Unlike kilims, these "pile" carpets are not flat, they are deep and soft because their surfaces are covered with the ends of thousands of pieces of yarn.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

And it was a fine programme exceppt it was not the right programme for the Afghanistan that need thousands of ordinary policeman patrolling the country and doing things.

项目本身不错,但是并不适合阿富汗本身,因为阿富汗需要的是成千上万的普通警察在不停地巡视，工作。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The Buddha talked about it thousands of years ago, "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

佛在几千年前就谈到它，“一支蜡烛可以点燃千支蜡烛，蜡烛的生命不会被缩短。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He received thousands of messages telling him not to quit.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Now, the other thing to keep in mind is that for any cell there's not just one receptor on the cell, there are thousands, or hundreds of thousands of receptors.

我们要记住的另一点是,在细胞表面,不仅仅只有一个受体,而是有成千上万甚至更多的受体分子

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"I think that would not have happened without the advocacy of hundreds of thousands of people and churches that are part of Bread for the World and that keep the pressure on their members of Congress."

VOA: special.2010.06.22

We set up--this is not a new idea, this goes back to China thousands of years ago, but it started to be widely done-- So you had a Civil Service exam that established your competence.

我们建立了，这不是什么新主意，可以追溯到几千年前的中国，但这次开始广泛地实施开来-,你得参加公务员考试来考核你的能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And she hopes her celebrity and advocacy will help the thousands struggling with mental disorders realize they are not alone.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

Thousands more were damaged. He says casualty figures may increase as rescue workers have not yet reached some remote areas.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

And tens of thousands of elderly Koreans have not seen family members they left behind since the North invaded the South in 1950.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

With the trains not moving, thousands of passengers are stuck where they are.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

During Saylan funeral Tuesday, thousands chanted "we will not be silenced."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The National Police Agency receives tens of thousands of complaints every year, but there is not much that can be done to stop it, since attackers are often anonymous.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Mr.Kennedy received thousands of telegrams telling him not to quit.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

"And then I got thousands of emails, thousands of emails,of young, not just African American filmmakers, but gay filmmakers, Chinese filmmakers, that there's a chance that the Academy is wise."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

That is a promise that I make to you,". The president did not specifically mention Afghanistan in his talk to the troops, but he is expected to send thousands more service members to fight there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13