“生活水平下降”
用英语怎么说？

A wave of protests started by shopkeepers swept through Tehran in December. Iranians have had such a terrible year-facing such a decline in living standards and such a sense of political impasse-that no one was terribly surprised when demonstrations filled the streets. I asked one Iranian student why she had taken part in the street protests. “Yeah, why should we protest?” she replied sarcastically. “After all, we have it so good!” The immediate spark for the protests was a sharp decline in the value of the Iranian currency. At one point last week, a U.S. dollar traded for almost 1.5 million rials, having lost more than half its value in a year. As recently as 2021, a dollar cost around 250,000 rials and, only a decade ago, around 30,000. This continuous decline has slashed savings, destroyed the Iranian middle class, and inflicted real suffering on the working classes.

12月，由店主引发的抗议浪潮席卷了德黑兰。伊朗人度过了极其糟糕的一年--面临着生活水平下降以及政治僵局，因此当示威活动占领街道时，没有人感到特别惊讶。我问一位伊朗学生她为什么要参与街头抗议。“是啊，我们为什么要抗议？”她讽刺地回答道。“毕竟，我们的日子过得太好了！”抗议的直接导火索是伊朗货币价值的急剧下跌。上周的某一时刻，一美元兑换了将近150万里亚尔，在一年内贬值了一半以上。就在不久前的2021年，一美元还大约相当于25万里亚尔，而仅在十年前，大约是3万。这种持续的贬值使存款缩水，摧毁了伊朗的中产阶级，并给工薪阶层造成切实痛苦。