He was asked to sit on numerous committees.

他应邀担任许多委员会的委员。

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She was asked to judge the essay competition.

她被邀请担任散文比赛的评委。

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He was asked to judge a literary competition.

他被邀请评判一场文学竞赛。

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While there,he was asked to go with a special trade group from Korea to establish trade relations with the United States.

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I've enjoyed reading him so much that when I was asked to write a book about him, I agreed to do so.

因为我非常喜欢他的书,所以有人邀请我写本关于他的书的时候，我就答应了。

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So, suppose you fall in love with somebody and you decide you want to marry them and then somebody was asked to ask you why and you'd say something like, " "Well, I'm ready to get married this stage of my life; " I really love the person; " the person is smart and attractive; I want to have kids" whatever.

假设你爱上了某人,想要与对方一同步入婚姻的殿堂,要是有人问你为什么想要与对方共度余生,你大概会说，“现在我已准备好要开始婚姻生活了;,或“我真心的爱着他;,或“他聪明有魅力;,“我想要小孩了“，等等。

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That's the core of the problem and the reason Buffett was asked to intervene.

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He was asked to "think about April's mum and dad" and put himself in their shoes.

BBC: April Jones trial: Mark Bridger 'did not think to ring 999'

Brazilian Piquet was asked to deliberately crash to help team-mate Fernando Alonso to win the race.

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