We take having an endless supply of clean water for granted.

我们想当然地认为洁净水的供应无穷无尽而不予以珍惜。

I was amazed that virtually all the things I took for granted up north just didn't happen in Savannah.

令我感到惊讶的是，我在北方视为理所当然的一切事物，在南美大草原上几乎都没有发生。

On no account can we take having an endless supply of clean water for granted.

我们绝不应该想当然地认为洁净水是无穷无尽的而不予以珍惜。

There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable.

首先是纽约这座城市，在这里出生的男男女女们认为这座城市的存在是理所当然的，认为城市的规模和动荡都是自然形成的，是必定会发生的事情。

To a culture which has come to take instantaneous communication for granted, as part of the very structure of civilized life, this "time barrier" may have a profound psychological impact.

对于一个将即时通讯视为文明生活结构一部分的文化来说，这种“时间障碍”可能会产生深远的心理影响。

I just took it for granted that he'd always be around.

我还想当然地以为他总能随叫随到呢。

What right has the family to take me for granted, Martin?

这一家子有什么资格认为我所做的一切都是应该的，马丁？

Have I been neglectful of my friend, taking him for granted?

我忽视了我的朋友、没有把他当回事吗？

Her husband was always there and she just took him for granted.

她丈夫随时都在身边，她只是认为他理应如此。

He seemed to take it for granted that he should speak as a representative.

他似乎理所当然地认为他应当作为代表发言。

Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted in the West.

水很宝贵，但在西方人们往往意识不到这一点。

I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.

我成年后，发现自己对大多数人认为是理所当然之事知之甚少。

We are having to reeducate the public very quickly about something they have always taken for granted.

我们试图让公众对他们总是想当然获得之事很快接受再教育。

We just take for granted that he needs no supervision for managing his stuff.

我们只是想当然地认为，他不需要监督来管理他的东西。

Don't take your family and friends for granted.

不要把你的家人和朋友视为理所当然，而不重视他们。

You may take it for granted that the frog catches insects easily.

你可能认为青蛙很容易抓到昆虫是理所当然的。

But they just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted.

但是他们只是驶过，把人体交通标志看作理所当然的事。

Today we take for granted that they're horizontal bands of plant communities.

如今，我们想当然地认为它们是水平的条状植物群落。

He just took it for granted that he would pass the exam, but to his surprise, he failed it.

他想当然地认为自己能通过考试，但让他惊讶的是，他挂科了。

It took humans 10,000 years to learn how to grow most of the crops we now take for granted.

人类花了1万年的时间，才学会种植我们现在习以为常的大部分农作物。

They took it for granted that if they went he would go also, but really they scarcely cared.

他们想当然地认为，如果他们去了，他也会去，但是，他们真的几乎不在乎。

That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse.

如果产量继续下降或逆转，那么自给自足就不能被认为是想当然的。

During most of his working life he will take his code for granted, as the businessman takes his ethics.

在他的大部分工作时间里，他会把自己的行为准则视为理所当然，就像商人对待自己的职业道德一样。

Descartes thinks that since our senses can deceive us, we ought not take for granted that what they tell us is really true.

笛卡尔认为，既然我们的感官可以欺骗我们，我们就不应该理所当然地认为感官告诉我们的都是真的。

For decades, Americans have taken for granted the United States' leadership position in the development of new technologies.

几十年来，美国人理所当然认为美国在新技术开发中处于领导地位。

We parents often provide our children with many material pleasures, taking it for granted that all children like these things.

我们父母总是给孩子一些物质上的快乐，想当然地认为所有孩子都喜欢这些东西。

Playing organized sports is such a common experience in the United States that many children and teenagers take them for granted.

在美国，参加有组织的体育活动非常普遍，许多儿童和青少年认为这是理所当然的。

The medical community also takes aging for granted, and can do nothing about it except keep people within a certain health range.

医学界也认为衰老是理所当然的，除了让人们维持一定程度的健康，他们无能为力。

The place has no electricity at all, no photocopiers, all the things that you just take for granted here, they just won't be there any more.

这个地方根本没有电，没有复印机，所有你认为在这里理所当然的东西，都将不再存在。