My business started going sout because of a bad economy.

我的生意不好是因为经济不景气。

Great, let's move on and talk about good economies and bad economies.

很好，让我们继续讨论好经济和坏经济。

You know what they say-- in a bad economy, the mature cocktail waitress is the first to go.

大伙都这么说，大凡经济不景气，老气的鸡尾酒女招待是最先走人的。

It's a bad economy, David, that's all.

只是经济形势不好而已 大卫。

This bad economy is really taking its toll.

Shivon：这种糟糕的经济状况确实造成了损失。

You just need a bad economy or a big interest rate shock and you're insolvent.

你只需要一个糟糕的经济或一个大的利率冲击， 你就会资不抵债。

It's bad economy to drop somebody.

经济衰退期 不宜裁人。

They get far more credit for great economies than they deserve; they get far more blame for bad economies than they deserve.

当经济景气时，总统被过誉了，而当经济糟糕时，他们又被过分指责。

Shivon begins our dialogue by telling Lex, " This bad economy is really taking its toll."

Shivon 通过告诉 Lex 开始我们的对话， “这种糟糕的经济确实造成了损失。

Lastly, when we're talking like generally about good economy or bad economy, we say: " boom" or " bust" .

最后，当我们通常谈论经济好坏时，我们会说：“繁荣”或“萧条”。

So, Shivon says this bad economy is taking its toll, meaning it's causing damage to people, to companies, and so forth.

所以， Shivon 说这种糟糕的经济正在造成损失，这意味着它正在对人、公司等造成损害。

Often we use this phrasal verb to talk about someone who loses their job because of a bad economy, not because they did a bad job.

我们经常用这个短语动词来谈论因经济不景气而失业的人，而不是因为他们做得不好。

He was not going to do anything extravagant, but the requisite things must be bought, and it would be bad economy to buy them of a poor quality.

他不打算做任何奢侈的事情， 但必须的东西必须买， 而且买质量差的东西会很不划算。

" Indicate" means to point out or show something, to demonstrate: " This report indicates the sad state of our economy, " the bad economy that we have.

“Indicate” 的意思是指出或展示某事，以证明：“这份报告表明了我们经济的悲惨状况” ，我们的经济不景气。

It's a dialogue that is going to use a lot of vocabulary in talking about, well, a bad economy, when people are losing their jobs and companies are not make a lot of money.

。 这段对话会用很多词汇来谈论经济不景气，人们正在失业， 公司也赚不到很多钱。

I don't see the bad economy, I don't see the fact that I'm 55 years old and I don't have any skills except for what I do in my job, but I will be okay.

我没有看到经济不景气，我没有看到我已经 55 岁了， 除了我的工作之外我没有任何技能， 但我会没事的。