To start things off, I think what we need to do is consider a definition.
首先，我认为我们需要仔细考虑一个定义。
I'm going to pick a definition from a former colleague, Robert Sternberg, who is now the dean at Tufts University but was here on our faculty at Yale for nearly thirty years.
我将从我的前同事罗伯特·斯特恩伯格那里选择一个定义，他现在是塔夫茨大学的院长，但他在耶鲁大学任教近30年。
While pinning down a definition has proven tricky, the general consensus is it's some means of information gathering.
虽然事实证明给好奇下定义很难，但大家普遍认为它是一种收集信息的手段。
To give a definition of a word is more difficult than to give an illustration of its use.
给一个词下定义要比举例说明它的用法困难得多。
It's a definition. It's an axiom.
是一个定义，是一个原理。
Well, let me first give a definition.
我先给你们一个定义。
He tried hard to give it a definition.
他因此努力给予这个词一个定义。
I never gave a definition of love.
我从未给出过爱的定义。
What would such a definition look like?
这样的定义可能是什么样的？
To add a definition to an element.
按照以下方法，来向元素添加一个定义。
But choosing a definition is much trickier.
但给出贫穷的定义却是很棘手的。
Let me give you a definition of flux in 3d.
下面给出三维空间中通量的定义。
See Listing 12 for a definition of this table.
参见清单12，了解该表的定义。
A definition of an event handler has two parts.
事件处理程序的定义包括两个部分。
To begin, we need a definition of "process"
首先，我们需要对“过程”的定义
The first is a definition of the table to be used.
第一个是要使用的表的定义。
A definition of each is in order before we progress.
在我们继续之前，下面将按顺序对其中每一项做出定义。
The OED's first citation is under a definition reading.
这个词在《牛津英语词典》中的第一条引证就是一个定义。
Traditional dictionaries include a definition for a word.
传统的词典中，每个单词各有一个定义。
Theconcept of opportunity cost can be summarized by a definition.
机会成本的概念可以用一句定义概括。
A definition list is a list of items, with a description of each item.
定义目录并不是简单的项目清单。它是某个项目和该项目的注释的一个清单。
Such a definition would greatly expand the list of planets in the solar system.
这一定义将会大大地加长太阳系行星的名单。
Old-style applications would force a new page view for you to edit a definition.
旧式的应用程序会强迫您用一个新的页面视图来编辑定义。
OK, so actually, how do we define it, that's not really much of a definition yet.
实际上，我们对二重积分的定义并不严谨，那应该怎样严格地定义它呢？
Whether popularity is good measure of the success of a definition is a moot point.
以流行与否作为一个定义是否成功的标准还有待讨论。
But younger children are often merely trying to figure out a definition of the term.
不过，对于年纪小的孩子们来说，他们通常只是想要理解财富的概念。
But younger children are often merely trying to figure out a definition of the term.
不过，对于年纪小的孩子们来说，他们通常只是想要理解财富的概念。
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