不采取行动

It does not want to do anything that might precipitate an outright economic and social collapse in the North.

中国政府不愿采取任何有可能导致朝鲜经济和社会彻底崩溃的行动。

They can hardly take any steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in bed.

在那个好心肠的当铺老板睡安稳以前，他们是不可能采取任何行动的。

Signs with three balls hang outside pawnbroker s' shops.

在那个好心肠的当铺老板睡安稳以前，他们是不可能采取任何行动的。

If you do not pay up, I'll take legal action .

你若不将钱还清的话，我全采取法律行动的。

If you don't pay up, I'll take legal action.

你若不将钱还清的话，我全采取法律行动的。

The main reason for the debtors' co-operations is: the debt-collectors normally "catch the ball before the bound" to implement their commitment actions to punish, and because of the lack of information about possible punishments the debt-collectors would carry out, the high expected cost of collecting and examining information, the uncertainty of the type of debt-collectors as well as the great probability of pugnacity on the part of debt-collectors by nature, the punishment commitment of debt-collectors would become more credible, the expected cost of debtors' breach of contracts would increase correspondingly, and as a result, the debtors have to choose cooperation passively.

债务人合作的主要原因是：收债人"先下手为强"实施威慑的承诺行动，而因债务人对收债人可能采取的惩罚措施缺乏充分信息，信息搜索和检验成本太高，收债人类型不确定，且天性好斗的概率偏大等因素，导致收债人惩罚的可置信度进一步提高，债务人违约的预期成本较高，从而被动选择合作。

Einstein reputedly said "It is not possible to solve a problem using the same thinking that created it." Just identifying risks is not enough, and if appropriate action is not taken then risk exposure will remain unchanged.

据说爱因斯坦曾说：「使用与产生问题相同的思维是无法解决问题的」，只是辨识风险是不够的，若没有采取适切的行动，风险暴露的情况会维持不变。

He has taken courageous and resolute action .

他已经采取了果敢的行动。不适合

Today when people or governments threaten others without taking further action they are said to be rattling their sabers or saber rattling.

现在，当人们或甚至政府只出言恐吓一些人，却不会采取进一步的行动，便是 Rattling their sabers 或者说 Saber rattling。

The Satanist shuns terms such as "hope" and "prayer" as they are indicative of apprehension.

如果我们期望祈祷某件事情的发生，我们就不能采取积极的行动。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。