By anticipating "What if...?" situations before they happen, you can reach understanding that will help ease you out of confrontations.

你可以通过在事情发生之前设想“如果……会怎样”来理解它，这将有助于你从冲突中解脱出来。

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But people with social phobia worry about these and other things for weeks before they happen.

但有社交恐惧症的人则不仅仅只是在这些事情上感到焦虑，他们还会在这事发生的几个礼拜前就开始各种担心。

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That's helping extend not only the life, but it's also identifying problems before they happen.

这样做不仅延长了飞机的寿命，也让我们能在故障发生前找到问题所在。

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John Morton with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it's also important to stop these crimes before they happen.

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"The Kremlin are very aware of the risk that this might theoretically evolve as something bigger so they try to pre-empt, try to prevent, such kind of undesired evolution before it begins to happen."

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It also allows utilities to pinpoint grid problems and, ideally, prevent blackouts before they happen.

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Categories are announced to cardholders before they happen, so look out for updates from Chase.

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