现在要试图制止他们就会导致灾难性后果。

It'd be fatal to try and stop them now.

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给警察打个电话应该就能制止他们的胡闹。

A call to the police should put an end to their little caper.

《牛津词典》

如果你看到小偷在车上偷钱包，你认为你会去制止他们吗？

Do you think you will try to stop a thief if see him stealing a purse from a person on a bus?

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Here's a, actually here it did take 25 years, but they did, they did eventually step on before we started drinking 7-Up.

这个过程，这个过程真的花了二十五年的时间，但是他们做到了，他们在我们喝七喜之前制止了加锂的行为。

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