Subject: You should pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

第一．迷你對話

A: You should pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

你要憑你自己的力量振作起來。

B: Yes, I know very well. But it is usually very difficult to do it.

是的，我非常清楚，但是通常很難呀。

第二．核心短語

put oneself up by one’s bootstraps

1. 解詞釋義

Pull oneself up by one’s bootstraps的字面意思是“提著鞋帶把自己提起來”，比喻為“重新振作”的意思。用于描繪不依靠他人，憑借自己的力量和努力重新振作起來改變不好的處境。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. Mace was attempting to pull himself up by his bootstraps. There was savage hatred in his eyes.

梅斯試圖重新振作起來，眼里射出兇殘、仇恨的光。

e.g. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, lad, and be a man for yourself.

振作起來，伙計，為了你自己，勇敢一點。

e.g. You must try to pull yourself up by your bootstraps for your family depend on you.

你應該振作起來--你的家庭都指著你呢。

e.g. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and face up to life.

振作起來面對生活。