许多成功人士没有再拿自己的名誉去冒险,而是染上了酗酒、疲劳、抑郁等毛病,这使得无论未来发生什么,他们能够保持自己的地位。
Rather than putting their reputation on the line again, many successful people develop a handicap—drinking, fatigue, depression—that allows them to keep their status no matter what the future brings.
现在我下学期必须非常努力工作,以保持拿奖学金。
Now I have to work very hard next semester to keep my scholarship.
这暗示了不管人们怎么努力保持身体健康,也不能保证命运不会拿他们开玩笑。
It suggests that no matter how healthy some people try to be, fates are conspiring against them.
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