中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴282
[误] We all took the president as an ordinary employee at first.
[正] We all took the president for an ordinary employee at first.
注：“take...for...”是“误把......当成......”的意思，而“take...as...”则表示“把......当......看待”，如：He took what she said as a compliment(他把她的话看作是恭维)。
