1·Little nicks at the budget could build up over time and set a bad precedent with the customer.
在预算上的小的缺口将增加需要的时间，并给客户一个不好的先例。
2·Germans still fret about moral hazard: a bail-out wouldmean that Greece gets away with years of irresponsible fiscal policyand could set a bad precedent for other euro delinquents.
德国仍旧担心道德风险：援助使得希腊侥幸逃脱多年不负责任的财政政策带来的后果，并且给其他欧盟国家不好的先例。
3·Germans still fret about moral hazard: a bail-out would mean that Greece gets away with years of irresponsible fiscal policy and could set a bad precedent for other euro delinquents.
但是德国还是担心出现道德风险：援助方案会意味着希腊从过去几年不负责任的财政政策中侥幸脱逃，而且这会给其它有债务问题的欧盟国家树立一个不好的榜样。
4·Backers say the amnesty for tree-cutting fines is justified because many farmers cleared land well before the tighter limits were imposed, but environmentalists said it sets a bad precedent.
立法变动的支持者认为，砍伐树木罚款的赦免是公正的行为，毕竟在加强限制前，很多农民就已经很好地进行了土地的开发。然而，环保人士认为这将会是一个糟糕的榜样。
5·That was bad enough, what with the nuisance of 300-odd years of precedent affirming the right of the press to report whatever MPs say or do.
这已经够糟糕的了，更何况，300多年的先例肯定了报纸有报道议员们话语或行为的权利，这也是件麻烦事啊。
6·The Act “is good because it extends the finzon rule to the Pacific, but it's bad because it doesn't give the U.S. very good precedent to take to international meetings, ” says Toomey.
该法案“很好，因为它将鱼翅保留法规扩展到了太平洋地区，但它的缺点在于它没能将美国树立为国际会议上的一个好榜样，”Toomey 说。
7·You have set a precedent for accepting bad behavior, but it doesn't have to continue.
你已有接受不好行为的先例，但是根本不必要继续了。