动作(action)执行一些功能，如开始一批任务、传输一个文件、更新数据库或者调用J2EE应用。

An action performs some function such as starting a batch job, transferring a file, updating a database or calling into a J2EE application.

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90年代严厉的审判开始执行后，一批新的监狱就应运而生了，以容纳大量的犯人，同时也导致了国家财政危机的暴发。

The new prisons built in the 1990s to help accommodate the prisoners serving these tougher sentences have also helped contribute to the state's fiscal crisis.

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