The proposal had made his clients sit up and take notice.

这项建议引起了他的主顾们的关注。

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Somebody like Art Tatum can make me sit up and take notice, but some music, like rap, isn't very musical and I can't learn anything from it.

像阿特·塔图姆这样的人可以让我坐起来并留心倾听，但有些音乐，像说唱，不是很有音乐性，我不能从中感悟出任何东西。

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So when she very publicly bemoans the lack of women reaching the higher echelons of the scientific establishment, people tend to sit up and take notice.

所以，她公开表示对很少有女性爬到科学机构的较高阶层感到非常惋惜，人们自然刮目相看。

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