With a bright red face I was forced to admit that I had no real idea.

我满脸通红，被迫承认我其实没有什么想法。

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And the lousy idea of 'writing a book' turned out to be the motivation with which I forced myself to make a decision and turned organizing thoughts from a mere thought to pressure and obligation.

而我出的‘写一本书’的馊点子，实际上是一个动力，我顺水推舟地逼迫自己作出了决定，让整理思想不再是一个想法，而是一种压力，一种责任。

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Keeping connection strings out of your web.config file is a good idea, especially if you can't use integrated authentication and are forced to use passwords.

将连接字符串放在你的web . config文件之外是个好主意，尤其是如果你不能使用集成验证而被迫使用密码验证时。

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Among those that have tried a similar idea only to be forced to abolish them are the Americans, in the 1960s, and, more recently, the Portuguese and Japanese.

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In 2007, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat, was forced to abandon the idea in the face of mounting criticism.

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Microsoft knew that the choice screen was a terrible idea, but it had been found to be a monopoly in various jurisdictions, and a government body forced it to offer the screen as a workaround.

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