In this way, the case could be settled without deciding on the power of Congress to act on slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

In the Mesopotamian stories, for example, the gods act capriciously, the gods act on a whim.

例如，在美索不达米亚的故事中，神肆意妄为，凭着一时的念头做事。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

as we can think about something and then we can act on it.

与我们所做之间的联系。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But the force that was guiding her would not permit her to act on such a thought.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The physicist has to constantly find out what forces act on bodies.

物理学家必须,不断地寻找都有哪些力作用在物体上

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Wilson wasted no time. He immediately called a special session of Congress to act on Democratic campaign promises to reduce import taxes,or tariffs.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

I bring a million preconceptions to bear on what I take to be a simple act of looking.

在我做看这个简单的动作时,我已经有了百万个先入之见。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But their territorial legislatures would not have the power to act on the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Whereas pushing the fat man over is an actual act of murder on your part.

而反之，把胖子推下去则是你自己的直接谋杀行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

As more and more farmers joined granges, the groups began to act on economic problems.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

It won't be long before we're using these same kind of devices to both record--to test what's going on-- and to act in the right way and response.

相信不久以后,这个装置就可以同时记录和反馈,大脑的信号,并做出相应的回应

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"The president is wrong to act on the demand of the business interests.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

That's Depository Institution's Deregulation and Monetary Control Act; what that did was, it eliminated ceilings on interest rates --on deposits, it allowed banks to pay high interest rates.

存款机构放松管制和货币控制法案,所做的就是,取消了存款利率的上限,准许银行支付高额利率

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Congress did not have power to act on slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

I think for the moment it should be plain to you that this is a good way of understanding what the difference between a useful preconception and a useless preconception brought to bear on an interpretative act might consist in.

我想大家现在都能够,从这个例子中明白,解读中有益先见,和无益先见,之间的区别了。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

They refused to act on the civil service proposals.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

The cells that take an electrical signal, which is coming down your nerve and convert it into a muscle contraction work this way, so 'neuro' nerve, muscle junctions act based on ligand-gated ion channels.

依靠相同的工作原理,细胞将来自于神经的,电信号传递到细胞收缩肌中,所以神经和肌肉关节运动,都基于配体门控离子通道

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Congress found it difficult to act on these problems.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Congress failed to act on this proposal.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

The Senate could act on the $91-billion bill to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and provide aid to Pakistan as early as this week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"The recommendations are very clear." "For a country like Greece, you need to act on the fiscal side, and therefore addressing very forcefully the root causes of your fiscal problems through spending cuts and increasing taxation."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

The new act will also bar companies from raising rates on existing debts unless payment is at least sixty days late.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

City officials believed that offering promotions based on the results would violate the nineteen sixty-four Civil Rights Act.

VOA: special.2009.07.03

But that did not mean all the women involved with Nancy Drew agreed on how she should act.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

A measure known as the Dream Act would put these children of undocumented immigrants on a path toward citizenship instead of possible expulsion.

VOA: special.2010.09.30

Shin changed the human forms on every trophy so that each is doing an everyday act like cleaning, driving or carrying shopping bags.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Lena Horne once said she felt a need to act distant on stage to protect herself.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

He says Congress can only act intelligently and boldly on the issue of climate change if the American public gives it no other choice.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act bars insurance companies from rejecting people based on genetic test results.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

He would leave the fort on April fifteenth if the Confederates made no hostile act against Fort Sumter or against the United States flag.

VOA: special.2009.08.06