His books could sink or swim.

他的书可以听任沉浮，丝毫不在意成败。

So, today we talk about the idiom to sink or swim.

所以，今天我们来谈谈习语“成败全凭自己”。

Well, Mrs Crawley, I have a feeling we will sink or swim together.

那么，克劳利太太，恐怕我们要共度难关了。

But on test day, it's sink or swim.

但在考试那天，成败全凭你自己。

To sink or swim means you either quickly succeed at something or quickly fail.

“成败全凭自己”是指你要么很快在某事上成功，要么很快失败。

But on test day, it's sink or swim. Success is up to you.

但在考试日，成败全凭自己。成功与否取决于你自己。

Now you can sink or swim, as you like, said the friar, as he stood and laughed.

修士说你是等着淹死还是游泳，你自己定，他站在那里大笑。

Sink or swim situations can also be called make or break events.

“Sink or swim”的情况也可以称为成败之举。

To sink or swim suggests that you will either succeed or fail based on your own skills.

“成败全凭自己”是指根据你自己的技能，你要么成功，要么失败。

After all, it's sink or swim.

毕竟，它要么沉没，要么游泳。

" And now we sink or swim with Crawshay, too, " said I dolefully.

“现在我们也和克劳谢一起沉没或游泳，”我悲伤地说。

We sink or swim together, George.

咱俩一荣俱荣一损俱损 乔治。

But it was great, because you sink or swim in that situation, right?

但这很棒，因为在那种情况下你要么沉要么游，对吧？

He is. He's lost his last nine cases! If he loses this one, he will lose his job. It's either sink or swim.

" 他的确是。他失掉了前九个案子了。如果他再失去这个案子，那他就要失业了。成败在此一举了。"

We either sink or swim. We won't get another chance.

成败在此一举 不会再有其他机会了。

We sometimes pair the idiom sink or swim with the expression to be thrown into the deep end - as in the deep part of a pool.

我们有时会把习语“sink or swim”与短语“to be thrown into the deep end”搭配使用——就像游泳池的深处。

A parent, teacher, or coach could throw a child into the deep end to see if the child will sink or swim, although it is not likely.

家长、老师或教练可能会把孩子扔进泳池底，看看孩子会沉底还是会游泳，尽管会游泳的可能性不大。

I was a little " riled, " I confess, by his manner, and thought of throwing the whole thing overboard to sink or swim.

我承认，以他的态度，我有点“被激怒”，并想把整个东西扔到海里沉没或游泳。

The question came as to whether I should tell this. I shrank from it, but I felt I should-and did. After that it was sink or swim before everybody.

问题是我是否应该告诉这个。我对此退缩了，但我觉得我应该——而且也这么做了。在那之后，它就在每个人面前沉没或游泳。

" That's all right. I wouldn't have had him miss it for worlds; and you mustn't think me a brute, old boy, for I fear that man, and, know, we sink or swim together" .

“没关系。我绝对不会让他错过这个世界的； 而且你不能认为我是个野蛮的老男孩， 因为我害怕那个人， 而且，知道，我们一起沉没或游泳” 。