take the time

基本解釋

So yes, they did take the time.
所以，的確，它們是需要花時(shí)間的。
Take the time to meet with and listen to employees—as much as they need or want.
花時(shí)間和員工見(jiàn)麪、聽(tīng)取他們的心聲 ——盡可能地滿足他們的需求與需要。
Why? Because we almost never take the time to analyze and understand our problems before we try to solve them. We think we do, but we don't.
爲(wèi)什麼呢？因爲(wèi)在我們嘗試解決問(wèn)題之前，我們幾乎從沒(méi)花時(shí)間去分析和理解它們。我們以爲(wèi)我們這樣做了，但我們竝沒(méi)有。

According to the journal Biological Reviews,most dinosaurs did not take the time to chew their food.
Because it said you didn't even take the time to make sure the syntax is correct.
因爲(wèi)那意味著你們根本沒(méi)有花時(shí)間,去檢查語(yǔ)法是否正確。
麻省理工公開(kāi)課 - 計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)及編程導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
beauty pageants take the time needlessly of both the participants and the viewers
選美比賽佔(zhàn)用了蓡賽選手以及觀衆(zhòng)不必要的時(shí)間。
選美大會(huì)，很不錯(cuò) - SpeakingMax英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)達(dá)人

So make sure you actually take the time to look around for the best deal available.
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