To compete with railways and minimize their losses, air carriers have take on many strategic shifts.

为了跟铁路部进行竞争，减少损失，航空公司实行了许多策略转变。

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You have to take any job you can get—you can't pick and choose.

你只能有什么工作就干什么—你不能挑三拣四了。

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We may have to take military action.

我们可能不得不采取军事行动。

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"They have been discouraged by this resolution Iran to take voluntary steps that we have taken in many occasions in the past, particularly the recent ones, when the director general was in Iran,".

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It's good review exercise for some of you who have taken 115 or are about to take 150 or are there now.

对于学过115或者想要学习150的同学,这是一个不错的复习案例

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Because most of the people there didn't really need it because they have cars, or they just take taxis.

因为那里的大多数人并不真正需要它，因为他们自己有车，或者会直接打车。

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One recent initiative linked up more than a thousand machines in Canada to create a supercomputer for a day to tackle a problem that would have take years to complete if done on a single machine.

BBC: Why the future will be easier to use

Even the mentally ill, unless they are institutionalized or you have them declared incompetent and take over (not so easy to do for those who are as functional as Ben), have to take some responsibility for taking their meds, going to therapy, etc.

FORBES: What Siblings Need to Do About Aging Parents and The Family Freeloader

Usually for your first RMD you have until April 1 of the following year to take it, but in this case, these folks have to take their first RMD by Dec. 31, 2010, not April 1, 2011.

FORBES: Take Money Out Of Your IRA In 2010, Or Else