Studies show that otherwise rational people act irrationally when forced to stand in line or wait in crowds, even becoming violent.

研究表明，如果人被迫排队，或挤在人群中等待，本来深明事理的人也会失去理智，甚至暴跳如雷。

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Yet banking regulators wait for conclusive proof of danger ahead before they act.

然而，银行监管机构在行动之前等候对抗危险的确凿证据。

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Partnerships such as Stop TB were launched because the international community chose not to wait, but to act in a concerted, collaborative, and urgent way.

但国际社会并没有消极等待，而是紧急采取了协调一致的合作行动，例如建立了遏制结核病伙伴关系。

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They did not wait for Norway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war."

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Secretary Hay refused to wait for them to act.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

"You can't just preach lofty goals and wait for somebody else to act.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

If this is, indeed, what the Iranian regime has in mind, would we wait to act?

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That is why firms must not wait to act until after the bad news has already broken.

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As important as this commission is, our fiscal challenge is too great to be solved with any one step alone, and we can't we wait to act.

WHITEHOUSE: Encouraging Long-Term Fiscal Responsibility and Reform