Almiro's boat had sailed out to the middle of the bay to fish for mackerel.

阿尔米罗的船已驶向海湾中部去捕鲭鱼。

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I'm not trying to fish for sympathy.

我不是在博取同情。

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Nor were behaviour patterns that did not appear to be sporadic (digging for termites, rather than using a stick to fish for them) classified as cultural.

看起来象是零星出现的行为模式(不用棍子钓食白蚁而是挖坑找白蚁)被纳入文化模式。

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We stopped in the afternoons to fish for a few minutes in little rivers turned black by the acid of cypress trees.

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And so fish doesn't become a food to eat because it's good for you; you eat it because it has Omega-3's.

所以我们不是因为鱼好吃所以才吃鱼,而是因为其中含有ω-3脂肪酸

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But officials are fishing for ideas about what to do with all those fish, which could get pretty smelly.

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It will also give Mr Putin a wider pool in which to fish for talent.

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Nor were behaviour patterns that did not appear to be sporadic (digging for termites, rather than using a stick to fish for them) classified as cultural.

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He is four seats short of one in the current parliament, forcing him to fish for parliamentary support and to compromise over important legislation, including the budget.

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