I think they are just asking all the firms in town for as much money as they think they'll give.

我认为他们只是在向镇上所有公司索要他们认为他们会给的钱。

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She's just asking for some time.

她只是要求我为她留点儿时间。

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Any girl who calls the boy's just asking for trouble.

给男孩打电话的女孩儿会招惹麻烦。

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"What it means,if you look at what they are really advocating, is basically withdrawing state funding from public services such as schools and police forces, and really just asking people to do more by themselves."

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So then, if that's right, then to ask, "Is there life after death?" Is just asking, "Is there life after the end of life?"

那么,如果这是对的,那试问,死后能否继续活着,也就是在问,生命结束后是否还有生命

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Like I said, basically it's just asking permission to do something or asking for somebody else to do something.

就像我说的，这个句型的基本意思是征求做某事的允许或请求他人做某事。

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I'm just asking for people to pray for him and families that weren't as fortunate.

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The birther bill is an embarrassment and the gun law is just asking for trouble.

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"I'm not just asking for forgiveness, " Gibson said in a statement issued through his publicist.

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