We can't be any worse off than we are already.

我们的状况已经糟得不能再糟了。

But there were other people worse off than me at the hospital, linked up to respirators and unable to walk.

但是，医院里有些人情况比我还糟，他们接着人工呼吸机，无法走动。

One of government's primary duties is the redistribution of income, so that the better off can help the worse off out of poverty.

政府的主要职责之一就是收入的重新分配，这样富裕的人能帮助贫穷的人摆脱贫困。

We seem to get worse and worse off all the time.

我们的情况似乎越来越糟了。

The rent increases will leave people with a low salary worse off.

房租上涨会使低收入者的境况更糟。

Indeed, the fourth generation is marginally worse off than the third.

事实上，第四代比第三代过得稍微差一些。

In practice, such insects are worse off than they would be without this gene.

实际上，这种昆虫将比他们没有携带这个基因的时候更糟。

A one-point rise in immigration made the native-born slightly worse off in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.

在奥地利、比利时、德国、卢森堡、荷兰、瑞典和瑞士，移民人数每增加一个百分点，本国出生的人的境况就会恶化一点点。

For an increasing number of kids, the extra time and money spent pursuing a college diploma will leave them worse off than they were before they set foot on campus.

对于越来越多的孩子来说，为了追求一张大学文凭而额外花费在学习上的时间和金钱会使他们的情况变得比踏入校园前更糟。

Russia is worse off.

俄罗斯的情况更差。

If it hadn’t, we’d be much worse off today.

如果失去这一点，我们的处境会比今天糟糕的多。

But in America, the average person would be worse off.

但是在美国，市民的平均生活水平却在恶化。

Has this extra regulation made the economy worse off?

这些新增的监管措施让经济更加困难了吗？

Of course, you and I would be worse off in this situation.

当然，这种情况对你我来说不大妙。

A downward slope is very bad; people are becoming worse off.

下跌曲线便是极其糟糕的事了，它表示人们的生活正变得越发艰难。

In some cases they've got it a lot worse off than many of you.

在某些情况下，他们的处境比起你们许多人更差。

The question will be: Are you worse off or just holding steady?

那个问题将会是：你的情况是更糟了呢还是仅能维持不变？

And the result is a global slump that leaves everyone worse off.

结果就是令每个人变得更糟的全球性不景气。

Women need to feel like there are people worse off than they are.

女人需要感觉到别人不如她们。

Its residents are worse off than those of Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

当地居民生活状况比尼日尔、乍得和喀麦隆等国还要困苦。

If a husband borrows money from his wife, the family is no worse off.

如果是丈夫向妻子借钱，那么家庭状况并未恶化。

Only 18% of Americans think they are worse off than their parents were at the same age.

只有18 %的美国人认为自己比父母在同一年龄时的境况更差。

That means that all the increase went to a few at the top: most Americans are worse off.

也就是说，所有收入的增加都汇集在最有钱的少数人手里：大多数美国人都变得比以前穷。

Homeowners are worse off, too, because the value of one of their vital assets is eroding.

有房者的情况也会变糟，因为他们主要资产之一的房子的价值正在贬值。

But there really wasn't much to consider-i couldn't end up any worse off than I already was.

不过我实在没有多少去顾忌的——我的处境已经不可能再坏了。

Pareto efficiency means that no one can be made better off without someone becoming worse off.

帕累托有效是指没有哪个人的境况可以在所有其他人的境况都不变差的情况下有所改善。