The longer you wait the less a chance you have. Because of this, if you learn to react quickly when inspiration strikes you will succeed a lot more often.

你磨蹭越久就越不可能得到机会。因此，如果你学会在灵感一触击你的时候就作出回应，那么你就会更容易成功。

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However, it isinteresting how much less we are willing to take immediately rather than wait, would you rather have $100 a year from now, or $50 immediately?

然而，我还是很想知道一个人为了更快的得到利益会愿意牺牲多大，你是愿意一年后拿100美元还是现在就拿50美元呢？

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The BEA's new figures show that with output having grown less than previously thought, America's jobless may have longer to wait for a similar boost.

美国经济分析局的最新数据表明，由于经济产出比此前预期增长的要慢，与此前相比，美国失业率下降可能耗时更长。

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But if the Obama administration is reacting with caution and a wait-and-see approach to Iran's election results, some Republicans are far less circumspect.

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It appears the analytic case for killing the vehicle rests upon the illogical reasoning that enemies have become more capable and therefore the Marines should wait longer to acquire a less agile, less protected means of getting ashore.

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The thinking goes that areas where investors camped out to collect rich dividends and wait things out get a lot less attractive in an environment where economic growth is still sluggish and rates are rising.

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This year, Best Buy made the wait less arduous: it screened a Harry Potter movie and distributed free popcorn.

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