Her quick action saved the child's life.

她行动迅速，救了小孩的命。

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Here at the Sea Life Centre we're taking action by asking as many people as possible to sign a petition.

在海洋生物中心，我们正在采取行动，请求尽可能多的人签署一份请愿书。

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The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action.

世界气象组织用古巴和孟加拉国做例，指出这两国通过采取预防行动成功减少自然灾害造成的生命损失。

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President Obama ordered the military to take action if there was reason to believe Phillips' life was in danger.

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All matter contains within it something like a "potency of life"; that's Milton's phrase. It has a capacity for action, actually a capacity for motion, and, just as books can take on a life of their own in Areopagitica, so all matter for later Milton.

所有物质都更包含一种类似“生命的潜质“的东西;,这是弥尔顿的原话，所有物质都有行动的可能,运动的可能，正如《论出版自由》中书籍可以有自己的,生命一样，晚年的弥尔顿相信一切物质都是这样。

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For serious action fans, this convention is as close as some will get to meeting their real-life super heroes - or just acting like one.

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Nevertheless, the indirect effects of government action could make life difficult.

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Peter Moore, president of EA Sports, part of Electronic Arts, a games company, says that some gamers like to recreate what they see during live NASCAR races in video games, using online information about speed, drag, tyre pressure and so forth to recreate, in a virtual world, the real-life action.

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Even police departments often train off-duty officers to call 911 rather than taking direct action, unless human life is at risk.

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