take the chair

基本解釋

Take the chair for the papers by Cunin and Cronan.
擔(dān)任庫(kù)寧和克羅蘭等論文討論會(huì)的主席。
“Take the chair,” he said, gesturing with his flat, impassive eyes at the chair he had placed directly in front of himself.
“坐到椅子上，”他說(shuō)，用平淡的，冷漠的眼神示意她，他自己已經(jīng)坐到了面前的地板上。
Who will take the chair today?
今日誰(shuí)主持會(huì)議？

And what this means is we can use --take any arbitrary idea in the world, the idea of a chair or a story or a country, and make a sound or a sign to connect to it.
符號(hào)任意性是指,我們可以拿來(lái)世間任何想法,比如椅子,故事,或是國(guó)家,再發(fā)明一種聲音或符號(hào)來(lái)與之相聯(lián)系
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One cherished ambition is to take the chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations in 2014.
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