In some cases, setting a deadline can actually cut you off of solutions that are easier.

从某些例子来说，设置期限可能会切断你一些更简洁的解决方案。

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He thinks the next big meeting, in cancun, Mexico, a year after the Copenhagen summit, is now dead as far as setting targets to cut greenhouse gases - aka mitigation - are concerned.

他认为，就设定削减(亦称缓解)温室气体目标而言，哥本哈根峰会之后一年在墨西哥坎昆召开的下次大会如今已经不起作用了。

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We’re already on track to cut improper payments in half –including money that goes to criminals who steal taxpayer dollars by setting up insurance scams and other frauds.

我们已经走上正轨，砍掉了一半的不合理支出——包括流向罪犯的钱，他们通过设计保险骗局和其他欺诈手段窃取纳税人钱财。

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Fueling that belief were comments from ECB president Mario Draghi, who said that "a few" members of the ECB's rate-setting committee were in favor of a rate cut.

WSJ: Dow Jumps 286.84 Points in Broad Rally

So why add to your troubles by setting up in, or shipping goods into, a mini-market cut off by borders from both the large ones?

ECONOMIST: Watch it, that��s us you��re trampling on

Everyone's found themselves in this situation at one time or another: you're in a picture-perfect setting, but a selfie at arm's length won't cut it.

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