If you put all of your money into Periwigs International, you're setting yourself up as a hostage to fortune.

如果你把所有资金投入佩里·威格斯国际公司，你就把自己当成了命运的人质。

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When he persuaded the Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks last September, he suggested they should reach agreement within a year. This was a hostage to fortune.

去年九月，他说服以色列与巴勒斯坦重修和平，并对外暗示两国将在1年内达成协定，这无疑是压在未来的赌注。

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The subjects used a combination of loans and savings to ensure that their lives were not, literally, hostage to fortune.

被测试者通过借贷和储蓄的组合来确保他们的日子不是，从字面上讲，不是运气的人质。

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The subjects used a combination of loans and savings to ensure that their lives were not, literally, hostage to fortune.

被测试者通过借贷和储蓄的组合来确保他们的日子不是，从字面上讲，不是运气的人质。

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