Income tax has brought in less than expected, as has VAT: consumer spending is held back by flatlining wages.

所得税的税额不尽如人意，增值税亦然：消费支出因工资浮动而低迷不振。

And we have had flatlining graduation rates for 30 years.

M：三十年来，我们的毕业率一直持平。

And today, an auto industry that was flatlining six years ago is building and selling new cars at the fastest pace in eight years.

今天，一个6年前面临崩溃的行业以全新的姿态重新站立起来，并将新型的汽车销售到各地，这一发展速度是8年来最快的。

Those with aphantasia get sort of a flatlining, bumpy (thing) , whereas if we show both those groups scary images on the screen, both groups go up.

心盲症患者却是起起伏伏的一条直线。而当我给两组都展示屏幕上的恐怖图片时，两组的反应都上升了。

Ellen, get him hooked up to a monitor! Someone page Dr. Howser. Get the patient to hold still, I can’t get a pulse! Okay, he’s on the monitor. His BP is falling! He’s flatlining!

给他带上监视器，Ellen! 呼叫下Hower医生，固定好患者，我测不到心跳！好了，他带上监视器了，他的血压在下降。脑电图呈直线了！