fight with one's back to the river -- fight to win or die;be forced to stand and fight;be trapped and have to fight; burn one's boats [bridges]; conduct a desperate struggle; conquer or die; have one's back to the wall; make a desperate fight in the last ditch; put up a desperate fight
Nixon, with his back to the wall, was at his best: direct, to the point, with none of the evasions that often characterized his style when facing opposition . 尼克松精神抖擞，背水一战；他直截了当，开门见山，一点都没有他在平时遇到反对时躲躲闪闪的那种作风。
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Nixon, with his back to the wall, was at his best: direct, to the point, with none of the evasions that often characterized his style when facing opposition . 尼克松是背水一战，精神抖擞，他直截了当，开门见山，一点都没有他在平时遇到反对时躲躲闪闪的那种作风。
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It ' s win - or - go - home time for the 4 teams left trying to get into the super bowl 四只剩下的队伍已经面临“背水一战”的局面了，他们将尽力争夺超级杯。
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The family sold enerything before they migrated to sweden ; they burnt their bridges behind them 在移居瑞典以前，他们已卖掉全部财产，他们是决心背水一战了。
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Taking everything into consideration ， i decided to bite the bullet and accept the tough job 对所有因素作了全面考虑之后，我决定背水一战接受这件棘手的工作。
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We gave ourselves a mountain the climb , " he told sky sports after liverpool went two up in the opening five minutes 这让我们只能背水一战，利物浦就像一座难以逾越的大山横在我们面前。
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Many new home buyers in sydney and perth will tell you it can be an uphill battle getting the deposit together and then meeting the mortgage repayments 你会听到很多在悉尼和佩斯的首次购房者抱怨说，如今要凑齐首期房款，然后再要努力还贷真可谓是“背水一战”啊。
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The yankees dropped the second game of the alds on friday , suffering a crushing 2 - 1 defeat in 11 innings at jacobs field , putting the club in a 0 - 2 hole as it heads back to new york 洋基昨天第二战又输了,在客场11局以2 - 1败给印地安人,洋基陷入2连败的窘境,将回到主场背水一战
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This was something like cutting off retreat , but they got to daring each other , and of course there could be but one result - they threw their tools into a corner and made the ascent 接着，他们想上楼看看，这似乎是有点背水一战的意味，他俩得相互壮胆，于是他们把手中的家伙扔到墙角就上了楼。
