Through consumption, people come to understand, instill meaning in, and act upon objects encountered in the world.

通过消费，人们开始理解、灌输意义，并对世界上遇到的物体采取行动。

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He did not act upon my order.

他没有按我的命令行动。

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Which impulse will you act upon?

那个冲动会让你行动吗？

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Once we have those facts, we must act upon them,".

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But here I have the opportunities to someone something, and then you see them act upon it in a month's later, a year's later.

但我能有机会去帮助别人，并看到他们能因此在一个月后,甚至一年后，收到效果，作出改变。

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I'm going to just give you two examples of the way Moses and God act as a check upon each other.

我会给大家举两个例子,就上帝和摩西克制对方脾气的例子。

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You may not always act upon it ( but your gut tells you that you should).

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Seward persisted, too, in order to act upon his long-held ambitions for the American empire.

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Even among those who know this to be true, few have the courage to act upon it.

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