The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.

飞行员们不得不采取紧急措施以避免灾难的发生。

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This has yielded some practical plans, such as notifying police and fire stations about local garage labs, to avoid unpleasant surprises or false alarms in the event of an emergency.

这已经产生了一些切实可行的计划,如通知当地警察和消防站当地车库实验室的情况,以避免在紧急情况下的不愉快意外或假警报。

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Federal and state emergency managers are acting decisively in an attempt to avoid the mistakes of hurricane Katrina in 2005.

美国联邦和各州紧急事件管理者采取果断的行动，力图避免在2005年卡特里娜飓风中犯下的错误。

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Only as a last resort (Power Emergency) to avoid the risk of a complete blackout does ERCOT ask utilities to reduce demand by dropping load through rotating outages.

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" One day the ship's captain, Icarus' father, announces: "We are making an emergency course diversion to avoid an uncharted black hole.

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He said the government would declare a state of emergency to release extra funding to avoid a fuel spill.

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