I'm in over my head, so I better just get practical and give you some examples of what I mean."

我意识到自己做不了，因此我最好实际一点,给你们一些例子来传达我的意思“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

There are lots of other writers we could include, including those two that I named, that would equally illustrate some of the threads that I've got on the syllabus now, but these are the ones for various practical and more substantive reasons that I have chosen.

我们其实还可以讲很多其他作家，包括刚才提到的那两位,他们也能阐述我大纲里的一些主题思想，但是因为各种实用并且更为实在的原因的存在,我才选了这些作家的作品。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Reason, although it was employed for all sorts of practical and intellectual purposes in some of these cultures, it still lacked independence from religion and it lacked the high status to challenge the most basic received ideas.

尽管在这些文化中,理性在只是理论上,实际活动中都有被利用,但是它始终无法与宗教割裂,地位也很低,而不被大多数人接受

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选