The chief lawman of the town quickly sent a telegram to the governor of the state asking for help.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

And this is very much deliberate on our part so you just don't feel that inevitable angst when it comes to asking what you think is a dumb question and probably isn't, but you don't need to disclose your name.

这在我们的角度上来说是非常深思熟虑的,所以你们不要认为那是必然的麻烦,当问了一个你认为是愚蠢的问题,或者可能不是，但是你不必要,公开你的名字。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

We usually use this pattern when the question that you're asking about relates directly to the person you're speaking with.

当你在询问与谈话对方直接有关的话题时，你可以使用这个句型。

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I paid the wine man the full price he wanted without asking you to taste the wine first.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

So I started to talk to the VCs and asking for $10 million at a very, very difficult time in Internet history.

就在互联网历史上最艰难的时期，我开始跟风险投资商接洽，向他们要1000万美元。

斯坦福公开课 - 百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选

It was not enough. Western officials sent urgent messages to Washington asking for supplies for the Indians.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

There is too much talking in the room so I am asking you to stop now in respect for your classmates.

教室里太多人说话了,我命令你们马上停下来,为了尊重其他同学。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

I'm asking you to take what you've learned here and embrace the full responsibilities that a degree from an institution like GW gives you.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

And now Milton's in the position of asking, "What for? What's this all about? Look what happened to Edward King.

现在弥尔顿在问，“为了什么？，这都是为了什么？，看看爱德华·金。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Some stand on street corners asking for money to buy food and gifts for the needy.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

The question we're asking is, "Is there a good reason to add to our list of things there are?

我们的问题是,有没有一个很好的理由,让我们往已写有东西的清单上再添上几笔

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Missus Obama praised the determination of the students, who sent thousands of letters to the White House asking her to come speak at their graduation.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

The kid knows okay, he's not going to get it right away, he's going to keep on asking.

孩子明白，他不会立刻成功，所以他就不停的问下去。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"We start off by asking them to complete a national three-hour long educational program.

VOA: special.2011.07.29

The one real objective of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.

教育的真正目的,是让一个人可以连续发问。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Luce sent a telegram to Bourke-White, asking her to come to New York immediately.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

That is to say, you're asking yourself, "Well, sure. You know what? I pride myself on this: I can factor out all forms of subjectivity. I really can be objective.

也就是说，你对自己说，你知道吗，我为我自己感到骄傲：,我可以摒弃一切形式的主观，我真的可以做到客观。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

If a friend keeps asking you to do something you do not want to do, you might ask him to leave you alone or "stop bugging me."

VOA: special.2009.06.28

And now we're asking you to look at krypton, so the atomic mass is 36. You can actually just grab that handout the second handout on the exam and look at the periodic table there. So, which of the following ions listed is isoelectronic with krypton?

现在我们请大家来看一下氪原子，它的原子量是，36，大家其实可以拿出这张讲义,第二份关于考试的讲义,看一下上面的周期表，那么，下列离子中，哪一个是与氪原子是等电子的？

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

You are asking your friend to show some sympathy for your situation.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

It has to be complex, because we're asking the immune system to be able to respond to every potential foreign pathogen that we come into contact with.

免疫系统是十分复杂的,因为我们需要免疫系统,能够对我们身体接触到的,任何潜在的外来病原体进行反应

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

She sent letters asking the children to donate what they could.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Now, I want to ask a question that we're going to need to think about, the two of you sitting up front here, when I was asking you how you responded to it. Can we have a moral response to this novel?

现在，我想要问你们一个我们将要思考的问题，就你们俩吧，坐在前面的，当我问你们如何回应,我们可以对这部小说有一个道德反思吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I'm asking your generation to be America's face to the world."

VOA: special.2010.05.28

What they did was they got subjects to participate in a psychological experiment and the experiment consisted of asking the subjects questions that had quantitative answers, which were always numbers from zero to one hundred.

他们找了很多人作为实验对象,参加这个心理实验,在实验中会问这些人,需要量化回答的问题,答案范围是从0到100

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Mr.Carr had expected Alfred's mother to come in nervously,shaking with fear, asking with wet eyes for a mercy for he son, but no,she was most calm and pleasant and was making Mr.Carr feel guilty.

VOA: special.2010.09.11

We're not asking you to change anything; in fact it's best for this particular exercise to eat as you typically would so you can get a sense of what an average day would be like for you.

我们不是要求你去改变什么,事实上,对于这个作业来说,保持以前的饮食习惯是最好的,以便了解自己平时的饮食

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Angry survivors,activists and the media are asking why it took nearly 26 years to get the first convictions in the disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

If I am going to use this for my child Are there different types of children being represented I have several parents who come to me at the regular basis Asking me:"what software is out there that would be fun for my child And is also not biased towards, or just kids of one nationality represented?

如果我买来给我的孩子,这款软件有没有各种不同类型的孩子的形象？,有几位父母经常来拜访我,他们问我说：“现在市面上都有什么好软件,对孩子来说会很有趣,而且没有偏向，或者说不仅仅面向一个国籍的？

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

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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