The past tense of 'take' is 'took'.
take的过去式是took。
It took a lot of nerve to take the company to court.
将这个公司告上法庭需要极大的勇气。
It took humans 10,000 years to learn how to grow most of the crops we now take for granted.
人类花了1万年的时间，才学会种植我们现在习以为常的大部分农作物。
Aid workers estimate that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took away.
救援工人估计，重建地震摧毁的地方需要花费数年时间。
I even took art classes though I had really wanted to take theatre classes.
我甚至还上了美术课，尽管我本来很想上戏剧课。
It was then that Sadiman took action so that his children and grandchildren could take advantage of the planted trees.
就在那时，赛迪曼采取了行动，以便让他的子孙可以充分利用种植的树木。
My wife took it over and checked carefully, and then said, "Let me take it home and repair it."
我妻子接过它仔细检查，然后说：“让我把它带回家修理。”
I'm the one who took on the job, so let me take care of it.
这事是我应下来的，由我负责吧。
In the past lenders ofteninsisted on financial covenants when companies took out loans; breach of thosecovenants gave the lenders the right to take action.
在过去，当公司借入贷款，贷款人经常坚持金融合同；对这些合同的违反会让贷款人有权采取行动。
Since the person took time to share his/her feedback with you, you should take time out to give a proper reply.
既然对方肯花时间给你反馈，你也应该花点时间给他恰当的回复。
Personally, it took us perhaps 20 minutes — but we had to take a phone call during that time.
就我们而言，大概花了20分钟，不过，其间我们还打了一个电话。
Companies may take more drastic steps this time than they took in 2008, such as closing down entire divisions rather than trying to trim them incrementally.
公司可能还需采取比2008年时更激烈措施，比如，与其为减员伤脑筋还不如关掉整个部门。
When I took this job, I didn't realize it would take so long to get to work — and it wouldn't, if the traffic weren't so horrendous.
当初接受这份工作时，我还没有意识到路程这么长——当然，糟糕的交通状况是罪魁祸首。
The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.
愚拙的拿着灯，却不预备油；
Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container.
现在在我停止广播交流去陪我可爱的妻子出去吃早餐之前，告诉你最后一件事——今天早晨，我从容器里取出了我最后一个弹珠。
She took a deep breath and agreed to let me take her to California.
她深深地吸了一口气，同意让我与她一起去加利福尼亚州。
If the thought experiment above took only a few minutes, could you actually take an hour to slow down?
如果上面这个想法的实验花费了几分钟时间，你是否会实际花上一小时去实现慢下来？
At first I thought the commissions they took would be huge, but apparently they don't take any commissions.
一开始我想他们收取的佣金一定很高，但是很明显的他们并不收取任何佣金。
Cook has long been the favorite to take over the throne since Jobs took leave from the company in January.
自从今年一月，乔布斯离开公司以后，库克就是长期接任他职务的幸运儿。
Schaeffler, a family-owned firm that makes bearings, was almost felled by the loans it took on to take over Continental, a car-parts company three times its size.
从事轴承生产的家族企业，舍弗勒公司，在收购了规模相当于自己三倍的汽车零件大陆公司之后，几乎被巨额贷款击倒。
Then the researchers took it away to take a picture.
然后实验的工作人员拿走幸运符并拍照。
We created lots of opportunities and we took a lot of them, so we can take a lot from that game.
比赛中我们创造出了很多机会，其中一些被我们把握住了，所以我们才能赢下比赛。
Even the meetings take place in IRC, and that took a while to get used to, but I think they're now my favorite type of meeting!
尽管会议在IRC中进行，但这需要一段时间才能适应，但我认为这目前是我最喜欢的会议类型。
Suddenly, the sharks came close to me, and I took the opportunity to take this shot.
突然，鲨鱼朝摄影师游来，他抓住时机拍下这张照片。
Yang Pao did not want to take the gift, but the little boy dressed in brown insisted, so he finally took the bracelets.
杨宝并不想接受这些礼物，但那个褐衣男孩一再坚持，最后他只好收下了镯子。
In 1980, the Voyager-1 spacecraft took advantage of a flyby to take a few mysterious, yet frustrating close-ups of Titan's opaque, rusty atmosphere.
在1980年，“航行者一号”宇宙飞船利用一次飞近探测的机会，拍下了几张“泰坦”不透明、锈色的大气层的神秘而令人沮丧的特写镜头。
In 1980, the Voyager-1 spacecraft took advantage of a flyby to take a few mysterious, yet frustrating close-ups of Titan's opaque, rusty atmosphere.
在1980年，“航行者一号”宇宙飞船利用一次飞近探测的机会，拍下了几张“泰坦”不透明、锈色的大气层的神秘而令人沮丧的特写镜头。
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