We see time leaking away and begin to wonder, "is this all there is to life?"

看着时光流逝，我们会想知道：这就是生活的全部了吗？

youdao

This will be her own space for when she wants to get away from it all (and me) and have some private alone time.

这就是她自己的一块地方，她什么时候不想见我烦了恼了想自己一个人待会，你知道这就是她的那块地方。

youdao

Yet this would not be the first time that a dominant man, blinded by the habit of abuse and the arrogance of power, had thrown it all away and ruined the people unfortunate enough to cross his path.

不过，类似事件已经屡见不鲜了：一个位高权重的男人，在为所欲为和因权力而产生的狂妄中迷失了自己，最终葬送了大好前程，也毁掉了那些不幸与他相遇的人。

youdao

All this sounds much more complicated than weighing from time to time a piece of metal stowed away in a vault.

ECONOMIST: Weighing a kilogram