白手起家

Many kings, many great princes, were once poor, and many a ditcher or herdsman has been and is very wealthy.

多少帝王，多少公侯将相，都是白手起家的，而现在有许多村夫牧人，从前都是豪富巨族呢。

The shipping company, starting from scratch in 1952, has blossomed into the doyen of the maritime freight industry.

这家船务公司于1952年白手起家，至今已繁荣壮大成为海上货运业的龙头老大。

He became an enterpriser—all by himself.

他成为一个企业家——一个白手起家的企业家。

James Michener began life as a foundling and started with absolutely nothing.

詹姆斯·麦切纳刚生下来就成了弃儿，他完全是白手起家。

We are starting from scratch, and we need more time to get some experience.

我们是白手起家，需要更多的时间来获取经验。

Jack Warner marked the occasion by having his hagiographer, Tino Singh of the Trinidad Guardian, knock out a quickie rewrite of his biography with a new title, Zero to Hero.

杰克·华纳逮住时机，授意他的传记作家，来自《特立尼达卫报》的蒂诺·辛格把自己的传记三下五除二地修葺一新，还改头换面地重拟了标题，美其名曰：《白手起家的英雄》。

I am very happy where I am, which is why I signed a longish term contract in the first place. Formula One is a difficult business, you cannot start from scratch and win overnight and I think everyone is well aware of that and still highly motivated to keep moving forward.

我非常满意自己所在的车队，这就是我为什么首先就签下了一份长期合同的原因。F1是一门麻烦的生意，你不能白手起家和一夜成名，我想每个人都注意到了这点，并且还有着保持前进的巨大动力。

Any counspanies and regions, rich, poor, or about 80 per cent of origin with a low education level, they are a great start from scratch, won an enviable wealth and reputation.

任何国家和地区的富豪，约八成出身贫寒或学历较低，他们白手起家创大业，赢得了令人羡慕的财富和名誉。

Mr Hariri, a self-made billionaire who returned from exile to head the Lebanese Government from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation last October, was both architect and master mason of Lebanon's reconstruction after the terrible years of civil war. He had also become the most powerful spokesman for the anti-Syria camp in Lebanese politics.

哈里里是一位白手起家的亿万富翁，他1992年流放回来后出任黎巴嫩政府首脑直至1998年，2000年再度出山，直到去年十月辞职，他是黎巴嫩多年可怕内战后主要的设计者和建设者，他还是黎巴嫩政治家反叙利亚阵营最强硬的发言人。

He put his foot in it with his remark about self-made men, because John was one of them.

他批评白手起家的人时因出言不逊而伤了约翰，因为约翰也是一位白手起家的人。

According to the clear water experiment, aeration performance of the new equipment is good with high total oxygen transfer coefficient and oxygen utilization ratio.

曝气设备的动力效率在叶轮转速为120rpm～150rpm时取得最大值，此时氧利用率和充氧能力也具有较高值。

The environmental stability of that world - including its crushing pressures and icy darkness - means that some of its most famous inhabitants have survived for eons as evolutionary throwbacks, their bodies undergoing little change.

稳定的海底环境─包括能把人压扁的压力和冰冷的黑暗─意谓海底某些最知名的栖居生物已以演化返祖的样态活了万世，形体几无变化。