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take someone/something to be something
phrase(alsotake someone/something for something)
If you take someone or something to be something, or if you take someone or something for something, you accept or believe that they are that thing: 认为；把…看作
These creatures are generally taken to be descended from primitive fishes.这些生物通常被认为是从原始鱼类演变而来的。
I could have taken him for (= believed that he was) your brother.我差点把他当成了你的兄弟。
what do you take me forI'm not going to forge his signature for you! What do you take me for? (= You should not believe I could do a thing like that.)我不会帮你伪造他的签名的！你把我当成什么人了？
At first, I took him for one of the servants.
The paintings were so crude, I took them to be the work of children.
See also
takeverb(ACCEPT)
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