Back when science then called "the new philosophy" took shape, academics looked to craftsmen for help in understanding the natural world.

早在当时被称为“新哲学”的科学初现雏形时，学者们就向工匠寻求帮助来理解自然界。

Intention took shape in action.

意图逐渐在行动体现中出来。

Soon, a shed took shape.

很快一个棚就成型了。

An idea slowly took shape in his mind.

一个想法慢慢在他脑海里形成了。

The plan took shape after a long discussion.

这个计划是在讨论良久后才成形的。

Our project took shape under a simple premise.

项目方案在这样一个简单的前提下生成。

Little by little the dinghy took shape on the paper.

一点一点地，小船在纸上成形了。

Little by little the 16 dinghy took shape on the paper.

一点一点地，小船在纸上成形了。

The wall finally took shape in the the third century B.C.

并于公元前三世纪成型。

It was a period of splendor when civilization took shape.

它是文明在形成中的灿烂时期。

It is widely accepted that the Enlightenment took shape in MingQing China.

中国在明清之际已产生启蒙思想的观点流传很广。

Their onscreen chemistry and cartoon characters took shape over several series.

三个人在荧屏前配合所产生的化学反应和各自的特点在节目播出几季后就逐渐成型了。

As I considered Warners' proposal, an idea took shape that I couldn't dislodge.

我考虑着华纳兄弟的建议，脑海中就形成了一个令我无法摆脱的想法。

Soon everything from fashions to furniture changed as the New Vienna took shape.

随着新的维也纳艺术风格的成形，从服饰到家具的一切艺术都发生了改变。

Our ghost lives slowly took shape. Five months later, Ann arranged for us to meet.

慢慢地，我们习惯了只见其文、不见其人的生活。五个月后，安帮我们安排了一次会面。

We're interested in what he did and how his life took shape and what he did as president.

我们感兴趣的是他做了什么，他如何成就今天的生活以及他当总统期间做了什么。

Slowly an idea took shape. But holding him back were the consequences for other prisoners.

一个想法慢慢成形了，但逃跑将对余下的狱友造成的影响又让他犹豫不决。

By contrast, Nazareth says, the well-developed regulations for equity trading took shape over decades.

相比之下，拿撒勒说，对公平交易的发达规定了几十年的形状。

After extensive discussions, the idea of creating a "reading and play area" gradually took shape.

经过多方面的讨论，创建一个“阅读和游戏区域”的设计理念逐渐成型。

Three green ecological barriers took shape in the city zone, the plain area and the mountain belt.

市区、平原地区、山区三道绿色生态屏障初具规模。

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, the ideology of stressing agriculture took shape.

春秋战国时期，是重农思想形成的重要时期。

This is also the original intention under which the text, which really played such a role in practice, took shape.

本文也正是在这样一种初衷下形成的，并且在实践中也确实起到了这样的作用。

At the end of the 19th Century, Beijing opera evolved and took shape, becoming the greatest kind of opera in China.

到了19世纪末，京剧形成并成为中国最大的戏曲剧种。

After the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895 and the 1901 Treaty was signed, the (semicolonial) and semifeudal society took shape in China.

1895年《马关条约》和1901年《辛丑条约》的签订，标志着中国半殖民地半封建社会的基本形成。

Once the sun and planets took shape, heat became readily available in the form of solar radiation, asteroid impacts, and gravitational pressure.

太阳和行星成形后，太阳辐射、小行星撞击以及重力压力继续提供着热量。

Tao Xingzhi's theory on life education which took shape in Nanjing Xiaozhuang Normal school was not discarded because of the closing of the school.

形成于南京晓庄师范学校的“生活教育”理论并没有因为学校的关闭而停止。

When my eyes accommodated to the darkness, three yaks took shape, who are chewing their afternoon snack without paying the slightest attention to me.

当我的眼睛适应了黑暗的环境，三只牦牛出现在我的视线里，它们正在咀嚼着各自的食物而对我没有一点点地的留意。