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

在豪宅里生活过后，这可是大啊。

Wow. Way to set feminism back a few steps.

真是男女平等的啊。

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

半岛电视台表示制裁是一种。

A setback is something that pushes you back.

“Setback”是让你的东西。

And why it's holding you back.

那就是让你的原因。

His development (or retrogression) was rapid.

他的进(或者说)很快。

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

赖瑞上学期的成绩大，所以错失了奖学金。

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

而且这也是一种。这会增加人群的。

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，要求他投降。

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

否则，社会就到利用人强迫人的阶段了。

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

“但他们的成绩如果继续，就无法实现。”

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

我也觉得在我进之前， 有段时间在。

Not that it could get any worse.

表现好多了嘛。不过本来也就没什么可的。

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最大。

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。

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

但一年多下来，每天 1%，你就会接近于零！

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，而不是进。

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。

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的迹象。

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

对于开会，不妨翻开威廉·戈尔丁的《蝇王》（争论成野蛮行为）。