The woman and her young baby had been thrown out and left to fend for themselves.

这个女人和她年幼的婴儿被逐出家门，只得自谋生路。

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The disadvantages include elderly people being left alone to fend for themselves and farmers being unable to find workers to manage their fields.

不利因素包括老年人被单独留在家里自谋生路，农民找不到工人来管理他们的田地。

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I couldn't possibly leave the designers to fend for themselves.

我不可能离开，让设计师们自己照顾自己。

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Mother sharks abandon pups almost right after birth because they're able to fend for themselves.

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So that means that users of Apple Mail kind of have to fend for themselves.

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A. students everywhere have to fend for themselves in an extremely tough job market.

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