1.The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.

1.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。

2.Sarah occupied herself taking the coffee cups over to the sink.

2.莎拉忙着把咖啡杯拿到洗碗槽那里。

3.Several financiers joined the plot to take over the profitable company.

3.几位金融资本家参与了接管这个有利可图企业的密谋。

4.The agricultural surplus was taken over almost in its entirety by the ruler.

4.剩余农产品几乎全被统治者囊括一空。

5.He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader.

5.他接手领导职务,看似风光,实则给他带来很多麻烦。

6.The strikers took over the factories.

6.罢人接管了厂。

7.The aggressive tropicbird would peck a cahow chick to death and take over the nest.

7.斗的热带鸟将圆尾鹱的幼鸟啄死，再占用其鸟巢。

8.He’s had a good innings but now it’s time for him to retire and let someone younger take over as director.

8.他成功地当了多年，过现在该退休了，让更年轻的人来接替。

9.My father opened a real can of worms when he took over the ailing company and tried to get it doing business.

9.当我父亲接管一家处境困难的公司并试图重振业务时, 他确实碰到了棘手的问题。

10.They were content to reach ground again without broken necks, and take the townward track over the hill.They did not talk much.

10.他俩行，从屋上平安下来没有扭伤脖子，再翻过山顺着小路返回城中，已经是错的事情了。

11.The cowman who cleans his range of wolves does not realize that he is taking over the wolf's job of trimming the herd to fit the range.

11.灭绝狼的猎人还没有意识到，他将必须接替狼来清理兽群，以保持生态的平衡。

12.When a person dies testate – that is, with a valid will – an executor, executrix, or administrator takes over the task of winding up the decedent's financial affairs.

12.一个留有遗嘱（即有效遗嘱）的人去世后，遗嘱执行人（女执行人）或遗嘱管理人接管了最后处理死者财务的事宜。

13.The cowman who cleans his range of wolves does not realize that he is taking over the wolf's job of trimming the herd to fit the range.He has not learned to think like a mountain.

13.牧人对付狼的同时没有意识到，狼清理大山上过剩的牲畜以保持大山平衡。