John, not knowing for sure if he could wake any of them up, but hoping against all hope that he could, started shaking each one.

John不知道他能不能把他们弄醒。他开始不抱希望的一个一个摇着他们。

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When they get to know me and to trust me, knowing for sure I'm not selling them something—there'll be more honest feedback from them.

当他们开始了解我、信任我，并确信我不是在卖什么东西给他们时，他们会给出更诚实的反馈。

youdao

You are not a horrible, stupid person for not knowing how to resolve the problem.

——不知道如何解决问题也不代表你是个可怕的愚钝的人。

youdao

"You know you're hoping and praying for a second chance and not really knowing what your future holds.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Important lesson, so that there would be some predictability in the results and I would have some, if you will, smoke test for knowing whether or not I was getting, my code seemed to be working.

这很重要，因为这样我就可以预测,结果会是多少了，如果你愿意，我们可以做烟气试验,来看我的代码是否工作正常。

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It only becomes a question of knowing the object, of knowing it in and for itself, in its own terms, and not at all necessarily of learning from it, of being spoken to by it.

它仅仅是了解这个对象，了解这个对象本身，不一定是从对象中学习。

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Mr Entwistle was criticised for not knowing about the north Wales programme until after it screened, for not being aware of a newspaper article which revealed the mistaken identity, and for not knowing about a tweet saying Newsnight was poised to broadcast the revelations.

BBC: needs 'radical overhaul', says Lord Patten

But the biggest difference between this election and the last is that, this time, the voters have no excuse for not knowing what they are letting themselves in for.

ECONOMIST: George Bush

Shame on me for not knowing that, but I used poor judgment.

NPR: Ex-Pac-12 Ref: I Was Trying To 'Lighten The Mood'