当他可以大胆行动的时候，他发现自己除了一个情人所具有的那种普通的害怕之外，心里还充满怀疑、顾虑和踌躇。
When he might well have acted with boldness, he found himself filled with doubts, scruples and equivocations, in addition to the ordinary fears of a lover.
德国本想制裁卡扎菲，但是在行动未果之后却开始踌躇不前。
Germany wanted sanctions against Colonel Qaddafi, but balked when they failed to stop him.
一个模糊，无确定点的目标就像“存更多的钱”，也还是会让你踌躇不前，在开始很久之后也没多少行动。
Again, a vague, open ended goal like "save more money" leaves you too much wiggle room and makes it far too easy to never do so much as get started.
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