And the claim is that when you choose this, in order to justify your decision, you denigrate the one you didn't choose.

对这个行为的解释是，当你选这一粒时，为了表明你的选择是正确的，你会贬低第一次没选上的那粒。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

They do have interviews when you apply, but they're optional.

当你申请的时候，他们确实会进行面试。不过也是选择性的。

被学问的自由所迷住 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But ultimately, everyone agrees I-- that's the premise here, that for the-- if you're comparing two portfolios with the same variance, then you want the one with the higher expected return.

但归根结底大家都会同意这一点-,这是一个前提-,当你比较两个有相同方差的投资组合时，你会选择预期收益率高的那一个。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

How do you deal with that trade-off where you absolutely need an ad sales force but at the same time, if one person at a time, you just can't say let's go out and hire five good engineers or five good ad sales people and not have them be great?

如何做出选择，如何取舍,当你急需一批销售人员，但如果只碰见一个合适的人选，你不只能因此去找,5个差不多的工程师,或者5个差不多的广告销售？

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

All right, turn them off. If they have to make noise as you turn them off, turn them off, but that's it. So, when you walk through that door, it's an act of free will.

好了，把它们关掉，如果一定要发出声音,当关机的时候，也要关机，就这样，当你走进那扇门，这是自由意志的选择。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

So, studies with police officers using reaction time in split-second choices on who to shoot find that your stereotypical attitudes play a huge role in who you're likely to shoot when they're holding an object in their hand that's unclear.

一些针对警察的研究,用霎间的反应时间让他们作出选择,应该向谁开枪，研究发现这些刻板态度,能极大的影响你选择向谁开枪,当他们手里拿着不明物体时。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The article "an" or "a", you use when you're talking about like either a general category of items or

冠词中，“an”或“a”，是当你谈论那些一般的或者可选择的条目时用的，

经常犯的失误 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Is it meaningful to choose to do the good when you have no choice to do otherwise or aren't aware that you have a choice to do otherwise?

这样是否有意义，你选择了善良,在你别无选择的时候,或者是当你没有意识到还有其他选择的时候？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

PROFESSOR: Great question. So the question is, how do you choose an algorithm, why would I choose to use a pseudo-polynomial algorithm when I don't know how big the solution is likely to be, I think that's one way to think about it.

教授：问得好，所以问题是，你怎样选择算法，为什么当我,不知道解决方案会有多大的时候,我要选伪多项式算法呢，我想这是一种思考问题的方式。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

When you walk through that door, it's an act of free will.

当你走进这个门的时候，这是自由意志的选择。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选