By moving the ground backwards, you're simulating a perfectly steady tailwind.

通过向后移动地面，您可以模拟完全稳定的顺风。

On our way forward, we will encounter both headwinds and tailwinds.

前行道路上，有顺境也会有逆流。

But even as bosses boast of higher nominal revenue growth, investment and compensation decisions should account for such artificial tailwinds.

但是，即使老板们吹嘘名义收入增长率更高，投资和薪酬决策也应该对这种人为的顺风因素负责。

That's why people seek to capitalize on trends or even crises, as they can function as a tailwind.

这就是为什么人们想要利用趋势甚至危机，因为它们可以起到顺风的作用。

But last year private equity's tailwinds went into reverse, as valuations fell and leverage became scarce.

但去年，随着估值下降和杠杆变得稀缺，私募股权的逆风发生了逆转。

So we have to stop and think for a minute to recognize those tailwinds helping us along.

因此，我们必须停下来思考一分钟，以识别那些帮助我们前进的顺风。

We knew what was keeping the CEO up at night and what he thought were tailwinds to the business.

我们知道是什么让 CEO 彻夜难眠，也知道他认为对业务不利的是什么。

Recognizing those tailwinds gives us the humility we need to see that disagreeing with us doesn't make people idiots.

认识到这些有利因素可以让我们保持谦逊，让我们看到不同意我们并不会使人们成为白痴。

This meant that a skilled crew could make their way through the ocean even if they didn’t have a strong tailwind.

这意味着即使没有强劲的顺风，熟练的船员也可以穿越海洋。

Covid-19 is a headwind for revenues, but a tailwind " in terms of culture" , says Hagiwara Shinichi, boss of Mitsui Foods, a big wholesaler.

大型批发商三井食品的老板夏原新一表示，冠状病毒是财政收入的逆风，但“在文化方面”却是顺风。