It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burnt down.

房子被烧毁时,再往煤渣上泼水就太晚了。

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Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece.

长期以自我导向方式工作的学者们,可能尤其容易拖延:调查显示,绝大多数大学生都在拖延,有关拖延症的文献中的文章常常暗指作者自己在完成作品时遇到的问题。

It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

在婚姻中,男人回家太晚是有风险的,但如果他回家太早,有时会带来更大的风险。

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

多么奇妙啊,没有人需要等待片刻才开始改善世界。

The future started yesterday and we're already late.

未来从昨天开始,我们已经迟到了。