You never even had a small doubt that once his word was given, and a course of action decided, he would honor the letter and the spirit of the agreement."

VOA: special.2009.09.13

He's known by his action in the world in historical time and his relationship with a historical people.

他之所以闻名是因为他在历史上所做的事,以及与历史上著名人物之间的联系。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Does he not therefore as much accuse mankind by ?" his action as I do by my words?" You can see the mischievousness of Hobbes in that delightful passage. What about you, he says, and this is not in some kind of state of nature.

他在这些地方用行动攻击人类的程度,不正和我用文字攻击的程度相同吗,你们可以看出霍布斯在这一精彩段落里,的一丝顽皮，他说，你们怎么看呢，这和自然状态不同。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Taylor's opponents described these proposals as his "no action plan."

VOA: special.2009.03.12

The most outrageous action in Laud's crackdown was his move to ban -his attempt to ban preaching in churches.

他所做过的最骇人听闻的暴行,是企图在教堂里禁止布道训诫行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And that's one of the things Jacob was noted for. His level of expression is so profound that even with a few strokes, he can pick up the action and show it to you".

VOA: special.2009.09.02

President Nasheed, surfacing to speak with reporters, said he hopes his unusual Cabinet meeting will prompt global action.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

After achieving success as an animator, Canadian-born Jimmy Hayward makes his live-action directing debut with "Jonah Hex."

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

He says,as he did during his campaign for the White House, that he will take action against terror targets along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

But in his brief comments at the White House, he made no mention of any punitive action.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

The Australian leader says his government is committed to international legal action if discussions fail to convince Japan to stop killing whales in the Antarctic.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

Former U.S.President Jimmy Carter says Kennedy was able to put his policies into action.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian man who they say had tried to drive his car into them, an action they have labeled a terrorist attack.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

That is why they are around." Of course,along with the issues there is the fun: loads of action with Worthington and his fellow cast members leaping,lunging and rolling around while wearing essentially mini-skirts very short,revealing tunics.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

President Obama says he inherited massive government debt and a sinking economy from his predecessor,President Bush, and that only drastic action will correct the situation while investing in the nation's needs pertaining to health care, energy independence,and education.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Despite disagreements over the scope of further fiscal-stimulus programs with some of his European colleagues, Mr.Brown said great progress has been made through joint action during the past few months and he said the G20 summit must build on that progress.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29