1.
refuse to take action,yield,etc
不采取行动、不屈服等
2.
We were compelled by force of circumstance to take action.
由于情况所迫我们不得不采取行动。
3.
But not if it becomes an excuse for inaction.
但是，这也不是让欧洲国家不采取行动。
4.
[U]practice of being inactive and waiting for things to happen
不采取行动以等待事情发展的做法
5.
wait for the cat to jump (and see how the cat jumps): see how things turn out
看事态怎样发展（暂不采取行动）
6.
And make no mistake: If they do not act, America will.
诸位听好了：如果他们不采取行动，美国将行动了。
7.
You can't just sit back and watch while they ruin our country.
当他们在毁灭我们国家之时，你不能不采取行动。
8.
They are averse from taking action .
他们不愿意采取行动。
9.
We cannot act collectively.
我们不能采取集体行动。
10.
The capacity to do otherwise is valuable only when doing otherwise is the rational thing to do.
只有在采取不同行动有道理时，采取不同行动的能力才是有价值的。
11.
The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。
12.
We are taking action, but how effective it will be remains to be seen.
我们正采取行动，但所采取的行动到底有多大的效果还说不准。
13.
He did me an ill turn.
他对我采取的行动是不怀好意的。
14.
He forbear from take any further action.
他克制自己不采取任何进一步的行动。
15.
the trait of being injudicious.
不能正确判断就采取行动。
16.
cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative.
使采取一定的行动，通常是不情愿的。
17.
I had rather you didn't do anything about it for the time being .
但愿你暂时对此事不采取任何行动。
18.
take no further(immediate)action on sth
对某事物不（立即）采取进一步的行动