For this reason a proportion of any increase in effective demand is likely to be absorbed in satisfying the upward tendency of the wage-unit.

出于这个原因，有效需求的任何增长都可能被吸收用于满足工资单位的上升趋势。

We do not, however, merely mean by a cyclical movement that upward and downward tendencies, once started, do not persist for ever in the same direction but are ultimately reversed.

然而，我们所说的周期性运动并不仅仅意味着向上和向下的趋势一旦开始，就不会永远朝着同一方向持续，而是最终会逆转。

Not without difficulty Hans succeeded in lighting the torch; and the flame, preserving its upward tendency, threw enough light to show us what kind of a place we were in.

汉斯没费多大劲就成功点燃了火炬。火焰保持着向上的趋势，发出足够的光， 让我们知道我们现在所处的位置是怎样的。