1·The exam is very important to us, so we must take it seriously.
考试对我们很重要，所以我们必须认真对待。
2·They don't have to take it seriously and they can try to find a good time to leave.
他们不需要当真，可以试着找一个合适的时间离开。
3·Most people looked up, wondering why, and the bus driver didn't take it seriously and just replied in a cold voice, "Mm-hmm".
大多数人都抬起头来，想知道为什么，公交车司机并没有认真对待，只是冷冷地回答：“嗯”。
4·This is a complex issue and we need to take it seriously.
这是一个复杂的问题，我们需要认真对待。
5·Once we have over 5,000 signatures we are planning to send it to the government in the hope that more people will begin to take it seriously.
一旦我们有超过5000个人的签名，我们便计划将它寄给政府，希望更多的人会开始认真对待它。
6·We've heard it so much that sometimes we don't take it seriously.
这句话我们听得太多了，以至于有时并不把它当回事。
7·He is joking. Don't take it seriously.
他是跟你开玩笑呢。你别当真。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
8·He was joking. Don't take it seriously.
他是跟你闹着玩儿的，你别当真。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
9·I was only joking; who would have thought he would take it seriously.
我是开玩笑，谁知他竟当真了。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
10·Don't take it seriously.
不要认真吗！