Why don't we just do Decline and Fall IN SPACE?

我们为什么不直接在太空中衰落和坠落呢？

The joy of reading the Decline and Fall in that fine type!

以这种精美的字体阅读《衰亡》的乐趣！

Yet the analogy with Rome's decline and fall is ultimately unconvincing.

然而，用罗马的衰落来类比最终是不能令人信服的。

For snobberies ebb and flow ; their empire rises, declines, and falls in the most approved historical manner.

因为势利也有盛衰消长，他们的帝国也以最为公认的历史方式兴盛、衰落、消亡。

As surely as a civilization rises and comes into being, so also must it decline and fall.

一个文明的兴起和形成是必然的，它的衰落和衰落也是必然的。

In fact, he's been reading one of the most seminal works of modern history, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

事实上， 他一直在阅读现代历史上最具开创性的作品之一，吉本的《罗马帝国衰亡史》。

For example, I have a copy of one of the great books in the English language, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon.

例如，我有一本英文名著， 爱德华·吉本 (Edward Gibbon) 的《罗马帝国衰亡史》(The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)。

Far more weighty was Edward Gibbon, who was in time to win fame as the historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

更有分量的是爱德华·吉本 (Edward Gibbon)，他及时赢得了罗马帝国衰亡历史学家的名声。

I could write a book on the Decline and Fall of the Petticoat, beginning with the billowy white muslin variety, and working up to the present slinky messaline affair.

我可以写一本关于衬裙的衰落的书，从波涛汹涌的白色平纹细布开始，一直到现在的紧身梅萨林事件。