take the chair

基本解释

Take the chair for the papers by Cunin and Cronan.
担任库宁和克罗兰等论文讨论会的主席。
“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，”他说，用平淡的，冷漠的眼神示意她，他自己已经坐到了面前的地板上。
Who will take the chair today?
今日谁主持会议？

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.
符号任意性是指,我们可以拿来世间任何想法,比如椅子,故事,或是国家,再发明一种声音或符号来与之相联系
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