Now a growing number of companies and hospitals will not hire smokers,or worse, will fire them if they are caught lighting up.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

If the company increases the number of shares through a split that is not dilution because it doesn't really mean anything.

如果公司通过股票分割来增加总股数,这不是摊薄,因为没有发生实质性变化

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Because we've just sat in lecture and you've told us we're not being rational if we pick a high number.

因为我们刚刚上过课,你告诉我们选大数的人是不理性的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Ambassador Rice said she expects a large number, if not all, of the 15 Security Council members to be represented at the head of state or government level.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

If n is something like 50, not a big number, 2 to the 50 is a huge number.

如果n是50，50不是一个大数，但2的50次方就是一个巨大的数。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"They are so complicated that if you tried to estimate how many ways you can make a snowflake, you get a huge number not just billions or trillions, but bigger than the number of atoms in the universe.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

If n is greater than zero, I decided I would say, "You picked a positive number, backslash n," so put the cursor on the next line, else if n was not less than zero, I say, "You picked a negative number, backslash n."

如果n比0大，我就决定来说：,“你选择了一个整数，反斜杠n“，所以你把光标,放在下一行，另外如果n不小于0，我说：,“你选择一个负数，反斜杠n“

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选