They don't let the negative emotion of anger, doubt, fear or anxiety interfere their ability to think of the solutions and take the next step.

他们不会允许消极的情绪如愤怒，怀疑，害怕或是焦虑干扰他们思考应对之策和采取措施的能力。

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These negative feelings paralyze a person to move forward and take a step in resolving the problem.

这些消极的感受麻痹人们，使他们停滞不前，或是难以深入思考解决问题。

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If you find content you don't like — whether it's embarrassing, personal, vulgar, false, or negative in some other way — the first step is to task that it be removed.

如果发现有些内容让你感到不自在——尴尬、隐私、粗俗、虚假或负面等等。第一步就是要删帖。

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Abu Moussa led Arab criticism, calling the raids "a serious negative step that we cannot accept, nor understand its reasons, which run counter to Iraq's safety and sovereignty".

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You are negative red on the step-function quad.

NEWYORKER: Laureate of Terror

Thus, I am taking it as a small, temporary negative rather than the positive step that a genuine step toward fiscal prudence would be.

FORBES: Sequester and the Economic Forecast: Not Much Impact