I check the bookings to get a general idea of what activities to plan.

我核查预订情况以便对计划安排些什么活动有个大体的想法。

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How can you catch the general idea of an article in a short time?

怎样才能在短时间内抓住文章的大意？

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The executive summary is just like what a manager would read to get a general idea of your report if he was in a hurry.

执行纲要就像是一位经理在匆忙时，为了了解你的报告的大意而读的东西。

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This is the general idea behind an organization in Washington,D.C.

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All right. So now that we have a general idea of what we're talking about with shielding, we can now go back and think about why it is that the orbitals are ordered in the order that they are.

现在我们对于谈论的屏蔽,有一个整体观点了，我们现在可以回过头来考虑,为什么轨道是按照,那种规则排列的。

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It's not the idea about understanding everything, but just so you get the general idea.

不是要你弄懂所有东西，但起码你可以了解大意。

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An excerpt is below, which will give you a general idea of their rationale.

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But he believes there is relatively strong support for the general idea of streamlining government.

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Other than a general idea, though, she didn't have arrangements in mind before she entered the studio.

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