He took the lead in breaking down superstitions.

他带头破除迷信。

I took a course in astronomy at college.

我在大学里选了门天文学的课程。

She took the initiative in getting acquainted with her neighbors.

她主动结交她的邻居。

I took the tattered object in my hands and turned it over rather ruefully.

我把这顶破烂帽子拿在手里，无可奈何地把它翻过来看看。

The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought, which took root in Europe long before people realized how diverse languages could be.

人认为，语言结构与思维过程之间存在着某种联系。这观点在人们尚未认识到语言的千差万别以前就早已在欧洲扎下了根。

The habit of taking violent evil in our stride.

我们行为中习惯采取暴行的陈规。

Notice how she's always shown taking the initiative in things.

可以注意下她总是占据主动权。

The sightseers who come by bus -- and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side -- don't usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford.

游览者乘公车来，经常会去游览 Warwick城堡和Blenheim 宫殿，通常不会去看戏，并且他们中的些人甚至会对在 Stratford 能找到剧院感到惊讶。

The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many languages, which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraints.

第力——由乔舒亚·格林伯格做出——采用更为经验主义的方法来研究语言的普遍性，确定了多种语言（尤其在语法词序方面）的共有特征，这些特征被认为是代表了由认知局限产生的倾向。

Then he looked at his wife's little round black head and felt very proud of having her as his own. He leaned back on his elbow and took her hand in his.

然后，他注视着妻子又黑又圆的小脑瓜，不禁为自己能拥有她这样的妻子而感到非常自豪。他身体向后倚着只撑着地的胳膊，另只手握着玛丽的手。

311 competitors took part in the games.

311位竞争对手选出部分去参赛。

And it was just one of the crimes that took place in the referendum.

而这只是公民投票中发生的罪行之。

It seems like you take everything in stride, you know?

你从容处理所有的事？

As a chair, one of your responsibilities is making sure attendees get a chance to express their ideas and take part in discussions.

作为主持的其中项职责在于确保与会者有机会表达自己的观点并参与讨论。

And will you take pride in your gifts or pride in your choices?

你们会为自己的天赋感到骄傲，还是会为自己的选择感到骄傲？

We hadn’t spoken for decades, so I was thrilled when he told me: he remembered a particularly gifted public speaker who took his class in the 1980s… With a bright mind and a charming personality!

他告诉我，他记起了我，是上世纪80年代教过的名学生。并夸赞我不仅极具公众演讲天赋，而且赋有聪明的头脑和迷人的个性。要知道，我们已经几十年没有联系过了，所以听到他的话，我非常的激动兴奋。

It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.

当你接近山顶的时候，你还会感到呼吸非常困难。

People of all races can take part in these races.

不同种族的人都可以参加这些比赛。

The new blood oxygen app lets you take a measurement in just 15 seconds.

新的血氧应用程序可以在15秒内完成测量。

It will take many hours in the hot sun, to find out what killed her.

他们要在烈日下花上很久的时间才能弄明白是什么杀死了她。