We can see that it looks like a button, but how do we know what it will accomplish when we press it?

我们看到一个按钮样的东西，但如何才能知道当它被按下时能完成哪些任务？

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We didn't want the press to get hold of the story, but it might be no bad thing.

我们本不想让新闻界知道这事，但是知道了也许并非是坏事。

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"Not knowing the law doesn't mean the law will treat you any differently if you break it." says David Allen Green, a lawyer from the UK. So, do you think we'd better spend a minute or two thinking about the words or emojis we use on social media before we press "send"?

“不懂法律并不意味着当你触犯法律时，法律会对你网开一面。”来自英国的律师大卫·艾伦·格林说。那么，你觉不觉得我们应该在按下“发送”之前，最好先花一两分钟思考一下我们在社交媒体上使用的文字或表情符号？

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The economy is massive and so, as a consequence, no matter what levers and buttons we press, sometimes it doesn't move as quickly as is needed to provide relief to so many of our constituents.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Takes Questions from Senate Democrats

We were unaware of this routine request for information until we learned of it in the press today.

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"We need to continue to press on it, " he said.

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