Given this pressing situation, we must move forward, or we will fall behind.
形势逼人，不进则退。
Press one's advantage
利用有利形势[优势]进逼
Pressing circumstances oblige us to deepen the reform and open wider to the outside world.
形势逼人，迫使我们进一步改革开放。
They've got me in a corner!
他们已经逼得我进退不得了！
The flames beat the firemen back
火势逼退了消防队员。
Study is like sailing against the current; either you keep forging ahead or you keep falling behind.
学如逆水行舟，不进则退。
Like a boat sailing against the current, we must forge ahead or be swept downstream.
犹如逆水行舟，不进则退。
Not to advance be to go back .
逆水行舟，不进则退。
A boat sailing against the current must forge ahead or it will be driven back.
逆水行舟, 不进则退。
First, its purpose is to reverse the situation as regards advance and retreat.
第一，是为了改变进退的形势。
The host thus forming a single united Body,is it impossible either for the Brave to advance alone,or for the cowardly to retreat alone. This is the art of handling large masses of men.
人既专一,则勇者不得独进,怯者不得独退,此用众之法也。
Human society keeps moving forward as new things replace those dying out.
社会进化就像逆水行舟，不进则退。
Making a better start,Germany threatened in their last But one game before Atlanta.
在亚特兰大奥运会召开前的倒数第2场比赛中,德国队气势逼人,比赛初期进展不错。
Life never stands still: if you don't advance you recede.
（生命不息，不进则退。）【个高考重要单词！
The choice before us is either to continue to make economic progress or to retreat. But to retreat will get us nowhere.
现在面临的问题是，不进则退，退是没有出路的。
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to dropback.
学习如逆水行舟，不进则退。
The choice before us is either to continue to make economic progress or to retreat.
现在面临的问题是，不进则退，
After Chairman Mao's death, the Gang took the opportunity to try and get all power into their own hands, and the situation demanded action from us.
毛主席去世以后，“四人帮”利用这个时机拼命抢权，形势逼人。