释义
fail or succeed entirely by one's own efforts
完全靠个人努力决定成功与否。
双语例句
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The new students were just left to sink or swim.
学校完全让新生自生自灭。
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I think athletes sink or swim depending on how they motivate themselves.
我认为运动员的成败取决于他们如何激励自己。
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This time he'll sink or swim.
这回对他将是成败在此一举。
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This is a sink or swim situation.
这是一个不计成败的情况。
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Sink or swim, he must try.
成败劝靠自己，他必须尝试！
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You'll drop them into the sea. Sink or swim. They're tied up! Exactly! Now there is context.
你要把他们扔进海里。或沉或游。他们被绑住了！没错，背景设置好了。
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