政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.
药剂量要减少到既能对受感染细胞起作用，又不损害它们的代谢作用。
The dosage was geared down to a level which would work on the infected cells but not upset their metabolism.
有些工程师认为，既然为这一系统起作用已付出如此巨大的努力，明智的做法是短期内将这项工作继续下去，而不是从头再来。
Some engineers take the view that since so much effort has been put into making this system work it would be sensible in the short term to continue the same line rather than start afresh.
