Take time to stop and think before you speak or act.

在你说话或行动之前，花点时间停下来想一想。

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They need to think before they act and make good decisions for themselves.

他们需要三思而后行，为自己做出正确的决定。

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Think it over carefully before you act.

仔细想过后再动作。

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It simply calls on public companies to think before they act.

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And we want to bolster the Court's deterrent effect, and make potential perpetrators think twice before they act.

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Sometimes emotions move us to act before we even have a chance to think rationally about them.

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