As I prepare to attack an unfamiliar problem with mounting schedule pressures and dire consequences for failure, I've been on the edge of a similar cliff more times than I care to mention.

在我准备解决一个不熟悉的问题时，如果进度压力越来越大，而且失败将带来可怕的后果，我也曾踏上一个类似的悬崖边缘，这种情况不胜枚举。

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Any major IT failure can lead to serious financial and operational consequences for the corporation.

任何大型的IT故障都可能给公司带来严重的财务和操作后果。

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Instead, many imaginative strategies have been devised to circumvent the consequences of market failure for neglected populations and neglected diseases.

相反，设计了许多富于想像力的战略以规避市场缺陷对被忽视的人群和被忽视的疾病造成的后果。

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"This is because such failure, if it were allowed to occur, would have serious negative consequences for generations to come."

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

And at that point,we believe there should be consequences for a failure to respond."

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Big rewards for success are just as important as consequences for failure, and both increase pressure.

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We systematically cull low-performers in the private sector where consequences for failure are far less than for public schools.

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He insisted in an interview with NBC in 2007 that Congress mandate "consequences" for "a failure to meet various benchmarks and milestones" on aid to Iraq.

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