The value of a college degree is diminishing, and our upward mobility is declining.

大学学位的价值正在下降，我们向上的流动性正在下降。

They also do not have access to quality health care, or other prerequisites for upward social mobility.

他们也不能享受优质的医疗和向上层社会流动的先决条件。

Regional public universities like Adams State University generate more upward mobility than any other type of college.

像亚当斯州立大学这种区域性公立大学产生的向上动能，比任何其他类型的大学都还要高。

A possible reason for the sympathetic tone is that upward mobility can no longer be taken for granted.

也许出现这种同情的语调还有另一个原因，那就是向上层社会爬不再是种理所当然的想法。

And that is a college degree, which can be a trans-formative tool in our society when you talk about upward mobility.

那就是毕业证，它可以作为你毕业以后进入社会升职加薪的工具。

This may be a sign that the dream of upward mobility lives on, even if not everyone believes in it.

这或许表明，即使不是每个人都相信，但奋进的梦想依然存在。

Fields with the least 'upward mobility' included classics and economics, whereas those with the most included animal science and pharmacology.

“向上流动性”最低的领域包括古希腊古罗马文学和经济学，而“向上流动性”最高的领域包括动物科学和药理学。

He was the epitome of upward mobility.

他是向上流动的缩影。

They became symbols of upward mobility — anyone could aspire to become like a movie star or a princess with their own diamond.

钻石成为进入上流社会的象征：每个人都向往成为电影明星或公主，能够拥有属于自己的钻石。

You mentioned that, you know, upward mobility is cited regularly by politicians nowadays.?

你提到过，你知道，现在的政客们经常提到向上流动。

With a shortage of labor, the lack of upward mobility had to  go.

由于劳动力短缺，向上流动性的缺乏不得不消失。

We have lower rates of upward mobility than a lot of people would like to believe.

我们的向上流动率比很多人想象的要低。

Yet women's upward mobility is quite restricted and many senior positions are still being held by men.

然而，女性的向上流动非常有限，许多高级职位仍由男性担任。

Chicago has some of the lowest rates of upward mobility, in particular for low-income kids and low-income Black males.

芝加哥的向上流动率是最低的，特别是对于低收入儿童和低收入黑人男性而言。

And conventional wisdom is that greater inequality might make upward mobility more difficult.

传统观点认为，更大的不平等可能会使向上流动更加困难。

It might be helpful first to define what you mean by upward mobility.

首先定义向上流动的含义可能会有所帮助。

So you're saying that the consequences of inequality have increased, somehow impacting mobility, upward mobility?

所以你是说不平等的后果增加了，在某种程度上影响了流动性，向上流动性？

Like, if you make $50,000 a year now and made $40,000 10 years ago, you experienced upward mobility in an absolute sense.

就像，如果你现在每年赚 50,000 美元，而 10 年前赚 40,000 美元，那么你在绝对意义上经历了向上流动。

And so the question that we ask is, what is driving that difference in upward mobility within the U.S.?

所以我们要问的问题是，是什么推动了美国内部向上流动的差异？

What we mean by upward mobility in this study is a child's chances of moving up in the income distribution.

我们在本研究中所说的向上流动是指儿童在收入分配中向上移动的机会。