1. When a user does something that the application thinks is wrong, the best way to protect him (unless real disaster is imminent) is to make it clear that there may be a problem, but to do this in an unobtrusive way that ultimately relies on the user’s intelligence to figure out the best solution.
当使用者做了程序确认是错误的事情时,保护他的最好方法(当然,灾难性的情况例外)是告诉他现在可能存在问题。 而且要以一种不唐突的方式告知,使用者可以凭借自己的智力解决这个问题。

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2. Almost everything we do, unless an arrest is imminent, depends on cooperation.
除非马上就要进行逮捕,否则我们所做的一切几乎都要依靠对方的合作。

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3. They were advising clients to hedge the imminent inflation by buying farmland.
他们曾建议顾客们购买农田,以免遭受迫在眉捷的通货膨胀带来的损失。

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4. The soldier feared imminent death.
那个士兵害怕即将来临的死亡。

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5. A sanguinary encounter seemed daily imminent between the two parties in the street of Baltimore.
双方随时可能在巴尔的摩大街上掐住对方的脖子。

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6. It also provides indication when direct risk is imminent.
危险临近时,它也能发出讯号。

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7. There is no indication of an imminent revival of nuclear orders.
没有迹象表明还会出现定购核电站的新热潮。

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8. They (ships) were in imminent danger of being wrecked and were separated.
它们(这些船)各奔东西,随时都有倾覆的危险。

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9. The rumor of an imminent merger between Volkswagen and Chrysler was leaked by Automotive News, the weekly trade journal of the car industry.
大众汽车公司和克莱斯勒公司即特合并的传说是汽车工业的周刊《汽车新闻》泄露出去的。

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10. Engineering completely new symbiotic relationship is obviously not an imminent possibility.
工程上完全新的共生关系显然是可能性不大。

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