take action 采取行动
例句:We must take action before it is too late.
我们必须趁早采取行动,否则来不及了。
2. The best advice I can give to managers and supervisors is not to worry about the law, but rather to be sure that their behavior is professional.
but rather 而是…
例子:He was no better, but rather grew worse.
他的病情未见好转,反而更恶化了。