That's another invention of the 1600s, by the way-- the thermometer. And they learned that concept-- perfectly natural to us--temperature.

顺便说一下,温度计也是十七世纪的发明,那时候的人才刚刚开始理解温度的概念,虽然对我们来说这是个很自然的概念

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

This is when you learn the laws in terms of which you can understand and explain a large number of phenomena.

从此刻开始,你们学习的理论,能帮助你理解和解释生活中的很多现象

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

There's nothing profound about this, other than the understanding that the details of how you set these things up can matter a lot.

只是说我们要理解，一开始设定时候的值,会对结果有很大影响。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

That's a crucial mistake that we make when we first try to come to terms with what Freud means by "the death wish."

如果我们一开始就试图理解弗洛伊德所谓的,“死亡冲动“就犯了大错误了“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Any teacher will tell you that is really when you really understand the fundamentals of a subject that you really think it through when you explain it.

任何老师都会告诉你,当你解释它的时候,才是你真正想通,并且开始真正理解,一门课的根本。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

The final and the fifth premise is an important one; is a philosophical one but one I want to introduce at the beginning of the course so that you understand where I am coming from, where this course is coming from-- because many people say, "Ok, so happiness is important.

最后也是第五个前提很重要;,是一个哲学前提,但我想在课程开始时介绍,你们好理解我讲课的起源，这门课程的来源-,因为很多人说，好的，快乐是重要的。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

It's just hard to keep track of them at first but they all generally mean the same thing, provide additional input to this program called GCC by just specifying it on the command line.

刚开始是很难理解这些词的,但其实都是一个意思，所以，只要在命令行上为这个程序,再添加一个名曰GCC的输入就OK啦。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

In the aftermath of Darwin in particular, our understanding of natural selection, our understanding of genetic hard-wiring and other factors, makes us begin to wonder in what sense we can consider ourselves, each of us, to be autonomous subjects.

特别是继达尔文之后，我们对于自然选择，基因和其他因素的理解，让我们开始思考在哪种意义上我们每个人，可以把自己视为有自主性的主体。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选