Well, the polis straightens out crooked judgments, "gentles the swollen ambitions and puts an end to acts of divisional strife.

城邦平反了,歪曲不公的裁决,驯服了膨胀贪婪的野心,终结了分裂和冲突

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So a woman is sent to Enkidu and her job is to provide the sexual initiation that will tame and civilize Enkidu.

所以一个女人被送到Enkidu面前,用性让他变得驯服，更加文明。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I just feels like there's this effort of taming nature.

我只是感到人们在努力驯服自然。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Like a wild horse he must be caught, tamed and domesticated.

就像野马要被捕捉,驯服,驯化一样

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The writer is the first man to map it and to name the natural objects it contains. Those berries are edible. That speckled creature that bolted across my path might be tamed. That lake between those trees will be called Lake Opal or, more artistically, Dishwater Lake.

而作者本人则是第一个为它绘制地图并为每一个自然事物,命名的人，这种讲过是可以吃的，那只身上带斑点,从我身边窜过，的动物也许能被驯服，树木之间的那个湖泊,可以叫“蛋白石湖“，或者，更艺术的，“洗盘水湖“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But before he can enter the city and meet Gilgamesh he has to be tamed.

但是在入城之前，他必须变得驯服。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选