Above all, don't use your resolutions as a stick to beat yourself with.

最重要的是，不要把你的新年愿望当做痛打自己的棍棒使用。

" You have not an umbrella that I can use as a stick" ?

“你没有我可以当拐杖的伞”？

He must've been poor, because he was as thin as a stick and had no shoes.

他一定很穷，因为他瘦得像一根棍子，而且没有鞋子。

We’ve got to stop using privilege just as a stick to beat others with, and start examining our own.

我们必须停止把特权当作打别人的棍子，开始审视我们自己的特权。

Maintenance covenants, financial commitments which lenders can use as a " stick" to force a restructuring, have all but disappeared.

贷款人可以作为“大棒”强制重组的维护契约和财务承诺几乎消失了。

But it's not the same as a stick shift, where you have to move it as you go faster and slower.

但它与变速杆不同，在变速杆中，你必须随着速度的加快和减慢而移动它。

And he gladly accepted the Dwarf-made sword instead of his own, which looked, in comparison, as feeble as a toy and as clumsy as a stick.

他很高兴地接受了小矮人做的剑，代替了自己的。相比之下，他原来的那把剑简直单薄得像个玩具，粗糙得像根棍子。

Maintenance covenants, commitments that lenders can use as a " stick" to force a restructuring, have all but disappeared as the market has matured.

随着市场的成熟，维护契约、贷款人可以用作强制重组的“大棒”的承诺几乎消失了。

But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

现在他们的面貌比煤炭更黑，以致在街上无人认识；他们的皮肤紧贴骨头，枯干如同槁木。

In American English, we usually think of a torch as a stick that may have a fire at the end of it, and that fire is what is giving you the light.

在美式英语中，我们通常将 torch 视为一根末端可能有火的棍子， 而火就是给你带来光亮的东西。