当事情不顺利的时候，他鼓励我，告诉我不要放弃。

When things aren't going well, he encourages me, telling me not to give up.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

当事情不顺利时，我们会归咎于外部情况。

When things go badly, in fact, we'll blame the situation.

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米兰—《晚邮报》采访了西多夫：“你们的国家很奇怪，当事情不顺利的时候你们每天都在谈论。”

MILAN - Il Corriere Della Sera have interviewed Clarence Seedorf: 'Your country is strange: when things go badly they are talked about every day.

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When things go badly, in fact, we'll blame the situation.

当事情不顺利时，我们会归咎于外部情况。

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