CHAPTER XXIX

 You have set me among those who are defeated.

 

I know it is not for me to win, nor to leave the game.

 

I shall plunge¹ into the pool although but to sink to the bottom.

 

I shall play the game of my undoing².

 

I shall stake all I have and when I lose my last penny I shall stake myself, and then I think I shall have won through my utter defeat.

1 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

2 undoing   

n.毁灭的原因，祸根；破坏，毁灭

参考例句：

• That one mistake was his undoing. 他一失足即成千古恨。
• This hard attitude may have led to his undoing. 可能就是这种强硬的态度导致了他的垮台。