As I prepare to attack an unfamiliar problem with mounting schedule pressures and dire consequences for failure, I've been on the edge of a similar cliff more times than I care to mention.

在我准备解决一个不熟悉的问题时，如果进度压力越来越大，而且失败将带来可怕的后果，我也曾踏上一个类似的悬崖边缘，这种情况不胜枚举。

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E. H. Appelman of Argonne used XeF2 in aqueous solution to prepare the first examples of perbromates, and this could have involved attack of bromate by XeO as a singlet oxygen carrier.

阿尔贡实验室的E·H·哀朴曼(e . H . Appelman)在水溶液中用XeF2制备了第一个过溴酸盐样品，这可能涉及XeO对溴酸盐的攻击，XeO是单线态氧的载体。

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During the five-day period we are going to prepare our tactics and strategies and we will decide whether we are going to be more on the attack or more on the defensive.

在为期五天的休整期间，我们会制定战略战术，确定是偏重攻击还是偏重防守。

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And cities across the United States will continue to prepare for the worst, in exercises like this one, so if another attack occurs, they will be ready for it.

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Charles Heyman, senior defence analyst at Jane's Consultancy Group, said the Black Watch may face even greater risk as US forces prepare to attack Falluja.

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Passing a cybersecurity bill would not do anything to better prepare us for cyber attack.

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Nichols was convicted of helping to build the bomb and prepare for the attack.

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