Just hang on. Hang on, Dack.

He decided for the moment he would do nothing rash.

他决定目前决不轻举妄动.

After a failure, it is well to commune with one's own heart, and be still.

失败之后, 最好是静心反省, 不能轻举妄动.

Precipitation might spoil things.

轻举妄动会把事情弄得不可收拾.

All projects that are not urgent and all measures that are not rational must be discarded.

不急之务和不合理的办法,一概废弃.

This has become known as the " hard look " approach.

这被称作 “ 铁面无私 ” 态度.

He is a jussticer without personal relationships.

他是一名铁面无私的法官.

At your age you ought to be earning your living.

你到这个年龄应当自食其力了.

They will be able to stand on their own legs after school.

他们毕业后可自食其力.

I went to college anyway, as a part-time student, paying my own way.

总之我上了大学，半工半读，自食其力。

I would rather work for my bread than marry him.

我宁可自食其力也不与他结婚.

He shouldn't cut his own grass, not at his age.

考虑他的年纪,他不应该自食其力.

I lost my job, so I couldn't afford to live on my own anymore.

我失业了, 所以我不能自食其力了.

He wasn't going to overdo it, but those two boys were going to earn their salt.

他不想做得太过分, 可是这两个男孩以后得自食其力.

The first priority is to cut costs.

当务之急是降低成本。

Our greatest primary task is to put people to work.

我们当务之急就是让人们有工作可做.

Let's see if we can't find something to set the mood. First things first; some music.

看看我们能不能找点什么烘托一下气氛。当务之急：来点音乐吧。

Li-ma stood up on a point of principle for Xin-er, and also for herself.

李妈 仗义执言,为着新儿, 也为着自己.

Es ist jedoch genau diese kostspielige Verpflichtung, die Chinas F ü hrung derzeit noch scheut.

最近一些中国科学家也敢于仗义执言, 认为这种立场是不合理的.

A false tale often betrays itself.

谎言不攻自破.

The blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up.

当某些警官拒绝掩饰时,警方骗人的谎言便不攻自破了.