In the case of a temporal-oriented application, this usually means some future action triggers based on a time.

在一个与时间相关的应用程序中，这通常意味着一些未来的基于时间的行动触发。

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Negotiation is a powerful means of ensuring that knowledge leads to action.

谈判是确保以知识带动行动的有力手段。

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One company has presented an idea in which metal strips inserted in pavements and roads operate fly wheels by means of a piston action using hydraulic fluid.

一个公司提出这样想法：嵌在人行道和路面上的金属条用液压活塞的作用使飞轮转动。

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In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action.

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Liberty means the absence of constraints or impediments to action.

现代自由意味着人们的行动,将免于他人的妨碍或是国家的强制约束。

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The action means the Yongbyon reactor complex, where the plutonium for North Korea's presumed small arsenal of nuclear weapons was produced, will be without international monitoring for the first time in nearly two years.

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Yet while there is broad rhetorical agreement, conversations about the means of action are less clear.

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One problem with targeted enthusiasms is that the generous spirit can outrun the means of effective action.

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In a decision which fell between the two camps, Mr Justice Horner took into account the public interest of an environmental challenge, ensuring access to justice, and the means of those taking the action.

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