"Instead,they will get the traditional IMF lending , which comes with very austere conditions in terms of cutting budgets, in terms of raising interest rates, which is exactly the opposite of what they need to be doing at the current time."

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

The Hobbesian state was intended to secure the conditions of life, even a highly civilized and cultivated life but one calculated in terms of self-interest and risk avoidance.

霍布斯眼中的国家旨在,保护人民的生命财产安全,即使是那些虽开化有教养却是为一己私利的人,也应当受到国家的保护。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

We need to have conditions internally that are relatively constant in terms of temperature, and pH, and chemical composition in order for us to thrive.

我们需要体内的环境参数保持相对稳定,这些环境参数包括,温度,pH值,以及化学组成,这样人才能茁壮成长

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"So clearly that is a major concern for us. If you think in terms of just basic health services or even more acute health conditions, there is a fear that people who were there at the time of the flooding are not getting the treatment that they should be."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08