It's conventional--that is to say, it belongs in the public sphere to all of us, and there's perhaps a certain sort of Romantic loss in that.

其实这很常见，语言是属于大家的，虽然这让语言少了一些浪漫的意味。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

They're not really secret because everyone really knows, kind of know...

不过也谈不上什么秘密社团，因为每个人都或多或少地知道一些……

耶鲁对比哈佛 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

You can pay more into the cash value in one year and less in another year, as long as you keep paying a minimum amount.

你可以在某一年支付更多的现金,而在另一年支付少一些,只要投保人满足最低缴费要求就行

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It means you're studying less, so that might be a good thing.

这其实意味着你们学的内容少一些，对你们来说是件好事。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Santa Monica is maybe a little less populated than LA

圣莫尼卡的人口可能比洛杉矶少一些,

圣莫妮卡和洛杉矶 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

There are nonetheless a few details from the classical underworld that he seems to have lifted more or less wholesale and one of them - I'm going to ask you to look at page 246 in the Hughes.

然而弥尔顿书中还是有一些描写传统地狱的小细节,他似乎多多少少大规模地盗用了那些细节,我想让你们看《力士参孙》一书的246页。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Some people want to have these to be many and for them to be very binding, others want them to be very few and not very binding, and that's an argument one can get into.

有些人认为惯例更多一些,更有约束力一些,而有些人却认为惯例的限制少一些,这是争论所在

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选