他采取这些行动纯粹是为了促进自己的事业发展。

He took these actions purely in (the) furtherance of his own career.

《牛津词典》

一些家长迟迟不肯采取这些措施，因为他们怀疑自己的孩子在夸大其词。

Some parents hesitate to take these steps because they suspect that their child is exaggerating.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

一届接一届政府均不愿采取这些措施。

Successive governments have fought shy of such measures.

《牛津词典》

The problem with long-term risks, also, is that anything that we do to mitigate these risks creates moral hazard.

关乎长期风险的问题，我们要采取一切手段,减轻这些风险,带来的道德风险。

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So, therefore, we must take up, he suggests, an ascetic path,engaging only, as he says, in "those works" that are fit "for such men as come proud, open-eyed" and laughing to the tomb.

因此我们必须采取，如他所说，一条美学的道路，这些作品只适合于,对那些骄傲的、睁着眼笑嘻嘻“,走向坟墓的人。

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