He realized that something needed to change, and, being a London media type, appointed himself "marketing director from Nature".

他意识到有些事情需要改变，作为一名伦敦媒体人，他任命自己为“《自然》杂志的营销总监”。

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Given the issues facing the o (1) scheduler and other external pressures, something needed to change.

为了解决o(1)调度器面临的问题以及应对其他外部压力，需要改变某些东西。

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I desperately needed something to occupy me during those long, lonely nights.

在那些漫长而又孤独的夜晚我拼命想找点事做。

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Something was needed to raise up the spirits of the South to break the pressure of Union armies.

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We did that during the Great Depression, when it suddenly seemed like we really needed to do something.

是在大萧条时期开始实行的，因为当时我们突然发现,确实该做点什么了。

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The biggest thing for me on that path is I needed to draw something out and I needed to get it out of my head.

在我看来，这条路上最重要的莫过于,是需要描绘出一些东西,再把它们忘却。

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When Hamilton lost her job and got pregnant again, she knew something needed to change.

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Paul Batchelor, deputy mayor of Warminster, said something needed to be done because of "unsightly" pigeon droppings.

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Something needed to change, and all the excuses that previously held me back from pursuing my dream of travel no longer held merit.

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