1·In the long run, excuse makers fail to live up to their true potential and lose the status they care so much about.
从长远来看，找借口的人无法发挥出他们真正的潜力，而且会失去他们最在乎的地位。
2·On the flipside, English could lose its status as the global lingua franca and the need to learn it will become less relevant, thereby preserving a whole host of other languages.
另一方面，英语可能会失去它作为世界通用语的地位，学习英语也将变得没那么重要，但由此将能保护大量各种各样的语种。
3·Overnight, Germany will lose its status as a conqueror on world markets. Its enormous trade surplus, the source of its prosperity, would quickly vanish.
一夜之间，德国就会丧失在全球市场呼风唤雨的地位，该国繁荣赖以存在的庞大贸易顺差将会迅速消失殆尽。
4·Still, Arsenal's status as the last English-owned club of the big four was something it was quietly proud of, and will be sorry to lose.
尽管如此，作为四大足球俱乐部中最后一个英国拥有的俱乐部，阿森纳足球队的地位具有值得骄傲的魅力，而且失去它将是很令人惋惜的。
5·With neither the euro nor the yuan yet ready to usurp it, the dollar will not quickly lose its reserve-currency status.
欧元或人民币仍未能取而代之，美元不会迅速失去其储备货币的地位。
6·Since the great reclassification of astronomical objects in 2006, which saw Pluto lose its planetary status, Mercury has been listed as the smallest planet in the solar system.
由于2006年对天体的重新大排位，冥王星失去了它的行星地位，水星就被列为太阳系中最小的行星。
7·They lose all the zeal to learn new things and although they won't admit this, their actions would make you believe they have thrown in the towel and are satisfied with a status quo life and career.
他们失去了学习新东西的热情，虽然他们不愿意承认这一点，但他们的行为，让你相信他们已经承认自己到了“顶峰”，而且对现在的生活和工作很满意。
8·If they are disappointed, Britain could lose its triple-a borrowing status and face higher interest costs, exacerbating the fiscal crisis.
如果他们的期待落空，英国就有丧失“AAA借款资格”的危险，进而面临更高的利息成本，更加深化本国的财政危机。
9·If we were all responsible for our own healthcare, education, and sustenance, then none but the most strident racist would possibly lose sleep over the legal status of their employee or neighbor.
如果我们为自己的健康、教育和营养负责，那么哪怕最尖锐的声音也会因为他们的雇员和邻居的合法身份而闭嘴。
10·In agreeing to what was already the status quo, Khrushchev would have had far more to gain than to lose.
假如赫鲁晓夫已同意维持现状，对他来说就会是得多失少。