But if you feel squeamish about appearing to treat ghastly tyrants and their grim cohorts as normal, hold fire, as it were, until.

但是假如你感到，你似乎在和可怕的暴君和他的同伙同流合污，那么就等一等，到明年选举揭晓再说吧。

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At a forum on February 25th at the University of Chicago, officials from both the European and American central Banks signalled willingness to hold fire unless inflation expectations grow.

2月25日在芝加哥大学举行的一个讨论会上，欧洲和美国央行的官员都暗示，除非通胀预期加大，否则都还按兵不动。

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Devereux ordered his men to hold their fire until the ships got closer.

德弗罗命令他的士兵等船驶近了再开火。

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But the decision to hold most of the exercise in Kitgum has raised questions as to whether Natural Fire 10 is part of preparations for a renewed military effort against the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army.

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How Apollo fares is not likely to deter Carlyle from listing, but it could encourage it to hold fire.

ECONOMIST: The Carlyle Group

These would have been cut by even more had the companies not persuaded the rating agencies to hold fire while they try to flog any assets they can.

ECONOMIST: Is the end in sight?

Early on, the show had an era of restraint in which the hero, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (the tall drink of water Timothy Olyphant), tried to convince his bosses that he could hold fire.

NEWYORKER: Trigger-Happy