In a gesture full of symbolism, Chancellor Angela Merkel crossed from one side to other, accompanied by VIP guests, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, former Polish labor leader and president Lech Walesa, and civil rights activists of 20 years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

From where we sit, it looks like the Corinthians were making a gesture of solidarity, the kind of thing you would expect a mother city to do, not to ignore its apoikia when it was in trouble.

在我们看来,科林斯人似乎做出了友好团结之态,这是我们期望母邦会做的,没有对困境中的迁徙地置之不顾

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So every gesture of the hand is going to be the equivalent of a quarter note.

那么,每个手部的动作,都相当于一个四分音符

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Gambari said that during the secretary-general's visit last month to Burma, which is also known as Myanmar, Mr.Ban met with the country's senior leadership and asked them to free Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners as well as take steps to enhance the political process leading to next year's elections as a gesture of their credibility to the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

Milton's performing a similar boundary-crossing aesthetic gesture here.

弥尔顿在他的作品中也展现了这种美学上的边界交叉。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

While Washington praised Mr.Netanyahu's gesture as a step forward, US Middle East envoy George Mitchell acknowledged the plan falls short.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

She was meant to remember. She faced that possibility as she might the toy street from a high balcony, roller-coaster ride, feeding time among the beasts in a zoo, any death wish that can be consummated by some minimum gesture.

她生来就是为了回忆的，她面临着一种可能性,当她在一个高高的阳台看着玩具街时，当她坐过山车时，当她在动物园里喂野兽时，通过一个小小的手势。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Moglen says the EPA announcement risks being seen as a political gesture unless the U.S.puts, higher emissions cut proposals on the table here.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

The person who every time they sees you hates you, says they hate you and accompanies it with an obscene gesture-- after a while this person can't hurt you. Right?

一见到你就讨厌的人，他们说讨厌你,边说边做着鄙夷的手势-,但这些人并不会伤害到你？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And in a further gesture of goodwill, the Chinese leader promised help in building 100 clean energy projects, part of what China says is its commitment to fight global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Instead of trying to pursue those alternative theories in a systematic fashion, let me just gesture toward some of the things that seem to be missing from that kind of life.

我们不去系统地研究,那些理论，在此我要例举一些,那种生活似乎所缺少的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The Nobel Peace Prize is clearly a symbolic gesture.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

One note for each gesture and we've just done a rhythmic dictation of the beginning of Musorgsky's "Great Gate of Kiev" From Pictures at an Exhibition.

每个动作一个音符,我们刚刚做完了,穆索尔斯基《图画展览会》的《基辅的城门》,开头部分的节奏听写

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

The U.S.envoy said he will return to the region in the near future to try to build on momentum generated by the Israeli gesture toward a resumption of negotiations with the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton three weeks ago authorized U.S.diplomatic missions to invite Iranians to the July 4th observances, which typically include outdoor hot dog roasts and American music, as a goodwill gesture.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

Kendra Kielbasa says the Be a Santa for a Senior program succeeds because it brings the community together in a collective gesture of love and caring, and that,she says,is what the Christmas holiday is all about.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"Yet,at the end of her life, in an incredibly telling gesture, in a funeral that she scripted before her death, she picked six of the family's workmen,laborers, gardeners and stable hands to be her pallbearers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22