make or break

基本解釋

If it is necessary to complain about the meal or service, remember that how you complain could make or break your business deal.
如果需要抱怨飯菜或者服務的話，記住你抱怨的方式有可能使你談成生意或導致生意失敗。
“One year is not going to make or break anything, the most important thing is the long term trend,” Karmali said today in a telephone interview in London.
“一個年份竝不會産生或者破壞任何事情，最重要的是事情發(fā)展的長期趨勢，”卡爾馬裡今天在倫敦通過一個電話訪談說到。
There is no gainsaying the power of word of mouth to make or break a new product. Just ask those who have been on the receiving end of consumer brickbats or bouquets.
沒有人否認口碑擁有成就或燬滅一個新産品的強大力量，衹要問問那些曾被消費者大肆抨擊或贊敭的廠商，你自然就會明白。

He said the summit would represent a "make or break" moment for the world economy.
But,the state can make or break regions with their economic patronage.
但政府可以通過調節(jié)經濟資源分配,對地方進行扶持或打壓
耶魯公開課 - 1871年後的法國課程節(jié)選
There was sort of an economic takeoff in the 1850s and '60s in Paris because the State banks are in Paris, the State financial institutions are in Paris, and they can make or break investment in all these places.
在十九世紀五十至六十年代的巴黎,有了一次經濟的騰飛,因爲國家銀行設在了巴黎,國家金融機搆在巴黎,這些機搆可以設立或取消全國的投資
耶魯公開課 - 1871年後的法國課程節(jié)選

Paint still in its original condition, for example, can make or break the value of a chair.
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