-差距再次扩大

1: DRUG research is in dark times, as pipelines dry up and development budgets are cut. 2: But one shaft of light pierces the gloom. 3: “Personalised medicine” promises to craft drugs for individuals. 4: Genetic tests will identify those who will benefit from specific medicines. 5: Treatment will be more effective; waste will drop. 6: Personalised medicine has sparked excitement among drugmakers, doctors, hospitals and patients. It has also sparked a legal brawl.

1:随着新药品种开发减少，药品的研发资金缩减，药品研究正处于黑暗时期。2:但有一束光带来了一线希望。3:“个性化药品”承诺为个人定制药品。4:基因测试将识别出那些从特制药品中获益的人。5:从而加强治疗效果；降低浪费水平。6:个性化药品让制药商、医生和病人均欣喜若狂。这也引发了法律纠纷。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-生物技术专利的法律纠纷

1: A higher saving rate would be much less painful for the economy if it were achieved through increased income rather than lower spending. That could happen. 2: The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in its economic outlook released on January 31st, reckoned that real disposable incomes would grow by 3% this year thanks both to faster wage growth and a big drop in inflation. 3: That, it reckons, should support growth in consumption and overall GDP of 2%.

1:一个更高的储蓄率如果是通过增加收入而非降低花销所成就那么经济所承受的创伤会更小。那将会发生。2:无党派国会预算局，在其1月31号发布的经济前景报告中预计真正的可支配性收入将会在今年增长3%，这得益于更快的工资增速和通货膨胀的大跌落。3:这项报告同样预测那将会促进消费的增长，同时也会促进GDP总体上升2个百分点。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-酒醉以酒解 A Hair of The Dog

Boeing’s annual outlook for the overall aerospace industry forecast an 11% drop in demand for commercial planes over the next decade, compared with last year’s forecast. Over the next 20 years, it predicts passenger-traffic growth will return to pre-pandemic levels of 4% a year.

波音公司对整个航空航天行业的年度展望预测，未来10年商用飞机的需求将比去年的预测下降11%。该组织预测，在未来20年里，客流量的增长将恢复到流感大流行前每年4%的水平。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-一周要闻 波音公布新市场预测 沃尔纳出售ASDA Ci

The drop has been by far the largest among 16-to-24-year-olds; their participation rate has dropped almost five percentage points since 2007. Alan Krueger, the chairman of Mr Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, reckons this can explain almost a third of the drop in the overall participation rate.

目前，16-24岁的人群是参与率是下降最多的，2007年下降了将近5个百分点。奥巴马政府的经济顾问委员会会长阿兰?克鲁格（Alan Krueger）估计这（前文提到的扩招趋势）能解释为什么总参与率下降了近1/3。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-势利之国 Snob Nation

"Too often, the 50 percent of subjects who drop out are the ones sitting in your office, " he said.

“经常出现的情况是，你诊所里就诊的病人正是50%会离去的。”他说到。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

"Because I am over 19 they cost loads of money, and I was forced to drop out because the funding I needed was delayed by two months. "

“就是因为我过了19岁，政府在教育上已经为我投入了很多的钱，因为我申请的补助耽误了两个月的时间，我就不得不退学。”

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

"They decide, do you drop out of the labor force or take anything you can? " he said.

“他们要考虑，你是想失业或者是尽自己所能得到一些东西”他说。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The knowledge that they would not have to drop out of, say, law school to have a baby made law school more attractive.

比方说，女性们要是知道她们没有必要为了生小孩而从法律学院辍学，那法学院对她们就更有吸引力了。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

More drop out , and fewer pass the bar exam than would have done under race-neutral admissions policies.

比起在种族中立招生政策下招收的黑人学生，前者中有更多的学生会中途退学，而能够通过律师考试的学生就更少了。

属类：无分类双语句库-blog.ecocn.org-

Over half of black males in the inner cities drop out of school without graduating.

城市贫民区有超出半数的男性黑人毕业前离校；

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

Plentiful unskilled jobs encouraged youths to drop out of school.

大量非技术的工作促使年轻人辍学工作。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

But if you think it's a rat race, before you drop out , take a deep breath.

但如果你认为这是无意义的竞争，请在退出之前，深呼吸，慎重地想一想。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But research finds that the more a counselor confronts, the more a patient drinks and the more likely he is to drop out of treatment.

但研究表明越是和咨询师接触，病人反而饮酒量越多，而且退出治疗的可能性越大。

属类：英汉句库-www.hjenglish.com-

When I was in the middle of my career at graduate school, my tuition suddenly ran out and I had to drop out .

当我在研究生院的学业进行到中期的时候，我的学费突然用完了，我不得不放弃了学业。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

This was exaggerated by one-off relief to Iraq and Nigeria, which boosted the 2005 total and began to drop out of the calculation in 2006.

对伊拉克和尼日利亚的一次性债务减免提高了2005年的援助总额，但不在2006年的计算之外，因此实际降幅有所夸大。

属类：英汉句库-www.ftchinese.com-

Many are likely to drop out of the race, as they are not ready or able to put up the investment needed to do so.

多数很可能将遭淘汰，因他们尚未做好准备，或无法获得所需投资。

属类：英汉句库-cn.reuters.com-

Teens with no psychiatric disorder had a 15% drop out rate.

而没有任何精神疾病的学生的辍学率仅为15%。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But the founders didn't drop out of school to give back to the world; they set up Google to make money, and they have.

而它的创始人并不是要中途放弃去回馈社会；他们成立Google就是为了挣钱，而且他们也做到了。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Many who drop out of top-tier colleges might have thrived at slightly less competitive ones.

而许多从一流大学退学的学生反而能在竞争略缓的学校迅速获得进展。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

Teens with conduct disorder also had a higher drop out rate -- 31%.

而在行为失常的青少年中也有较高的辍学率——31%

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The irony is that in order to become less competitive (and a lot happier), you need to drop out of the race.

讽刺的是，为了变得不那么求胜心切（同时更快乐），你需要放弃竞争。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

It no longer exports oil and will officially drop out of the cartel at the year's end.

该国已经不再出口石油，并将于年底正式退出欧佩克。

属类：英汉句库-www.ebigear.com-

Not surprisingly, up to half of all doctoral students in English drop out before getting their degrees.

高达一半的英语博士生在获得学位之前辍学就毫不奇怪了。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

According to Juwono Sudarsono, a formereducation minister, the 1998 financial crisis forced 3m children to drop out of school.

根据JuwonoSudarsono——前教育部长的表示，在1998年的金融危机中，300万孩子被迫辍学。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

According to her research, 37% of all professional women drop out of work at some point; even more will spend time working flexibly.

根据她的研究，职业女性的37%在一些时候放弃工作；而更多的则向往更具弹性的工作。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

And after a long time spent getting nowhere, lots of children drop out early.

耗费时间无所收获，许多孩子便过早辍学了。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

You've spent years getting to this point, so you just can't drop out now.

花了好几年才取得今天的成绩，要你现在放手谈何容易。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Or even skate into college, get rich and drop out to become the one of the richest undergraduates on the planet?

或者即使混进了大学，为什么不在学校内变富之后再退学使自己变成这个星球上最富有的肄业生之一呢？

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-