But nature was cruel. By the nineteen twenties, erosion from winds and weather had removed a large part of the land.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Suddenly, we have evidence, thirteen or fourteen hundred years earlier, that people were reading this stuff and, by and large, it's a pretty constant textual tradition.

因为突然间，我们有了证据，证明1200或1400年前就有人，读着这些经文而且总的来说，经文一直延续了其文本传统。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But by and large, either method is really good,

但是总体上，其中一个总能行得通，

学习和交际都重要 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

If you dispute this,and declare that men are still willing to serve in the army, then prove it by volunteering yourselves in large numbers.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

The great American railroads were built by and large, for decades, by government subsidies, and a tremendous amount of corruption.

这几十年间,美国伟大铁路建起来了,这当然是是通过政府的支助,以及伴随着数不清的行贿受贿

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Just inside the gate was a large house used by the president and his family.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

There is very, very good evidence to suggest that ancient Israelites by and large shared this world view.

有古老证据显示古代犹太人,广泛的持有这样的世界观。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Then,a large group of Johnston's troops arrived by train and joined in the fight.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

What's new in theory is the element of skepticism that literary criticism by and large which is usually affirming a canon of some sort doesn't reflect.

这新内容就是怀疑主义元素,它是文学评论,所不具备的,文学评论总是坚持某种原则。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Most wear boots and the large hats made famous by cowboys.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

We, by and large, tend to accept the picture of Socrates as a victim of injustice.

我们整体看来，倾向于接受苏格拉底,受不公迫害的说法。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

They voted and rejected the constitution by a large majority.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

And so, by and large, until this freon was invented by Midgley, there wasn't a good gas that had the right properties to be used for a refrigerant.

因此，总的说来，直到Midgley发明氟利昂，没有一个气体,能被很好的用作制冷剂。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

She says genetic modification is hugely expensive and patent heavy, which means the industry is dominated by large multi-national corporations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

At first there was doubt and controversy, which has completely gone away, as more and more examples of this writing have become available and scholars are now able, by and large, to be confident that they know what these things say.

开始的时候还充斥着质疑的声音,而现在已经无可争议,因为已经有,越来越多这样的文字出土,学者们现在,对辨认出这些东西的含义,相当有自信了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And it,as well as this region, will be shaped to a large extent by the decisions that we make."

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

I think, by and large here, everyone at UCLA is studious.

我觉得，在这里，总体来说，UCLA的每个人都爱学习。

学习和交际都重要 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But this year, large parts of rural India have been hit by drought, reducing incomes and raising food prices.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

They build these three large canals and this expands the area of the city by four times.

他们凿建了三条巨大的运河,使得城市面积扩大了四倍

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

There is still a large amount of goodwill by the Europeans toward the new president and people are prepared to wait and see."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

So lower-class people--now what happens, though, when you have--see your clients, your freedmen, your sons, your daughters, all these are part of this pyramid structure, and they all benefit from a strong paterfamilias, and he benefits by having a strong household and a large household.

所以低社会阶级的人。。。情况是。。。,你的被庇护人，自由人，儿子，女儿，都属于金字塔结构之一，他们都受益于强大的家长，家长也受益于强大家户。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

He says his decision was guided in large part by new intelligence that shows Iran is focusing on the development of medium and short-range missiles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

You have to test it by giving the vaccine to a large population of people, and then watching and seeing if you've reduced the incidence of the disease.

这样的测试的做法只能是,给大量人群分发疫苗,接着观察和了解,这种疾病的发病率是否有所降低

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The reported discrepancies in the election data are particularly prevalent in Afghanistan's volatile southern and eastern provinces, where Afghan President Hamid Karzai won by large margins.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

Now there's a political and business history to this because KFC, as large a company as it is, is owned by a larger parent company, believe it or not, called Yum Brands.

这是它的行政和商业历史,因为像肯德基这样庞大的公司,为一个更为庞大的母公司所有,信不信由你,这个母公司叫做百胜餐饮集团

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"It has to do to a large extent with the stimulus measures taken by governments, and by the very vigorous response of central banks on the crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

And, at the very beginning there was a train that went around the Wall of Paris, more about the walls of Paris another time, that's fun to talk about, and Parisians would take picnic lunches, and they'd get on the train, and then they'd hear these large explosions and realize that they could get killed by these large explosions.

一开始的时候,有一趟火车,是绕着巴黎城墙行驶的,下次我们多讲讲巴黎的城墙,这挺值得一谈,巴黎人会带着午餐便当,坐上火车,然后他们听见了巨大的爆炸声,突然意识到他们可能会被炸死

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The awards are funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Judith Rodin of the Rockefeller Foundation said finding innovative ideas and expanding them to a large scale has proven to be hugely effective.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Some of the books within this very large unit, or at least the traditions within this very large unit, are less influenced by Deuteronomy and its themes and its concerns.

在这一大部整体中的一些经书中，或者至少是在这一大部整体中的一些传统，并没有受到《申命记》及其主题的影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

This political life came to be shared by a relatively large portion of the people and participation of political life was highly valued by the Greeks.

政治生活自诞生起,就被绝大多数的民众所分享,希腊人高度重视,政治生活的参与度

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选