Clay was a firm believer in the idea of compromise.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

If a firm is competing against a customer let's say for a non-prime loan perhaps that assumption is not quite so safe.

如果一家公司在和客户博弈,比如发放说次级贷款,可能假设不是那么完备

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

I'm excited to be working at a firm next year, I have had a little bit of experience already in law firms.

明年我就要到事务所工作了，我为此非常兴奋，我已经有一些在事务所的工作经验了。

为什么来到法学院？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Grant refused to give them a firm promise.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Alright, so he has used her body to press back her waters And that's what the ceiling is, the firmament, a firm sheet or structure that's holding back waters.

是的，他就这样用她的身体来遏止她体内的水流,那么，什么是天空呢，天空就是结实的厚板,或者类似的构造，它可以挡水。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Upshur was a firm believer in slavery.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

So that could be a firm, it could be a law firm, for example, and they're going to share equally in the profits .

比如说可能是个律师事务所,这两家公司平分利润

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

"They believe in me." TB has a firm grip on the township of Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Yes, he's asking after a firm pays a dividend that should lower the--you were asking whether it should lower the price of a share.

他问的是如果一个公司分了红,就会降低...你问的是,股价会不会下跌

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

One is a new,phone-based service for expectant mothers from Voxiva, a firm which develops interactive mobile health services.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

I'm actually going for, to see one of my colleagues who works in a firm.

其实我是去看望我的同事，他在一个公司工作。

方便的欧洲之星 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"I call on the United Nations to provide support, for the civilized nations of the world to maintain a firm position against barbarity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

not necessarily a firm opinion, but something that you're mulling over in your mind.

不一定要时一个确切的想法，而是在你脑中不停考虑的一些事。

I think 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Throughout his life, Borlaug was a firm believer that the job of feeding the world could not be done without chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The work is not, in a sense, written simply as a sort of timeless philosophical treatise, but as a dramatic dialogue with a setting, a cast of characters and a firm location in time and place.

但本书的著作目的，不仅是,永恒的的哲学论述，更是戏剧性的对话，内含场景，人物,及一个确切时间与位置。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"When a firm is in trouble especially a financial firm, cash is the whole deal.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

So I'm definitely a firm believer in more holistic approach.

所以我坚决支持用一些整体性的机能疗法。

对付压力的方法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The announcer says Mr.Kim greeted Mr.Wen with a firm handshake and a warm embrace.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

For example, maybe you are a partner at your firm and you're working with an associate on a project.

例如，你是公司的合伙人，你和一位同事正在共同跟进一个项目。

Would you 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So far,Mr.Hatoyama has not taken a firm stand on the issue.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

So I moved around at a couple of law firms. I started at a law firm in the South.

所以我跑了一些律师事务所。我开始在一家南方的律师事务所做事。

选康内尔大学的理由 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The DPJ is expected to maintain a firm policy line on North Korea, especially on the issues of the North's nuclear weapons programs and Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

And it doesn't actually work in court or that doesn't actually purport to be a law firm,

你不会在法院内工作，那些机构也和律师事务所不相关，

在哪都可以实习 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

a vision of America where growth is not based on real estate bubbles or overleveraged banks, but on a firm foundation of investments in energy, education and health care that will lead to a real and lasting prosperity,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

I'm saying that, unless tax considerations intervene, dividend policy is really irrelevant for a firm.

除去税收的干扰,股利政策对公司是无相关性的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Let's get a firm strategy, let's discuss that, let's poke and prod it and ensure that we have done it the right way, then implement tactics to achieve that strategy, and part of those tactics are deciding resources."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

If you have profit sharing in a firm or profit sharing in homework assignment, or any joint projects, you have to worry about too little effort being contributed because there's an externality.

如果你是一个公司的股东,或者和别人一起做作业及其他合作项目,你们需要注意到因为外部性,实际上每个人都付出了较少的努力

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But by continuously linking this in a public way and in taking a firm position on it, they make it much more difficult for him to move away from sites in Poland and the Czech Republic,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

It could have been a law firm; it could have been working in the study group on a homework assignment.

可能是一家律师事务所,也可能是一起做作业的学习小组

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The problem is, if your brokerage firm fails you could lose a lot; you could lose your cash account and your security account.

可问题是,一旦经纪公司破产,你可能损失惨重,赔光你现金账户和证券账户上所有的资金

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选