The reason this isn't a terrible assumption is you could think that getting a higher share of the vote gives you a mandate.

这么假设没什么不妥,因为你可以认为获得更多的票数,意味着你会获得委任机会

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You could say "I wonder if" and mean you don't think.

你可以用“I wonder if”来表达你并不这么认为。

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If you took a best response to some believe, you can say I took this action because I believed other people are going to do this.

如果你针对自己的信念做出了最佳对策,你就可以说,我是所以这么做,是因为我认为其他人会那么做

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Meaning, sometimes you need to do this, but in general there's at least in my view and I don't, John you just don't want to do this.

意思也就是，有的时候你不得不这么做，但是通常来说,至少我认为不该这么做，你同意这么做么？--，John，，would，you，agree？—,你不该这么做。

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