that's given to someone who did something exceedingly good for the country.

这是为国家做出伟大贡献的人而授予的一个称号。

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In fact, the first PhD degree in engineering was awarded to a fellow named J. Willard Gibbs at Yale in 1863 for a thesis he did on how gears work or something, I forget exactly what the details are, but have you heard of Gibbs?

事实上 工程学的第一个博士学位授予了,一个名叫约西亚?威拉德?吉布斯的人,在一八六三年的耶鲁,他的论文是关于传动装置是如何工作的,细节方面的东西我记不清了,你们听说过吉布斯这个人么

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And in addition to winning a Nobel Prize, he was also knighted, which was a nice bonus for someone born in England that's a great thing to happen to them.

的拿了诺贝尔奖，我很希望他能拿这个奖，此外他还被授予骑士称号,这对一个英国人来说。

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and some people get knighted because they save lives as well.

一些人被授予骑士，就是因为他们拯救了生命。

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And those can be afforded to anyone who's from the UK

这些可以授予任何来自英联邦的人，

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