After living in a mansion. That is some serious downsizing.

在豪宅里生活过后，这可是大步啊。

And they gave him a two-day ultimatum to stand down and surrender.

他们给他下了两天的最后通牒，要求他步投降。

And it's also regressive. It gives more money to higher wage earners.

而且这也是步。这高收入人群的收入。

Because otherwise we're back to just using people and coercing people.

否则，社就步到利用人强迫人的阶段了。

I also felt there were periods where I would get worse before I got better.

我也觉得在我进步之前， 有段时间在步。

A setback is something that pushes you back.

“Setback”是让你步的东西。

" But they can't if they continue to lose ground, " she said.

“但他们的成绩如果继续步，就无法实现。”

Yemen, India, Syria, Botswana and Venezuela have experienced the largest declines.

也门、印度、叙利亚、博茨瓦纳和委内瑞拉则步最大。

The Al Jazeera news agency said the sanctions were a backward step.

半岛电视台表示制裁是步。

Not that it could get any worse.

表现好多了嘛。不过本来也就没什么可步的。

Larry's grades slid a lot last semester, so he lost the scholarship.

赖瑞上学期的成绩大幅步，所以错失了奖学金。

My grandfather's ability to beat anyone at chess has weakened over the last few years.

过去几年来，袓父打遍天下无敌手的棋艺渐趋步。

But 1% worse every day over a year will bring you close to zero!

但年多下来，每天步 1%，你就接近于零！

Indeed, women's views on gender roles have shown signs of regressing in recent years.

事实上，女性对性别角色的看法近年来有步的迹象。

Watch the news every day and the world seems to be going backwards, not forwards.

我们每天看新闻时觉得 这个世界是在步，而不是进步。

Nation's major airlines apparently suffer something with setback in May in terms of on-time arrivals.

五月，美国主要航空公司在航班准点问题上的表现明显步。

Wow. Way to set feminism back a few steps.

真是男女平等的步啊。

And why it's holding you back.

那就是让你步的原因。

For holding meetings, crack open William Golding's " Lord of the Flies" (arguments descend into savagery).

对于开，不妨翻开威廉·戈尔丁的《蝇王》（争论步成野蛮行为）。

His development (or retrogression) was rapid.

他的进步(或者说步)很快。