In both works, the use of these weapons brings about a total collapse of society.

在这两部作品中，这些武器的使用导致了社会的彻底崩溃。

Even though we had avoided the catastrophe of a total grid collapse, we did not avoid a crisis.

尽管我们避免了电网全面崩溃的灾难，但我们并没有避免危机。

But if you don’t know what your purpose is, then the first failure or setback can totally throw you into crisis and total collapse.

但倘若你不知道自己的使命，那即使是第一次失败或挫折就能置你于危机之中，让你彻底崩溃。

Then, almost a decade later, the world faced a far greater challenge, the subprime crisis triggered a near total financial collapse.

然后，将近十年后，世界面临着更大的挑战，次贷危机引发了近乎全面的金融崩溃。

We have also imposed tough, calibrated sanctions on the socialist Maduro regime in Venezuela, which has brought a once thriving nation to the brink of total collapse.

我们也对委内瑞拉的马杜罗政权施行了制裁，马杜罗政权将这个一度繁荣的国家拖到全面崩溃的边缘。

Perhaps, some may say, it shows that state failure is an extremely elastic term, embracing both countries in total collapse (Somalia, Chad) and those which merely contain large ungoverned spaces.

有人也许会说，这反映了政权衰败是一个很灵活的用语，既包括哪些完全分崩瓦解的国家（如索马里和乍得），也包括那些有大半领地处于无政府管辖的国家。

Despite the huge increase in government debt over the past three decades, fiscal stimulus has come in fits and starts; enough to prevent total economic collapse, but not to ignite stronger growth.

尽管过去三十年政府债务大幅增加，但财政刺激措施时断时续；足以防止经济全面崩溃， 但不足以激发更强劲的增长。