I think when someone says they want to do something but then follows up with, "... but I don't have any ideas, "what they actually mean is that they don't think they have any great ideas.

我认为当有人说他们想做什么但是紧接着说，“但是我没有任何的主意”，他们实际上是说他们不认为自已有任何好的主意。

youdao

When someone invites you to do something or asks you to help with something and you don't have the time。

当有人邀请你一起做什麽事儿，或是请求你的帮助，但你没有时间这麽做；

youdao

It was so useless at replacing rubber that GE tried to send it to scientists around the world in hopes that someone, anyone, could figure out something to do with it.

这种东西完全不能替代橡胶，通用电气公司尝试将他送到世界各地的科学家手中希望有人能发现它的用途。

youdao

Last week, I discussed this problem on our talk radio program with someone who is trying to do something about it: Rep. Sue Myrick of North Carolina.

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To me selling is really the telling of a story with the intent to persuade someone to do something.

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So the question is, how can he now stand by idly and just say -- one of his former White House aides is running this thing that says that Mitt Romney may have had something to do with someone's death?

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