It is a fallacy to assume this means 'higher ticket prices or higher taxes' for the 'hapless Asian air traveller' if he travels on JAL.

如果认为这意味着乘坐日航的“倒霉的亚洲旅客”需要承担“更高的机票价格或税收”，那就大错特错了。

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It is a misconception to assume that the two continents are similar.

假设这两块大陆类似是种错误概念。

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It is reasonable to assume (that) the economy will continue to improve.

认为经济将继续好转是有道理的。

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"It is easy to assume that it can be solved by a messy political compromise between powerful states,"

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Let's assume that we know that this thing is going to be paid, so it's a matter of simple time.

我们假设这份承诺会被兑现,这只是时间的问题

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His memory has failed him and, given the general importance that I'm attributing to problems of remembering and forgetting, I think it's safe to assume that something important is going on here.

他的记忆背叛了他并且让我在这里提出的,关于记忆与遗忘的问题变得重要起来，我想假设这里有某种重要的事情发生了并不为过。

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Though the total amount of gas hydrates possibly recoverable is not yet known, it seems safe to assume it is sufficiently large that exploiting it in its entirety would throw the climate deeply out of the safe zone, even if no other fossil fuels are burnt.

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Japan must do better in foreign policy if it is to assume a leadership role in Asia.

ECONOMIST: Letters

They sound and move like zombies, and if their hands move at all, it is to assume the military at-ease position or a fig-leaf pose.

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