People who have lost their ability to do many things are sometimes able to regain some of these abilities with treatment.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

What is literacy? Literacy is more than the ability to read and write and some of your competition skills.

何为文化素养？,文化素养远远不止一个人的读写能力,以及一个人的某些竞争技能。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

just to be out like, leagues ahead of everybody else in terms of like brain ability.

就聪明才智来讲，任何人都无法和他相比。

知道约翰·纳什吗？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The disease especially affects the ability to see, the sense of touch and the use of the arms and legs.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Electron affinity is actually the ability of an atom, or we could also talk about an ion to gain electrons.

电子亲和能其实就是一个原子，或者我们也可以讨论离子获取电子的能力。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But the population of the animals known for their ability to travel far without much water has fallen sharply.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

It's because man alone has the faculty of speech and the ability to distinguish good from bad,and right from wrong.

这是因为人类有演讲的才能,也有能力,明辨是非,分辨正误

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

She used nothing they told her, however,unless she could prove it was true to the best of her ability.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

And then, finally, the last tactical skill that you're going to get out of this course is you're going to have the ability to map scientific problems into a computational frame.

接下来，你们将带着走出这个课堂的,最后一个技能是,你们将学会,把科学问题,转换进计算机的框架之内。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

He was honored for his art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new kinds of characters.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

The first excerpt is from Numbers 14, and it shows Moses' ability to placate the wrath of God.

第一个是来自《民数记》14的片段，展示了摩西,让盛怒的上帝平静的能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It also found that the children's ability was not dependent on the amount of time they had spent in child care.

VOA: special.2010.11.30

But you do have the ability to affect public policy to an extent that it will be sensitive to the needs and issues of Muslims face.

不过你却有能力,在一定程度上影响国家政策,使其对穆斯林的需求与问题更加敏感。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But she points out that the success of the treaty depends on the ability of nations to enforce it.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

The power to know is our ability to recognize, by sight, members of the same polis or city.

求知的能力,是我们透过双眼辨别，同一城邦或城市成员的能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Another study found that almost half of American workers expressed concern about their ability to provide for immediate family needs.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Well, a smile is just a way of talking about the ability of the body to do something.

笑就是我们表达,肉体某项能力的一种方式

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The historians also looked at administrative ability, relations with Congress, goal setting and the pursuit of equal justice for all.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

Around seven years of age going up through puberty, the ability to learn language starts to go away.

大约七岁的时候开始,一直到青春期,学习语言的能力逐渐减弱

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

One was the ability of the vaccine to prevent infections from the human immunodeficiency virus, better known as H.I.V.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

The ability of an atom to attract electrons, and in particular, in a covalent bond.

原子对电子的吸引能力，特别是在共价键中。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

But Roberto Clemente was loved not only for his ability in sports, but also for the kind of person that he was.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

In fact, doctors proved the 4 minutes for the mile was the limit of human ability.

事实上医生证明四分钟跑一英里,是人类能力的极限。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

It found that their lack of complex products like futures and derivatives limits the ability to spread risk.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

You might say--or a good part of-- it is our ability to process information.

你们可能都会说，或者大部分人会说-,因为我们有处理信息的能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The other was its ability to reduce the amount of virus in the blood of people who became infected during the study.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

Milton seems to have accomplished something in writing Lycidas, ; almost as if he accomplishes it over the course of this very poem; and one of the things that he's accomplished is his ability to see himselfas someone who has accomplished something.

弥尔顿似乎在写作的过程中，得到了什么;,他所得到的其中之一就是,把自己看作有所成就之人的资格。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Event organizers define "airness" as the ability of a performer to go beyond playing an imaginary guitar to create a new art form.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

But railroads revolutionized an American sense of time, their ability to travel.

但是铁路改变了美国人的时间观念,他们有能力去旅行

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

And it's because it's his view of world his ability to express himself and I find that very importance.

因为那是他对世界的看法,是他表达自我的能力,我认为那很重要。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选