The president was deluding himself if he thought he was safe from such action.

如果总统认为他能从这次行动中安然脱身，那就是自欺欺人。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The second aspect is the application by all members of society of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in their work.

第二个方面是，所有社会成员都应运用科学家在他们的工作中所用的特殊思维和行动方法。

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In retrospect, I wish that I had thought about alternative courses of action.

回想起来，我真希望自己当初考虑过其他的行动方案。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I call this the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions because positive emotions appear to broaden people's momentary thought action repertoire and build the enduring personal resources.

我称其为积极情绪的扩建理论,因为积极情绪似乎能扩展人们的瞬间想法,和动作指令库并建立持久的个人资源。

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I actually thought it was hard to understand, just what was happening, the action part of the story. It might have been that I read it too quickly. Uh huh. Harder than "Menelaiad" to understand? No.

事实上，我认为它很难理解，就是到底发生了什么，即故事中的动作部分，也可能是我读得太快的缘故,所以不太理解罢，比《梅尼洛斯》更难懂吗，不是的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I don't think that's a very good reason because you choose to- either way you have to choose who dies because you either choose to turn and kill the person, which is an act of conscious thought to turn, or you choose to push the fat man over which is also an active, conscious action.

我认为这不是一个很好的理由,因为不论哪种情况，你都得选择让谁死,或者你是选择转弯撞死一名工人，这种转弯就是种有意识的行为，或者你是选择把胖子推下去,这同样是一种主动的，有意识的行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

For too long, politicians have preferred to offer false assurance and increased expenditure as a substitute for serious thought and action.

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This may be true and it points to the one exception to our assertion that everyone will need to employ entrepreneurial thought and action.

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But I passionately believe that they will need to know to master entrepreneurial thought and action in whatever they do during the course of their career.

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