He said the citizen from Georgia had as much right to settle in this territory with his slaves as a citizen of Maine with his horse.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

This in some ways might seem a case of putting the cart before the horse or the cart before the course maybe because how can you say how can we say ? what political philosophy is in advance of doing it?

这好像有点,本末倒置,或说未卜先知,因为你们怎能谈，我们怎能,先谈政治哲学，之后再来实作呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

There's this guy in a bunch of armor on a horse.

有一个穿着盔甲骑马的人。

弗兰克盖里的母校 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Now they rode this wild horse of a boat like circus men.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

How is this quality of phronimos of judgment of practical wisdom of horse sense how is it acquired?

这种，Phronimos，判断力的特质,实用才智的特质,常识的特质？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

We say this is like beating a dead horse.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

So there is this story about his Uncle Hoskins who takes his horse and cart with Richard in the back and drives it into the middle of the Mississippi River as a kind of practical joke on Richard.

有个故事是关于他的叔叔Hoskins的,他让理查坐在他的马车后,却连人带车掉到密西西比河里,这被作为了一个理查的真实笑话。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But a third party, the Liberal Democrats, are turning this election into a three-horse race.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23