It should be a date that is in the not-too-distant future, lest you lose your motivation, but one far enough away that you've had time to lay the groundwork.

这一天不能选得过于遥远，免得在此期间就失去动力了。但要留够做好准备工作的时间。

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A date for the meeting is still to be appointed.

会议日期尚待确定。

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A date for the meeting has yet to be determined.

会议日期尚待确定。

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This is the day when many people will be going out on a date with someone special in their lives.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

I'll be sending you a global e-mail bringing you up to date with some other things later on this afternoon.

我会发给你们一封电子邮件,你们再了解些其他事项,好跟上进度,今天下午晚些时候就发

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All right,there's somebody who comes along and says, Oh,I need to get to a date.I'm going to be late.

可能有人过来说，我有一个约会，我要迟到了。

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What we don't want to do is have that date be a drop dead date where all of a sudden he's back and then he re-aggravates it.

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Although the commission points to worries over the hotly contested matter of media freedom and implies that the erection of a statue of Alexander the Great in Skopje was a provocative gesture, it recommends for the third time that the country be given a date to start accession talks.

ECONOMIST: The Balkans and Europe

The judges said their decision would be announced on a date to be fixed.

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