I take my hat off to Mr. Clarke for taking this action.

我很赞赏克拉克先生采取了这样的行动。

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There should be a seven-day cooling-off period between a strike ballot and industrial action.

罢工投票表决和采取罢工行动之间应有七天的冷却期。

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Don't take action on an idea for a week and see if it still seems like a great idea after the initial buzz wears off.

一周内不要对一个想法采取行动，看看在最初的兴奋消失后它是否仍然是一个好主意。

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China's export prices may rise, but an American diplomat said the action "takes an irritant off the table in the U.S.-China relationship."

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When an action potential comes down this pre-synaptic axon, when it reaches this point here, it sets off the process of these vesicles dumping their content into the synaptic cleft.

当动作电位到达轴突的突触前膜时,当到达这一点时 小泡就将其内含物,排放到突触间隙中去

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Mitch McConnell, say Congress should put off action until the voters can offer their input in November.

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Over the last few weeks it looked like the Fed might get by with putting off action again.

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That agreement put off action on the sequester cuts, which were mandated by a 2011 agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling.

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