At the front was a sharp point of iron that could smash through the sides of wooden ships.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

A different way of putting it-- and none of this is going to come in with a sharp, decisive theory.

从另一个角度来看-,注意，我现在讲的内容,目前都没有一个明确的理论。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Here we have arrived at a second sharp break with the general experience of mankind.

于是就产生了第二次,人类一般经验的大变革

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Paul Bunyan could clear large wooded areas with a single stroke of his large, sharp axe.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Obviously, it goes without saying that today the assessment of Milton as some kind of imminent social threat or some sort of social force in terms of the radical nature of political power - that has taken a sharp turn.

显然--这是不言而喻的--现在，这一种基于弥尔顿,政治力量的激进性而把他看做是,危险的社会威胁或社会力量的观点,已经有了180度大转弯。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Agriculture Report. Three years ago,a study of overfishing led to sharp debate.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

to rise and to say anything was a violation of the culture, and that's one of the places where you see where this sharp line exists. They just take orders, but the gentlemen don't just take orders.

起身反抗和发表见解是有违当时的文化的,从这一点可以看出当时社会,森严的等级界限,普通人只能服从指挥,但是有地位的人不仅接受命令

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Mr.Medvedev told a meeting of government ministers in Moscow the global economic crisis has caused a sharp decline in Russian federal revenues.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

The attempted bombing by a Nigerian of a U.S.-bound flight has provoked sharp reactions in image-conscious Nigeria.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Analysts blame the sharp increase on the turbulent national elections and a re-emerging Taliban facing a surge of U.S.troops, determined to take the provinces.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

However,Australian health authorities expect a sharp rise in the number of swine flu infections in August, toward the end of winter in the southern hemisphere.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

Saying the difference between a sharp recession and a depression is a loss of faith, economist Mark Zandi said a restoration of confidence will be key to recovery.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

But their most important job is to whistle,shout,flap their arms and run about crazily to turn the attention of an unhappy, with sharp horns away from a fallen rider.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25