But in America, the average person would be worse off.

但是在美国，市民的平均生活水平却在恶化。

Of course, you and I would be worse off in this situation.

当然，这种情况对你我来说不大妙。

I feel like you'd be worse off for trying to pull a fast one.

我感觉，想要搞欺骗那一套只会把情况弄得更糟糕。

Pew poll of 11 rich countries last year found that 64% believe that today's children will be worse off than their parents.

去年，佩尤对11个富裕国家进行的民意调查发现，64%的被调查者相信如今的孩子会比父母更加拮据。

The world would be worse off if everybody lied because then no one could rely on anybody else's word therefore you shouldn't lie.

如果每个人都说谎，世界将会更糟糕，因为到时，没人会相信其他人说的话，因此不应该说谎。