But while young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life, they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it.
但尽管年轻人和老人都基本认同构成充实人生终点线的要素，他们却提供了截然不同的实现路径。
While younger people are somewhat more optimistic than their elders about the prospects for those starting out today, big majorities in both groups believe those “just getting started in life” face a tougher climb than earlier generations in reaching such signpost achievements as securing a good-paying job, starting a family, managing debt, and finding affordable housing.
虽然年轻人比他们的长辈对当前刚开始生活的人的前景稍微乐观一些，但两个群体中的大多数人认为，如今刚开始生活的人要达到诸如找到高薪工作、组建家庭、管理债务和找到负担得起的住房等标志性成就，所面临的挑战比早期几代人更大。
The guild's pessimism is a reaction to Hollywood's decline, which is reaching a critical point for the industry and Southern California.
该工会的悲观情绪是对好莱坞衰落的反应，而这种衰落对于整个行业和南加州来说，已经达到了关键的转折点。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。