Almost a decade later, I took a similar job and did it well, but I lost a decade.

差不多10年以后，我接受了一份类似的工作，并且干得很好，但我耽误了10年。"

Yet all was not lost in the “lost decade”. Out of Kobe grew new civic-minded energies, Mr Kan himself has a background in civic activism.

但是在经济衰退的十年里（1991-2000），也不是一切尽失。因为神户地震，一股热心公益事业的浪场掀起。菅直人自己当年就参与过公益活动。

In Europe, which was first to feel the effects, utilities have suffered a " lost decade" of falling returns, stranded assets and corporate disruption.

欧洲首当其冲，那里的电力行业经历了" 失落的十年" ——收益下降、资产搁浅、企业拆分。