What this parable really teaches us is that we do best to wait, we do best to consider the command, to consider all of the possible investment strategies.

这个寓言真正教会我们的是我们最好等着，我们最好仔细考虑要求，考虑所有可能的投资策略。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He apparently wanted to wait until GM could command a better share price and then have the company go fully public at once instead of in several installments as per the current plan.

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We were instructed to make the dogs wait until their pails were filled, then command them to eat.

WSJ: Learning to Dog Sled in Bavaria, Germany