The lesson of his discomfiture seemed to be that independent action was futile.

他的挫败感似乎告诉我们，独立行动是徒劳的。

Departments and agencies have begun, their independent action reviews of the operations, at the end of the US military mission in Afghanistan.

在美国驻阿富汗军事任务结束时，各部门和机构已经开始对行动进行独立的行动审查。

Grant also was criticized for one of his few independent actions as president. He tried to buy the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.

格兰特还因其作为总统所做的为数不多的几次独立行动，而受到批评。他试图买下加勒比海的多米尼加共和国。

But a wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease.

但是聪明的父母会鼓励独立行动的愿望， 以便在他的绝对统治结束时成为朋友和顾问。

Now certainly, the time is not come for the hands to have any independent action during business hours; I hardly know what you would mean by it then.

当然，现在还不是双手在营业时间内采取任何独立行动的时候；那时我几乎不知道你是什么意思。

But, Mr. Hale, when you were setting up a wise parent as a model for us, you said he humoured his children in their desire for independent action.

但是，黑尔先生，当您为我们树立一个聪明的父母的榜样时，您说他满足了孩子们独立行动的愿望。

I felt that way, you know, growing up watching an actor like that who kind of was breaking all the rules and informing us in his way like what can be done on camera as far as commercial, independent, action.

我有这种感觉，你知道，看着这样一个演员长大，他打破了所有的规则，用他的方式告诉我们，就商业、独立、动作而言，在镜头前可以做什么。