In fact,you might say your house was a beehive of activity if your whole family was helping you clean.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

That's not just a set of functions--variables, as one might say in the lab.It's produced by genius.

它不仅仅只是一套机器，像人们在实验室所见的一样多变，它是由天才创作的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So, you might say, well, gee, why don't we just power our cars with hydrogen, use an internal combustion chamber.

你可能会说，好吧，哎呀，为什么我们不把氢气,放在汽车内部的燃烧室，来给我们的汽车提供动力呢。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise, that he was left out in the cold.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

Now this is actually a poor way to do it, because you might say, well, it's just the list.

它以这种形式显示出来了，现在这实际上是一种很差劲的方法，因为你可能会说，好吧。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The students were asked to write down five words they might say after hitting their finger with a hammer.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

The Eiffel Tower is a virtuality that organizes things, as one might say, arbitrarily.

埃菲尔铁塔实质上组织了其周围事物，可以说是，随意地。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So you might say you were as busy as a bee if you spent your weekend cleaning your house.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

I think I appreciate it that I've also heard the explain by people of other traditions... the Buddhist tradition might say this is kind of sense of connection.

我赞同这种说法，我也听说,其他宗教的人们。,比如佛教徒,会说这是一种联系。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I might say I touched all the bases if I did what is necessary to complete a job or activity.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

And some metaphysical views you might say just exactly like what the train the car stages are the metaphysically fundamental things.

从另外的形而上学角度,你可能会认为跟火车一样,汽车的阶段,就是形而上学来说基本的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You might say when I wear my best clothes, I am dressed to the nines or dressed to the teeth.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

In those situations, you might say, and only in those situations, is it permissible to violate the precepts of ordinary morality.

在那些情势下，也可以说，仅在那些情势下，才能允许违背,寻常道德的戒律。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But some people might say that the biggest sport of all in Chicago - and Illinois - is politics.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Somebody else might say, well I want to just hold this point, I want to hold the tangency portfolio.

而另外的某些人可能会说，我就想按这个点的比例来持有投资，我想持有切线投资组合。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

A news report,for example, might say that people in Washington were battening down the hatches for a big winter storm.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

And actually, a question that might come up, I just explained, the sodium channel, you might say, well, how do potassium channels work then, because I can understand how you can filter something big out, but how do you filter out something small.

实际上，可能大家会问一个问题，我刚解释过，钠离子通道，你可以说，好吧，那么钾离子通道该如何起作用呢，因为我可以理解你是如何把大东西过滤掉的，但是你如何把小东西过滤掉呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Even in hard times and some might say especially in hard times people still show concern about others.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Now, you might say that's an unsatisfying, unconvincing answer, at least for those who don't believe in God.

你可能觉得这答案无法令人满意，没说服力，至少对那些不信仰上帝的人来说是这样。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

If someone offers me an amount that is close to my selling price, I might say the amount is in the ballpark.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

You might even go further, you might say modeling it is always going to miss stuff out, so let's just not bother.

你可能会更进一步说,建模的时候总会忽略一些因素,所以干脆也不要建模了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

If your home is very small, you might say there is not enough room to swing a cat.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

By the way, when I say there's 10 Newtons acting this way, you might say, "What about gravity? What about the table?"

顺便提一下我说有 10 牛的作用力,你也许会问,"那重力呢,桌子对它的力呢"

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

If someone is doing an extremely good job and is very successful, you might say he or she is batting one thousand.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

They might say for that sort of music: "All right. We're now going to have a thirty-two-bar solo.

他们会事先交流好要演出一段怎样的乐章,好吧,我们要出一段三十二小节的独奏曲

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

You might say that someone is hedging his bet when he invests in several different kinds of businesses.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

So, some of you might say, "Hey, I'm just a great parallel parker so I'm a great driver."

有些人可能会说，“我平行泊车技术很好,”所以我是个好司机“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And,if you wish someone good night, you might say, "sleep tight -- don't let the bed bugs bite."

VOA: special.2009.06.28

His curious fancy is more active than his desire. Or, you might say, his desire to know is more active than his desire to love.

他好奇的本质比欲望更强烈，或许你们会说，他求知的欲望比爱的欲望强烈。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And,you may or may not be intested in the motion, as I am, but you might say: what is the signal good for?

对于情感来说，你们或许有兴趣，也有可能和我一样觉得没意思，但你会问，这种信号什么用处？

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选