The world would be worse off if everybody lied because then no one could rely on anybody else's word therefore you shouldn't lie.
如果每个人都说谎，世界将会更糟糕，因为到时，没人会相信其他人说的话，因此不应该说谎。
In August 1997 a Guardian/ICM poll found that only 48% thought the country would be worse off without the crown, 15 points lower than now.
1997年的一份《卫报》/CIM调查发现，48%的人认为没有王室英国境况会更差，比现在低15个百分点。
If later they turned their backs on Christ, they would be worse off than ever because they had turned away from their only hope of salvation.
他们如果在日后背离基督，他们的光景将比从前更坏，因为他们弃绝了惟一的得救之途。
But if it means their children are dumped in front of the telly at a cheap childminder, the kids may be worse off than if they were at home with mum.
但是这如果意味着他们的孩子被扔在电视机前，由一个便宜的保姆看管，那么，这些孩子也许还不如与母亲一起呆在家里。
When China does not participate in the regime and instead a carbon tariff is imposed on its exports, it will likely be worse off than when participating.
当中国不参加这种气候制度，而是选择碳关税对其出口额施加影响时，它可能不如参与这种气候制度。
When various manipulations disturb the thermal boundary layer inside or the condensate film and gas-vapor diffusion layer outside, the heat transfer effect will be better or be worse off.
各种操作条件只有影响到管程的温度边界层或壳程的冷凝液膜层和气-汽扩散层，才能强化或恶化传热过程。
The measures will create personal tax losers as well as winners: according to the IFS, around one-fifth of families will be worse off as a result. One overall benefit will be tax simplification.
这些措施有输家也有赢家：根据财经调查机构的报告，大约有5分之1的家庭会因此变得更坏，一个总体上的收益就是征税更加简单了。
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。
We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.
如果我们没有在某天碰到某位比我们更糟糕的人，这种念头的话，我们还会对人类感兴趣吗？
Worse still, after about 20 minutes after the ship takes off, all radio contact between ship and earth will be destroyed.
更坏的是，当飞船起飞20分钟后，所有飞船与地球的无线电通讯都被切断。
Even worse would be military adventurism to occupy and work off the steam and frustrations of the unmarried males-another effect seen of gender imbalance in the past.
甚至可能恶化为军事冒险主义，利用并以此消除未婚男性的怒气和挫折感——过去并非没有前车之鉴。
When researchers ask people whether they would rather be relatively richer than their peers even if that means they are absolutely worse off, the answer is yes.
当研究者询问人们，是否他们更愿意宁肯变得比其同辈相对的富有，即使这意味着他们的生活状况绝对下降，回答是肯等的——愿意。
Typing a password over and over again can be downright annoying — worse, it presents a significant obstacle to hands-off automation.
反复地输入同一个密码会让人感到讨厌，更糟糕的是，它极大地阻碍了自动化的实现。
So it is difficult for companies to determine with any accuracy whether they would be better or worse off by outsourcing work.
因此，对于公司而言，很难精确地决定外包工作是否会带给他们期望的效益。
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。
Suppose even worse, Darth Vader slices off both arms and both legs, still be Luke.
假设更惨的是，达斯·维特砍掉了,卢克所有的胳膊和腿，那还是卢克。
Indeed, three years after NEWSWEEK published its controversial cover naming Pakistan the world's most dangerous nation, it seems to be even worse off.
的确，自从三年前《新闻周刊》发行了具争议的题为“巴基斯坦世界上最危险的国家”的杂志封面以后，这个国家的形势更加糟糕了。
Some types of proceedings can even be adversely affected if televised, making society worse off rather than giving it a benefit.
有些类型的程序如果进行转播，则甚至会受到负面影响，使社会处于更糟糕的境地，而不是带来任何裨益。
The standard theory has been that women who have problems coping after abortion were probably already mentally unstable and therefore more likely to be even worse off if they continued the pregnancy.
传统理论一直认为堕胎后出现适应问题的妇女很可能之前就已精神不稳，因此，如果她们继续妊娠，情况可能会更糟。
Screenwriters often employ a plot device called a reversal, in which a hero who seems to be making progress abruptly finds himself worse off, and facing a much greater menace.
编剧们都喜欢设计情节反转的桥段，英雄看起来正在取得一些进展，突然发现自己陷入更大的困境中。
Or much worse. It might also be used to shut off entire sections of the Internet.
或者更糟的是，它也可以用来关闭整个互联网。
Moreover, managers often overestimate the extra sales that lower prices generate, so companies may be left worse off than before the cuts.
而且，经营者们往往高估了低价促销的作用，因此降价之后，公司可能处境更糟。
He notes that relatively rich Botswana and South Africa are worse hit than poorer Senegal; within countries, the well-off are often more likely to be infected than the poor.
他指出相对富裕的博茨瓦纳以及南非地区的疫情比塞内加尔这样贫困的地区更为严重。
Moreover, should prices be too high for the database, he said, "We're no worse off. It just becomes a richer finding tool, better than search and snippet."
此外，他还说：数据库的价格可能对于我们来说高了，但我们并不因此而更糟，它正成为一个富查找工具，不仅仅是搜索和获取片段。
Stupid prisoner's dilemma. We'd all be better off if nobody expanded their military, but as long as someone might defect, everyone is in a worse situation.
愚蠢的囚徒困境。如果没人扩张军备大家都会很好，但是在有人可能会背叛的情况下，每个人都进入一个更坏的处境。
But the company maintains that it is one of the largest employers in Papua, and without the jobs the Grasberg mine provides, many Papuans would be far worse off.
但是该公司仍旧是巴布亚最大的雇主之一，要是没有格拉斯伯格矿场提供的工作机会，很多巴布亚人的状况可能会更糟。
Bianco came off worse, we're worried he might have suffered a small fracture and we'll have to see if he'll be able to carry on.
他说：“我的伤势应该并无大碍。”而比安科似乎更加痛苦，我们担心这或许是轻微的骨折。他是否能坚持下来，我们将拭目以待。
Bianco came off worse, we're worried he might have suffered a small fracture and we'll have to see if he'll be able to carry on.
他说：“我的伤势应该并无大碍。”而比安科似乎更加痛苦，我们担心这或许是轻微的骨折。他是否能坚持下来，我们将拭目以待。
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