He is left to shift for himself for the most part instead of being cared for.

他大部分时间只能自己换班， 而不是得到照顾。

I was so busy when I took up life at the Creek that Jib was left to shift for himself.

当我开始在克里克生活时， 我太忙了，以至于吉布只能自己换班。

So the good-natured petrels said that they would show him part of the way themselves, but they were only going as far as Jan Mayen's Land; and after that he must shift for himself.

所以好心的海燕说它们会亲自带他走一段路，但它们只走到扬马延岛。之后他必须自己换班。

I think that Snow, the widow's eldest, was her greatest concern. She grieved over him when she left him behind at the Creek. He had already left her leaking roof to shift for himself.

我认为寡妇的长子斯诺是她最关心的问题。当她把他留在小溪时，她为他感到悲伤。他已经离开了她漏水的屋顶，自己搬家。

He could not bear to think of her doing no better, and so he begged, if she had the least mind for it, to put an end to the matter directly, and leave him shift for himself.

——他不忍心想到她的情况不会好转，所以他恳求她， 如果她有丝毫介意的话，就立即结束这件事，让他自己处理。