The government has decided to give the green light to the plan.

政府已决定为这项计划开绿灯。

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In other words, don't wait for your company to give you the green light to dream up new ideas — just do it.

换句话说，不要等到公司为你开“允许为新点子异想天开”的绿灯后才这样做，现在就去异想天开。

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So they apparently felt compelled to give 'Iron Man 2' a green light, despite the awkward editing that would have to be done.

因此，他们显然感觉有必要给《钢铁侠2》开绿灯，尽管必须进行奇怪的剪辑。

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"We are extremely disturbed at statements made by Ayatollah Khamenei which seem to give the green light to security forces to violently handle protesters exercising their right to demonstrate and express their views, " said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty's deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa program.

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But following the deaths of 27 soldiers and 12 civilians in recent attacks, Turkish military leaders have urged the government to give them the green light to strike at PKK bases inside Iraq.

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Still, even taking into consideration Powell's clear desire to be perceived as a swift-moving business advocate who would free up the FCC's tangled regulatory web, many experts say it would have been tough for him to give the merger the green light.

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