"It's not just about surviving an operation and doing well for a few days or a few weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Because of that, because they're not directly wired together but because there is - are decisions and integrations occurring at each junction, the potential operation of the nervous system becomes diverse.

正因如此,正因为神经元并不是直接联系在一起的,但在每个连接处进行决策和信息整合,使神经系统的活动具有多样性

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

And for those who still back the Afghan operation, many say Brown's government has not given the troops all the resources required to fight a determined insurgency.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

"But the problem on the relief well is not simply drilling all the way down, it is also connecting it up, and that is a delicate operation that could take some time."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"They have not got their acts together. So I think the Swat operation has sent a very strong signal and if the government now starts an operation in even Waziristan, which is considered as a hard nut, I think it has good chances to succeed."

VOA: standard.2009.09.14