Oh, Master, I cannot keep the flowers, for the winds sweep fiercely, and the sun beats upon my breast, and they wither up and fly away.

原野悲哀地说：“主人，我无法保存这些花，因为狂风拼命的吹刮，烈阳炙烤着我的胸膛，这些花忍不住原野的气候，它们都零落凋萎了。”

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Pumping up is easier for people who have been buff before, and now scientists think they know why — muscles retain a memory of their former fitness even as they wither from lack of use.

为什么健身对于身体健康的人而言更加容易？现在，科学家们认为他们找到了原因——即便因为疏于锻炼而有所退化，肌肉也能够记住它们从前的健康状态。

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shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither?

鹰岂不拔出它的根来，芟除它的果子，使它枯乾，使它发的嫩叶都枯乾了吗。

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But Uruguay was not big enough to have built up protected industries that would wither when they faced real competition.

ECONOMIST: Watch it, that��s us you��re trampling on

We can either build up and deter war, or we can allow our forces to wither and risk conflict.

CNN: Thompson's November 13, 2007, speech to The Citadel