The vice-president was forced to take up the reins of office.

副总统被迫走马上任。

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After being cooped up in the stuffy little office all day. Sharon decided to walk home rather than take the crowded bus.

在令人窒息的办公室闷了一天之后，沙伦决定步行回家，也省得挤公车。

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A Kentucky legislator, worried that public officials sometimes "retire" right after being re-elected and then promptly unretire to take up their new office, keeps introducing bills to clamp down.

有时候一些公共官员在他们被重新选举后马上“退休”，然后很快到他们新的办公室任职，一位肯塔基的立法者对此表示担忧，一直都在引入法案以杜绝这种情况。

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The coroner's office says results from its toxicology tests could take up to six weeks.

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He was appointed governor of Gardez last December, but was unable to take up office after the local population made it clear his past was too shady for their taste.

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Sir Norman said the timing of his retirement would enable the county's police and crime commissioner, who will take up office on 22 November, to immediately begin a search for his successor.

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The aim of most, judging by the professions of the new generation, is to make money, often in the City of London, sometimes in the media, but not primarily to take up public office as their ancestors did almost by right.

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