It may sound like a small improvement but he just had very highly-paid insurance salesmen and they were paid as long as people kept their policy.

这听起来似乎是一个小进步,他只是高薪聘用了一些推销人员,他们只要能保住客户就能获得高额回报

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He didn't extend the logic of his position."

他没有将他的逻辑进步一拓展“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I have the freedom to pass that person because I like the trend. Suppose I have somebody else who came here with two years of chemistry in high school, got a 95 on the first test, 70 on the second test, failed the third test, failed the final, has an aggregate score of 48.

我能够选择让那人通过,因为我喜欢他的进步，假设另一个同学,学了2年的化学在高中,第一次测试得到95分，第二次70分，第三次没通过，期末考也没通过。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

He assumed that such a course would lead to progress and the general improvement of the human condition, and it was that sort of thinking that lay at the heart of the scientific revolution and remains the faith on which modern science and technology rest.

他认为这将会引领进步,全面提升人类的生存状况,正是这个学说成为了,科技革命的核心并为现代科学技术,的发展奠定了良好的基础

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选