The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive.

若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。

《牛津词典》

As soon as the necessity for action is over the troops must be withdrawn.

一旦军事行动的必要性不复存在，部队必须撤离。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

She was ready and primed for action.

她已胸有成竹、跃跃欲试了。

《牛津词典》

Then the Army used the rocks to train troops for action in the mountains of Europe.

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All matter contains within it something like a "potency of life"; that's Milton's phrase. It has a capacity for action, actually a capacity for motion, and, just as books can take on a life of their own in Areopagitica, so all matter for later Milton.

所有物质都更包含一种类似“生命的潜质“的东西;,这是弥尔顿的原话，所有物质都有行动的可能,运动的可能，正如《论出版自由》中书籍可以有自己的,生命一样，晚年的弥尔顿相信一切物质都是这样。

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One hopes there is still time for countries to see this coming and take preventive action.

有人希望国家还有时间,来发现问题并采取预防措施

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