... in the world become poorer or less successful than used to be 落魄，潦倒；失势 @ to a degree partly 有些；在某种程度上 @ go along advance; move further with sth. 进行；前进 .
A degree signals prior abilityas well as the skills that have been learnt, shenotes; and returnstoeducationdependpartlyonacountry'slabour-marketstructures.