taking the bull by the horns

There are few managers out there today who are not coping with this issue. Many of us are working on departments that are expected to be more productive with a lower headcount.

今天很少有管理者不会应对这样的问题：我们当中有很多人在部门工作，而这样的部门总是被期望用最少的劳动力干最多的活。

But it is unprecedented in human history for a nation to deal with this challenge, while coping with a huge population and relatively little land and resources.

但是一个国家要应对这种挑战，同时还要应付庞大的人口和相对较少的土地和资源，这在人类历史上是前所未有的。

And that spells greater sustainability-not only in terms of resource consumption and environmental degradation but also in coping with the mounting inequalities of the income distribution.

这不仅对于资源消耗和环境恶化，也对于处理日益扩大的收入分配的不平等而言意味着更大的可持续性。

It is the obligation and serves the interests of the developed countries to support the developing ones in coping with climate change.

支持发展中国家应对气候变化，既是发达国家应尽的责任，也符合发达国家长远利益。

This gives health its proper place as a principal victim of climate change and ensures joined up policies, strategies, and regulations for coping with challenges that are now inevitable.

卫生部门作为气候变化的主要受害者获得了适当地位，并确保了为应对现已无法避免的挑战实行联合政策、战略和规定。

「Many smokers worry that if they stop smoking, they will lose a valuable tool for coping with difficult situations and stresses in their lives,」 Hajek noted.

哈爵克指出：许多吸烟者担心如果他们停止吸烟，他们可能会失去一个有价值的应对困难情况和生活压力的工具。

We「re still getting used to coping with the traffic and various spikes in traffic so bear with us.

我们还在适应去应对访问流量上的和各种访问中的问题。

Dreams may be a way of coping with trauma.

梦的存在有可能是一种应付精神创伤的方式。

The first is coping with exceptionally rapid growth without blowing up.

第一个是应付没有泡沫的额外快速增长。

When this correspondent recently called after lunch on the man now responsible for coping with the global financial crisis, he found him in erratic form, with his shirt unbuttoned to the waist.

本报记者最近有一次在午饭后约见这位负有应对全球金融危机使命的大臣先生，见面的时候却发现他着装不修边幅，衬衫扣子一直开到了腰间。

That may be little consolation to apparel producers, who have been forced to raise prices even as they」re still coping with the sluggish consumer.

不过，这对于服装生产商也许鲜有慰藉作用，即便他们仍要应付萧条的消费境况，但也不得不涨价。

Fifth, increasing input in sustainable development and jointly coping with challenges such as climate change, poverty, and natural disasters.

第五，加大对可持续发展的投入，共同应对气候变化、贫困、自然灾害等挑战。

Finally, we should join hands coping with the European sovereign debt. China fully supports the European integration and the European efforts in coping with financial and debt crisis.

中国对欧洲面对的主权债务危机一直高度关注，支持欧洲一体化进程，支持欧盟为应对危机做出的努力。

But the story of human development is one of becoming better at coping with them.

但人类的发展史，就是一部更好地应对这些复杂事物的历史。

A device like that is the last best hope paper-based companies have for coping with the reality that paper is doomed.

一个像这样的设备是基于纸张的公司们应对纸张注定淘汰的现实的最后也是最好的希望。

Is your team coping with working in an Agile way?

你的团队以敏捷的方式在工作吗？

Manufacturers are already coping with soaring labor costs, which have jumped by 30 to 40 percent in some coastal manufacturing zones over the last four years.

制造企业已经开始着手应对大幅上升的劳动成本，在过去四年中，沿海地区一些工业区的劳动成本已经蹿升了30%甚至40%。

Both countries should and can conduct closer coordination and cooperation either in coping with the global financial crisis or in handling various regional hotspot issues and global challenges.

两国无论是在应对国际金融危机，还是在处理各种地区热点问题和全球性挑战方面，都应该而且能够开展更加密切的协调与合作。

In AMERICA policymakers are too busy coping with the aftermath of the last housing bubble to worry about preventing the next one. But elsewhere in the world, things are different.

当美国决策者忙着应付上一次房产泡沫的余波，而无暇顾及下一次泡沫的预防时，有些其他国家却面临着别的问题。

But that basic information is key to helping biologists figure out how walruses are coping with the dramatic changes in the Arctic Ocean.

但是这些最基本的信息对帮助生物学家研究海象如何应对北冰洋发生的巨大变化是非常关键的。

Most of the place names of England had been bestowed not by officialdom, or in deference to knights, earls or Kings, but by ordinary peasants coping with flooded pasture or looking over the hills.

英国大部份的地名，不是由官方指定、或是纪念骑士公爵或国王，而是由那些应付淹水的牧场和看管山坡的平凡农民来命名。

Here are a few Suggestions for coping with common user situations.

以下是应对常见的用户情况的几点建议。