While some people may get lucky and just happen to wind up on the road to success, others do not, and their lack of planning leads to a dead-end job.

虽然有些人也许会幸运地踏上成功的道路；而另一些人却没有，他们的缺乏规划导致工作走进了死胡同。

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There can be no east wind in the dead of winter.

隆冬之时，怎得东南风乎？

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The wind and solar industries in America "were dead in the fourth quarter," said John Woolard, chief executive of BrightSource energy.

美国的风能和太阳能产业“死在去年第四季度，”BrightSource首席执行官约翰·伍拉德说。

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What's the point of all of this study, all of this work, ?" all of this self-denial if I could just wind up" ? - this is a good question -- if I could just wind up dead tomorrow?

要是我就要死了，这所有的学习，努力，自我克制还都有什么意义“,-这是个好问题--要是我明天就死了呢？

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They backed a yachting syndicate that competed in the America's Cup. (Their vessel, equipped with such Loomis-inspired gadgets as a custom-designed wind tracker, came in dead last.) They acquired most of Hilton Head Island, S.C. for use as their private playground.

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Jones later sent a clearance over the dead-ball line as he sought to take advantage of the wind at his back.

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