This is why customers are reluctant to buy when someone asks them to prepay for a service or product or sign a long-term contract.

这也是顾客不愿意对某项服务或产品做出预付或是签订长期合约的原因。

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Do your homework before meetings, and if someone asks you a question to which you don't immediately know the answer, research the response and get back to them.

在会前做好准备工作，如果有人问起你不能立马解决的问题，回去研究问题并把答案反馈给他们。

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If I were to say "I will not go sky diving," then if someone asks me to go bungie jumping with them, it's easy for me to say no.

如果以前我说过“我不要去跳伞”，那别人问我要不要和他们一块蹦极是，我很容易就会说不。

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When someone on the street asks me about it, I have to tell them there is honestly nothing in it for them.

CNN: Commentary: We can't spend our way to economic salvation

Next time someone asks you what the Recovery Act will do, start by telling them it will keep 57 police officers working on the streets of Minneapolis.

WHITEHOUSE: The Recovery Act Blog

"When someone who hasn't heard of us asks questions, we tell them we're sort of along the lines of Scouting but we are much more conservative, " Door said.

WSJ: Amid Boy Scout turmoil, other groups hope to grow