The difficulty of a problem was defined in terms of how long it took to complete.

问题的难易度是以解决这个问题所花时间的长短而定的。

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I took to my new boss immediately.

我立刻对新老板产生了好感。

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All it took to force a negotiated settlement was for these dangerous men to show their faces in Dodge City.

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Milton's alluding to what he took to be the divinely inspired prophesy of Saint John the Divine that ends the New Testament.

弥尔顿的暗示是从,圣约翰的布道中启发的,他是那位完结了《新约》的神学家。

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And so, when we took a field trip to go see the SF Chronicle, it was really, really sad.

我们去《旧金山纪事报》的报社看过，发现他们真的很萧条。

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This is a tactic that the company took to extremes while under Warner's control.

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Every time I see the medal now, I see the village it took to earn it.

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Having never used a price gun before, he also took to enthusiastically labeling everything in sight.

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