But when we come to where the large significant populations are, which is the Congo basin, then we find that it's the bush meat trade that's the commercial hunting of wild animals for food.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

That space is about 20 to 40 nanometers, it's not a very big space, but it's a significant space.

这个空间距离大概有20到40纳米,不是很大 但是意义重大

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

So 1.1 times 10 to the -31 meters is not, in fact, a significant number when we're comparing it, for example, to the length of a ball, or the size of the baseball field.

所以1，1乘以10的负31次方米，事实上并不是一个很重要的数字，举例来说，当它与一个球的长度，或者一块棒球场地对比时。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

We believe it is quite inconvenient for the region to devote such significant economic resources to purchasing arms.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

What is significant about this, I think, is the priority that Hobbes gives to rights over duties.

这个观点中值得我们考究的一点是，霍布斯认为权力,应当优先于义务。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And,he notes, a significant portion of Venezuela's dwindling oil production is donated to Cuba and other leftist-led countries.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

And nothing else is going to make a significant contribution to it, OK?

并没有什么其他的因素,会对它有明显贡献？

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

She says there is significant benefit to using this type of treatment for arthritis in the knee.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

One of the million complications of thinking about this lecture is indeed to what extent it really is a significant departure from the work of structuralism.

对这场讲座,它在何种程度上,是对结构主义的背离。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Poland is furious that Russian military and intelligence officials appear to lay significant blame on Poland for the outbreak of the Second World War.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

One of the most significant barriers to people doing things in the world, to actually introducing change is that they underestimate their ability to bring about change.

人若想在世间有所为,真正实现改变，面对的最显著障碍之一,是他们低估自己实现改变的能力。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

But a high level of safety can be attained if the public is willing to endure significant inconveniences, according to former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

The hedge fund world is 7.1% first to third quartile, real estate 9.3% per annum, leveraged buyouts 13.7% per annum this is over a ten-year period, so now we're starting to talk about some pretty significant dispersion.

在对冲基金中,这个差距有7.1%,不动产投资中的差距是9.3%,杠杆收购中是每年13.7%,以上都是十年期收益,我们现在谈的是,一些显著的差距

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Morrell said the review does not mean that the counterinsurgency approach is over, but rather that U.S.officials want to make sure their strategy is right before committing significant numbers of additional troops.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

And you ask about India's relationship to China India cannot afford to alienate China China is far too powerful and a significant dynamic a country, so whether the United States think of them as adversary or not India does not think so.

你还问到中印的关系,印度不能疏离中国,因为中国非常强大，经济发展,非常迅速，所以不论美国,有没有把中国视为敌人,印度都不会与中国敌对。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Ibrahim,who believes that the alienating tactics of al-Shabab has already turned the majority of the Somali population against the rebel group, says that this latest attack is a significant blow to the Mogadishu government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Now, what we learn, both from archaeology and from references in the Linear B tablets is that they engaged-- these cultures engaged in trade to a significant degree.

现在,我们从考古学,以及B类线形文字刻板中的线索得知,这些文明中具有相当多的贸易因素

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"I think that,because it looks like the top four parties are going to be relatively close to one another, it is going to require a significant amount of political maneuvering, brokering deals, a lot of horse-trading behind closed doors to form a government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

So if we compare l increasing here, so a 3 s to a 3 p to a 3 d, what we find is that it's only in the s orbital that we have a significant probability of actually getting very close to the nucleus.

我们比较当ｌ变大的时候，从３ｓ到３ｐ到３ｄ,我们可以发现只有ｓ轨道,有很大的概率,非常接近原子核。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

"This bipartisan letter from senators to the administration is a very significant one because of the growing opposition both among Republicans and Democrats to holding the trial in New York,but too,in the end, the Congress has the power of the purse,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Nevertheless, to secure the distinction in actual practice, to say, "Okay. This is the meaning and now this is how I'm going to make it significant" -well, it seems unlikely indeed that this is something anyone could ever accomplish.

然而，若在实际操作中,你试着去体现这个区别，你会说，好的，这是意思,现在我来将它变成意义“,可是，实际上似乎谁都,无法完成这个任务。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"And when people have fears, they are not going to buy and so there's going to be a significant pullback of consumer confidence, pullback of consumer trust in their products, which is going to reach all the way down into their sales,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

I believe the choice should be clear." Though foreign affairs committee approval, which occurred by voice vote, is a significant step toward a vote by the full House of Representatives, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act remains subject to consideration by two other House panels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"When you put that all together it suggest that we are going to need something like 50 percent more, perhaps 100 percent more, food from our existing land and that is a very significant challenge and we believe we need to be thinking seriously about that right away,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21