279. If you are entrepreneurial, and perhaps have already fallen behind on bills, one positive thing about the current economic climate is that you are starting over at a time when many other people are also faced with starting from scratch financially, and perhaps you may even be in a position where you literally have nothing left to lose, which can be a great time for personal innovation and taking the risk to start in a new industry or implement an idea that's always been in the back of your mind.

译文　如果你有创业精神，而且也许早已入不敷出，当前的经济形势具有对你有利的一面，那就是很多人和你一样面临着资金上从零开始的局面；也许，你已经处于破釜沉舟的境地，这正是自我创新的大好时机：你可以冒险在一个新的行业中开始，或者将某个一直萦绕于心的想法付诸实施。

点睛　本句的主干是...one positive thing...is that...。If you are entrepreneurial, ...on bills 是条件状语从句。第一个that引导的长句that you are starting over...in the back of your mind...为one positive thing的表语从句。其中when引导定语从句when many other people...修饰time；where引导的定语从句修饰position，which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰perhaps you may even be in...left to lose。

fall behind在句中意为“交不上，付不起”，其本义为“落后于”。如：

We don't want to fall behind our competitors. 我们可不想落后于我们的竞争者。

start from scratch意为“从头干起，白手起家”。如：

My company was started from scratch with $500 borrowed from my father. 我的公司算是白手起家，当初我向父亲借了500美元。

implement意为“执行，实施”。如：

The local government is implementing a new policy to help the old people. 当地政府正在实施一项新的政策以扶助老人。

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