Jefferson and his colleagues could confidently proclaim their political rights as being colleague and the gift of a creator.

杰斐逊和他的同僚宣称,他们的政治权利是不言自明的,是造物主所赐予的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

I have a friend who once claimed to me that he wanted to live forever so that he could have Thai food every day for the rest of, well, the rest of eternity.

一位朋友曾对我宣称,他希望永生以便在,以后无尽的日子里每天吃泰国菜。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You may not like me," he says to the jury, " "but I am good for you and furthermore he claims in this what can only be described as sort of quasi-religious language that he has no choice in the matter.

他对陪审团说：，“你们可能不喜欢我，但我对你们有益,此外他的以下主张,仅能说是,某种类似宗教的语言,因为宣称在这件事情上他别无选择。

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If Skinner kept the focus on rats and pigeons and dogs, he would not have the impact that he did but he argued that you could extend all of these notions to humans and to human behavior.

如果斯金纳只是研究老鼠鸽子或是狗，他就不会拥有如此巨大的有影响力了,但他宣称，这些概念是可以应用到,人类以及人类行为中去的。

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