Hayley教口語，“一蹶不振”用英語怎么說？

你是不是會直接翻譯成“死在水里”。字面意思沒有錯，但是引申義可不是這樣啦。be dead in the water的意思更接近于一潭死水，表示“敗局已定的、胎死腹中，無成功希望”，用在比較絕望無助的語境。

If something is dead in the water, it has failed and it seems impossible that it will be successful in the future.

沉淪，一蹶不振

So how does a government revive an economy that is dead in the water?

那么政府怎樣才能使一蹶不振的經(jīng)濟(jì)起死回生呢?