Sometimes, it is better to swim against the tide.

有时反潮流而行也好。

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It reminded me once again how hard — but important — it can be to swim against the tide.

这再次提醒我，不随大流是多么困难、又是多么重要。

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Sometimes, it is better to swim against the tide. I am firmly opposed to smoking and drinking, although all my friends do.

有时反潮流然而行也好。虽然我周围的朋友抽烟、酗葡萄酒，但我强烈的反对。

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When Elissa Cullman launched her Manhattan-based design firm 27 years ago, she set out to swim against the tide.

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"I choose what I eat or whether I smoke, what people have told us is they want help to swim with the tide rather than against the current to make the healthy choice the easy one, " he said.

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David Arkless of Manpower, an employment-services firm, thinks that in Europe even more than America, union leaders face a crucial decision about whether to swim with the tide of history or against it.

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