It does not mean accepting the lowest common denominator or clinging to outmoded ideas out of apathy or fear.

也不意味着要刻意迎合大众口味，或是或恐惧而抱落后的想法不撒手。

A European investment banker says turtles often cling to quaint Western notions like transparency, meritocracy and ethics, which puts them at a disadvantage in China's hyper-Darwinian economy, where locals are more willing to do whatever the boss or client wants.

一位欧洲投行家说海龟常常锢于西方理念，比如透明、经营管理、道德，这使他们在中国这样一个奉行超达尔文主义的经济环境中处于不利地位，相比之下，本土雇员更愿意做老板或客户需要的任何事情。

Cling to them as you would cling to your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

要像坚守生命一样坚守它们，为失去它们，生活就会毫无意义。

I clung to him early on, and made myself vital.

我一早便抓了他，并扮演了重要角色。

In this metaphor they can cling onto the lifeboats.

在这个比喻中，他们可以紧紧抓他们的救命船。

The two friends cling together wherever they go.

这对朋友无论到哪里，总是如胶似漆，粘在一起。

I have, as it were, a superstitious hesitation in lifting the veil that clings about my childhood like a golden mist.

在我整个的童年时代，生活犹如笼罩在我身边的一团金色雾霭。

The children cling to their father for more pocket money.

孩子们黏着爸爸，要他再给此零花钱。

Do you see how the men cling to the mast of the ship?

你看到船上的人多么努力地握船上的桅杆了吗？

Strange how the habits of his youth clung to him still!

令人奇怪的是，他年轻时的习惯仍然保留着！

Plus, we got those little sheets that smell nice and fight static cling.

而且我们家还有那种洗衣片，气味芬芳，还少静电。

A character created by the author and cultural critic Lu Xun in 1919, Chinese schoolchildren learn that Kong Yiji was a pedantic man of letters who stubbornly clung to tradition and failed to adapt to the times.

孔乙己是作家兼文化评论家鲁迅在1919年创造的一个人物，中国小学生都知道孔乙己是一个迂腐的文人，顽固地坚持传统，不与时俱进。

Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.

在许多地方看见了爪印，灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。

For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment.

它一面告诫我们珍惜它所赐予的诸多恩惠，一面又注定最终将其全部收回。

Other birds unknowingly carry seeds that cling to them for the ride.

其它鸟类在不知不觉中携带了粘附着它们的种子。

I Called in sick almost every Friday because I was that late the night before, I hated that job and I clung to that job.

我几乎每个星期五都打电话请病假，为前一天晚上混到很晚。我讨厌那份工作，然而我依附着那份工作。

No wonder if when someone slightly decent, but not quite so comes along, we cling to them to our eventual, enormous cost.

难怪，当一个还算得上体面的人出现时，我们便会去挽留他, 且不惜一切代价。

What with the rain and the wind, she was in a sad condition; the water trickled down from her hair, and her clothes clung to her body.

可遭受了风吹雨打后，她的样子多么狼狈不堪！水沿着她的头发向下流，所有的衣服都湿透了，紧贴在她的身上。

As the water level rises, the ants cling to each other forming a living raft.

随着水面上升，蚂蚁们相互抱团，形成一个活的筏子。

Did she know that the path to purpose might be unpopular, but if we clung to that fear of rejection, we might fail to offer the world what was ours to give?

她是否知道实现目标的道路荆棘丛生，但如果我们坚持害怕被拒绝，就可无法向世界奉献自我？