Its meaning seems clear. You can choose the devil and his burning fires of hell. Or, you can choose to drown in the sea. Some word experts say the expression comes from the days of wooden ships.

这个短语的含义显而易见。你可以选择恶魔和他燃烧着熊熊大火的地狱。或选择淹死在海里。一些词汇专家称，这句话出自木船时代。

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Its meaning seems clear. You can choose the devil and his burning fires of hell. Or, you can choose to drown in the sea. Some word experts say the expression comes from the days of wooden ships.

这个短语的含义显而易见。你可以选择恶魔和他燃烧着熊熊大火的地狱。或选择淹死在海里。一些词汇专家称，这句话出自木船时代。

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"If I sting you, you will die and I will drown . "

“如果我蜇你，你会死，我也会被淹死。”

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Surviving cattle, weakened by drought, will drown or die of cold.

饱经旱灾摧残后存活的牲口将会被淹死或冻死。

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Now, me, for example I can let you drown , But I can't bring his ship into Tortuga all by me onesy, savvy?

比如说我能把你丢入海里，但我一个人不能驾驶这条船，明白吗？

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The cheap headsets have never done it for me, to drown out that nauseating hum of the engines.

便宜的耳机对我来说根本没有作用，那种嗡嗡声让我感觉被火车包围。

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But all that clatter may also drown out the taste of your food, making it more bland.

除此以外，这些乱七八糟的声音还会将食物的味道淹没，令它们变得淡而无味。

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Most humans would drown , suffocate, roast or freeze to death.

大多数人类都会被淹死，闷死，烤死或冻死。

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But it was as if she wanted us to drown together.

但好像她想要我们俩一起淹没似的。

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But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd (the crowd)

但是你近距离的拥抱淹没了吵杂的人群

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But in the rainy season Zimbabweans dreaming of a better life drown in the surging waters, or are occasionally killed by crocodiles.

但是在雨季时分，津巴人所梦想的美好生活却破灭了，他们有的因为过河时被急流淹死，有的则被河中的鳄鱼咬死。

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Dunbar passed, Drown is pissed and I'm screwed.

邓巴没意见，庄恩很生气而我完蛋了

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"The entire city could drown in a tsunami triggered by such a quake, " he said.

地震若引发海啸，整个城市都可能都会被淹没。

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The computer is training us not to attend, to drown in the sea of information rather than to swim.

电脑让我们不再专注，溺死在讯息的海洋里，而不是在里面畅游。

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And by no means should you try to go against the tide and swim back to shore. You'll tire yourself out and probably drown .

而且千万别试图逆着潮水往岸上游，那会使你筋疲力竭而可能遭到灭顶。

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In the darker original, the piper leads the children to a river where they all drown (except a lame boy who couldn't keep up).

而在阴暗的初衷里，笛手引导孩童入河，除了一个掉队的瘸腿小男孩，其他都淹死了。

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It's up to you to show us how it's done, lest we drown in our own creations.

而只有你才能告诉我们这些资源是如何被制造出来的，免得我们陷入我们自己创造的信息陷阱里。

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The drama in Egypt and in other Arab countries is likely to drown out the rest of the news, but there are other things going on too.

发生在埃及和其他阿拉伯国家的舞台剧可能会淹没其余的新闻，但其余事件也会继续发生。

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How else could panic about fictitious "death panels" drown out rational debate about health reform?

否则，人们何以对子虚乌有的“死亡审判小组”恐慌不已，而原本理性的医保改革争论却不复存在？

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Gated apartment complexes are the hawker's enemy. So, too, are the air-conditioners that drown out sales calls and keep residents inside.

紧闭大门的住宅小区是小贩们的敌人，同样，空调机也是，它们阻隔了叫卖声，并使居民呆在屋里面。

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And although a few on Wall Street are reaching for the champagne, most Main Street lenders are more inclined to drown their sorrows.

尽管一些华尔街的商人开始开酒庆祝，大多数普通的借贷者更愿意排解他们的忧愁。

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In recent months the press has been full of stories suggesting that a rising tide of economic nationalism was about to drown foreign firms.

近几个月来，媒体成篇累牍地刊载这样的故事，暗示在华外企将被不断上涨的经济民族主义浪潮所淹没。

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"Change horses, " McClellan told the electorate, "or drown . "

麦克莱伦对选民们说：“要么换马，要么被淹死。”（Changehorses，ordrown.）

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Here were the disciples in the midst of a storm and almost ready to drown , and Jesus, the one they knew could make a difference, was asleep.

门徒们在暴风之中快要沉到海里了，主耶稣是他们唯一的救命稻草，竟然睡了。

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Americans couldn't even have a drink to drown their sorrows, thanks to prohibition.

蒙禁酒令之恩，美国人甚至连想借酒浇愁都不行！

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They knew they had to drown villages. But they did it.

明知道会淹没村庄，但他们还是照做不误。

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Destiny sometimes takes us into troubled waters. Not to drown us, but to cleanse us.

命运有时把我们浸到一滩浑水中，不是为了溺死我们，而是为了让我们得到净化。

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Women often drown their sorrows in a bowl of ice cream after a break up.

女人们常常在分手之后用一大碗的冰激凌来淹没她的忧伤。

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Jobs never allowed the opinions of others to drown out his own "inner voice" .

乔布斯决不允许别人的意见淹没自己的“内心的声音”。

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Bathe me in good habits that the bad ones may drown ; yet grant me compassion for weaknesses in others.

让我养成良好的习惯，戒除不良嗜好。赐给我同情心，同情别人的弱点。

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