Make-or-break:不成則敗的

6月9日，聯合國秘書長科菲·安南再度呼籲，2005年對世界貧窮國家來說是一個不成則敗的關鍵時刻，他敦促富國加快對窮國援助，擴大貿易並減免債務。外電報道如下：Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday called 2005 "a make-or-break moment" for the world's poor and urged all rich nations to follow the European Union and boost aid, improve trade and provide debt relief.

　　With more than 1 billion people living on less than $1 a day, 815 million having too little to eat, and more than 115 million children not going to elementary school, he said U.N. development goals won't be met unless world leaders take "concrete steps" this year.

　　Annan didn't single out any countries but his message was clearly aimed at the United States and Japan, which have so far refused to set timetables to increase aid to 0.7 percent of national incomes - as all 25 EU nations have pledged to do by 2015. The United States currently contributes about 0.17 percent while Japan next year will spend 0.21 percent.

　　Make-or-break表示「不成則敗的，獲得極大成功或者完全失敗的」，例如：a make-or-break investment plan（成敗繫於一線的投資計劃）。

商榷：取決於上下文，很多情況下 make-or-break 譯作「成敗在此一舉」可能更符合中文的習慣用法。