burn one's boats

短语

破釜沉舟

词形变化

burned one's boats burning one's boats burns one's boats 三单 burns one's boats burnt one's boats burning one's boats 现在分词 burned one's boats 过去式 burned one's boats 过去分词 burnt one's boats 过去式 burnt one's boats 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cut oneself off from all chance of retreat; to stake everything on success.

词源

* Perhaps in reference to Tariq Ibn Ziyad, who gave the order to burn his own ships when he landed in Gibraltar, beginning the Islamic conquest of Spain in 711. * Perhaps in reference to Hernán Cortés, who gave the order to destroy his own ships (in reality, by sinking them) when he landed in Veracruz to begin his conquest in 1519.

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