That is an act that no state or government apparatus can condone.

那是任何州以及政府机构都不能纵容的一种行为。

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Sometimes we were tempted to locate the morality of an act in the consequences and in the state of the world that it brought about.

有时我们很想依据行为所产生的后果和对世界的影响，判断其道德性。

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The state of the economy calls for a bold and swift action, and we will act—not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth.

目前的经济状况需要我们采取大胆而迅速的行动，我们必定会采取行动——不仅为了创造新的工作，也要为发展奠定新的基础。

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It was thought that a civilian ship could get into Charleston Harbor before state forces could act.

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To be a king, one need merely put forth one's regal state, one simply needs to act kingly.

欲称王，只需要有帝国的疆域，言行举止好似一个王就可。

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Consequentialist moral reasoning locates morality in the consequences of an act, in the state of the world that will result from the thing you do.

后果主义道德推理,认为是否道德取决于行为的后果，取决于你的行为对外界所造成的影响。

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He also rejected opposition claims that the extended powers of the Offences Against the State Act had not been used.

BBC: Omagh interference reports 'a slur'

If the state can act to improve children's prospects, and hence society's prospects too, it should.

ECONOMIST: British social policy

EU, a company that wants to introduce a genetically modified seed approaches a member state to act as rapporteur.

ECONOMIST: Food fights