This would neatly illustrate a familiar tale of industrial tailspin were the industry not in such fine fettle.

要不是这个产业处于如此良好的状态，这将恰好呈现一个司空见惯的工业不景气故事。

Advanced veterinary practice kept your pirate parrots in fine fettle.

高级兽医会让你的海盗鹦鹉保持良好状态。

Yet, for all journalists' poor prognoses, the printed travel guide is still in fine fettle.

然而，尽管所有记者都做出了情况糟糕的预测，但印刷版的旅行指南仍然状况良好。

Tom offered to upset him, punch him, stamp on him, fettle him over the head with a brick, or anything else whatsoever which would give him the slightest comfort.

汤姆提出要打扰他，打他，踩他，用砖头打他的头，或者任何能让他感到一丝安慰的事情。

For sure, th' world is in a confusion that passes me or any other man to understand; it needs fettling, and who's to fettle it, if it's as yon folks say, and there's nought but what we see'?

可以肯定的是，世界正处于混乱之中，我或任何其他人都无法理解；它需要修整，谁来修整它，如果它像你们所说的那样，除了我们所看到的，什么也没有'？