But Johnson refused to stand aside in the face of radical attempts to seize all powers of government.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

This is a scene of whether you as a writer compromise yourself in the face of authority that resists what you want to say.

场景是作者在面临权威坚持提出反对意见时,是否妥协你想要表达的内容。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Both of them,as we saw in the face of fission, needs to accept a no branching rule.

这两种理论在裂变说法的面前，都需要接受无分支规则。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"Today,in the face of violence from those who would only destroy, Iraqis took a step forward in the hard work of building up their country.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

that doing meditation actually literally transforms our brain, making us more susceptible to positive emotions and more resilient in the face of painful emotions.

多少人知道，冥想能转换我们的大脑思维，使我们更容易感染到积极情绪,在面对痛苦时更坚强。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Northerners did not like his declaration of federal weakness in the face of secession.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

Mr. Trichet thinks that the Fed is running dangerous inflation risks ." by cutting rates too soon in the face of Wall Street pressure."

特里谢认为,美联储降息过快,将面临来自华尔街的压力而最终身陷囹圄“

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

The film shows the volunteer doctors around as they struggle to provide emergency care while staying composed in the face of crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Our immune system's function is to keep us healthy in the face of an environment where there are lots of things that could potentially harm us.

我们免疫系统的功能就是保持自身健康,在面对危机四伏的环境时,使我们免受伤害

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of corruption charges, has regularly called into the rallies on videophone to encourage the protesters.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

And in the face of these risks, there is a characteristic evasion.

面对这些风险，有一种典型的回避方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Even some conservatives are concerned about what the people currently in power in Honduras are doing in the face of protests by Zelaya supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

You have to limit your exposure to risky asset classes to a level that allows you to sustain those positions even in the face of terribly adverse market conditions.

你必须把手中持有的风险资产,限制在一个合适的比例水平,并且即使到了最差的市场环境下,你依旧能够承受这些风险资产

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In the face of the great threat posed by HIV/AIDS, we have to rise above our differences and combine our efforts to save our people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

So, with these questions in mind, I want you think about how we can see the novel and how we can think about it in the face of the interpretation that's already layered on to it.

所以，带着这些问题，我想让你们想一下,在已经有解释的情况下,我们应该如何去看,如何去思考这部小说？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Semenya and the other athletes were invited to lunch by President Jacob Zuma who praised the young woman for her achievement in the face of adversity.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Or Roosevelt, after World War Two, talking about our humility as a nation in the face of the sacrifice of our soldiers, or Lincoln, or Washington, These are people who understood that they were small parts of something much larger.

第二次世界大战之后，罗斯福总统，也讲过一个国家的谦逊,面对战士的牺牲，无论是林肯还是华盛顿，这些人都很请楚,他们都只是很渺小的一部分。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

President Zuma responded by thanking the FIFA president for his unwavering support in the face of those who doubted the event could be held successfully in Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

For some it might mean that woman covers certain parts of her bodies always when she is in public. And that might be everything but the face and hands.

在有些地方意味着,女人要遮住她身体的一些部位,公众场合一贯如此，这些部位可能是,除了脸和手外的所有部位。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

All of this talk comes in the face of mounting national debt.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

I think the questions that you need to ask yourselves in the management of education for the adult learner is do we face a period of disruptive technology.

我认为,在管理教育成年学者时,你们应该问自己,我们面临着技术颠覆吗。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

With the focus and patience of a surgeon, the bearded Egyptian artist delicately places a small piece of stained glass in the face of one of his portraits.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

In fact, the text says "and there is darkness on the face of deep."

事实上，文中说“混沌的表面一片黑暗“

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"I met with leaders of the G20 nations to ensure that the world's largest economies take strong and unified action in the face of the global economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

Trumpet, yeah, and he had this wonderful rich sound but boy, it was a big, huge sound, kind of the ultimate in-your-face trumpet player.

小号,是的,而且他让这声音听起来美妙而饱满,但是孩子们,这可是很大很响的声音,好像在你眼前演奏的一样

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Helping breeders quickly develop better varieties of all these crops will be crucial as the world population tops 9 billion by 2050 in the face of a changing climate.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

If you're stuck, if you're struggling, if you're not certain about something, please ask. We're not mind readers, we can't tell when you're struggling, other than sort of seeing the expression on your face, we need your help in identifying that.

如果你很差，如果你很纠结，如果你不确定某件事情，请问我们，我们不会读心术，我们没法儿看出来你们很纠结，除非能从你们的面部表情看出来，我们需要你们在这件事儿上的配合。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

In the face of such skepticism, members of the Engagement Project hope their proposed new strategies will help guide the Obama Administration to a more productive dialogue between the United States and the Muslim world.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

This helps us to explain, for instance, why in so many cultures the concept of saving face is so important, even if to most modern Americans it seems relatively trivial.

这就很容易解释，为什么很多文化里的面子问题,会变得那么重要，而对许多美国人来说,那都是小事一桩。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And this is why the humor-- why the damage is often a certain sort of damage involving things like embarrassment, sex, scatology, a banana peel, pie in the face, your pants fall down or something, where there's no real harm.

这就是为什么幽默-,所涉及的伤害通常都是,涉及尴尬，性，不雅语言，香蕉皮，摔到脸上的派，掉裤子之类的，这些情况没有造成真正伤害。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选