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。

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”。

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

但在考试那天，成败全凭你自己。

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。

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。

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。

Sink or swim can also describe a situation where you must succeed quickly or you will fail fully.

“成败全凭自己”也可以描述这样一种情况，即你必须迅速成功，否则你将彻底失败。

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。"

The photo exhibit Sink or Swim shows how people around the world are affected by flooding and how they adapt to the rising sea.

名为“成败全靠自己”的图片展展示全世界人们如何受到洪灾的影响，以及他们如何应对海平面上升。

After all, it's sink or swim.

毕竟，它要么沉没，要么游泳。

We sink or swim together, George.

咱俩一荣俱荣一损俱损 乔治。

Frances Anderton serves as guest curator of the Sink or Swim exhibit.

弗朗西丝·安德顿 (Frances Anderton) 担任水槽或游泳展览的客座策展人。

" 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。

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？

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。

Their photos are part of an exhibit called " Sink or Swim: Designing for a Sea Change."

他们的照片是名为“沉没或游泳：为巨变而设计” 的展览的一部分。