When I took the job I thought I could change the system, but it's hard.

当我接受这份工作时我以为我能改变这种体制，但太难了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The job took longer than we thought.

这项工作用的时间比我们预想的多。

《牛津词典》

I took the bracelet off, because I thought she might have forgotten me.

我把手镯取了下来，因为我以为她可能把我忘了。

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The women thought it was funny that Paul had told people he took them out to nice restaurants and sent them flowers.

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And if something within psychopathology I thought could contribute to our wellbeing, I took that and used that.

如果我认为精神病理学的内容能对我们的幸福有贡献，我会吸取并利用之。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

I took those same references the exact opposite way, 'cause I thought that essentially he's referring to the temporality of our moral structure, and how it's just this arbitrary code which our society has decided upon.

我对那些参考的理解完全不同，因为我认为本质上他提到了我们道德基准的暂时性,还提到它们如何只是我们社会,随意决定的准则。

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Successful entrepreneurs will tell you that they succeeded because they took risks, thought outside the box, and knew when to ask for help.

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We all took that to mean he thought politicians would do what it took to keep all of the current members of the euro inside the club.

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Our job, we want to get better on the road, not get worse, so I thought we took a step forward.

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