1. Look before you leap. First think, then act. 三思而后行。
2. It is disgraceful for him to act in that way. 他那样做是可耻的。
3. In the last act , a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. 在最后一幕里,一名监狱看守总是拿着一封要交给这个囚犯的信上台。
4. It is not the act of a gentleman. 这不是绅士的行为。
5. I can only act within my limitations. 我只能就个人力所能及行动。
6. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. 在最后一幕中,狱卒手持一封信上场,然后将信交给狱中那位贵族。
7. We are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord. 我们部分承认了某种特定的环境使得正义自动地起了作用。
8. If a citizen´s complaint is justified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf. 如果公民的意见正确,司法特派员便为他伸张正义。
9. It was a hideous act, but it helped the African to stay put on one plantation, since no calculating planter would care to part with a crippled slave for the current price of one dollar. 这是一种惨不忍睹的暴行,但却使他在一家种植园呆了下来。因为没有一个精于算计的种植园主,会愿意为了一个美元而卖掉一个瘸腿的奴隶。
10. In general, the "21st Century Technology Resources and Commercial Leadership Act", which Sen. John McCain brought to the Senate in late 1999, is designed to keep the U.S. high-tech industry on top by filling the need for skilled technology 总的说来,参议员约翰·麦凯恩在1999年下半年递交给参议院的"21世纪技术人才资源及商业领导人才法案"是为了填补美国对熟练技术人员的需求, 以保持美国在高科技工业中的领先地位而制订的。