They were among the worst examples of dishonesty and poor government ever to take place in American history.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Non-Romans and poor people may have seen the Pax Romana as more oppressive than a liberation, just like people saw the Pax Americana that way, after the collapse of the Soviet Union and before the beginning of the Iraq War.

非罗马人和穷人可能认为罗马和平,是压制，而不是自由，跟苏联解体后，伊拉克战争前,人们所谓的美式和平是一个道理。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

and what we do is provide legal representation for homeless people and poor people,

我们的工作就是为无家可归的人以及穷人提供法定代理服务，

我帮助过的人们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Environmental activists said the accord is a declaration that small and poor countries are not important.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

First, let's talk about malnutrition. Now usually that concept gets used to talk about too little nutrition, but in fact, if you consider mal to mean poor rather than too little, and poor nutrition can really get manifested as under-nutrition, over-nutrition, or just unhealthy eating in general.

我们首先谈谈营养不良,现在我们通常把这个概念视同于缺乏营养,但实际上理解为"不好的",比"不足"更为恰当,一般而言,不好的营养可以被理解为,营养不足,营养过剩,或者仅仅是指不健康的饮食

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

He says current tests can sometimes take weeks in rural and poor areas of the world.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

It's not the best form of food in that they're actually very poor in protein, and unfortunately very, very rich in cyanide.

但木薯的根并不是最好的食物,因为它的蛋白质含量很少，而更不幸的是，它的氰化物含量非常，非常高。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

In addition,the income inequality between rich and poor Americans has been increasing in recent years.

VOA: special.2010.11.22

The Psalmist is going to use this motif when he denounces social injustice, exploitation of the poor and so on.

赞美诗的作者，也常常借用这种思想,谴责社会不公正，对穷人的剥削。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He believed America should be a place that belongs to rich and poor people alike.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

And I conclude that we do have an obligation, to give significantly to help the world's poor.

我认为，我们的确有责任，慷慨地捐赠，来帮助世界上的贫困人口。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

and the other,to administer justice without respect to persons, to the rich and poor alike."

VOA: special.2010.08.20

How can we prevent murderous schoolyard violence in children who have access to weapons,poor parental supervision, and a mean streak?"

如何防止校园暴力,这些暴力事件通常是由掌握武器，缺乏父母监管，或受到教唆的孩子引起的“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

But, anyway, this poor guy's not doing very well up there and becomes this sort of big spectacle.

但是这个可怜的人在这上面肯定不好受,还成为众人的焦点

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The Standard and Poor's/Case-Shiller Index measures home prices in twenty large American cities.

VOA: special.2011.01.24

We're trying to get them to change the structure of the company. We think the board is a very poor board there and we're trying to change what happens.

我们正在设法改变,公司结构我们觉得那个公司的董事会经营的,非常糟糕,我们正在设法改变现状。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The plan involves the Standard and Poor's list of five hundred stocks.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

However, there are light arm troops made up of those too poor to be in the phalanx, who do use projectiles and the projectiles are arrows, javelins, or stones thrown by slings.

然而的确有轻装部队,由没法进入方阵的穷人组成,他们使用投掷武器,包括弓箭,投枪,或者绳索绑着的石头

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Poor technology and poor roads also reduced agricultural production.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

He seems, in this way, to anticipate what we might think of as the modern welfare state that public assistance be provided, and the poor, not simply depend on the private goodwill of the others.

如此看来,霍布斯已经预见到了,我们现代社会国家福利制度的出现，穷人不只依靠个人的善意施舍度日,更多的是求助于国家提供的福利保障。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But equities analyst Alec Young at Standard and Poor's says the declines are part of a normal market reaction.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Becasue the rich are getting rich more rapidly than the poor who are benefiting but not as rapidly, so you get inequalities inceasing on variety of dismensions which has political implications and which has the implications for how fast the poor benefit from the economic growth.

因为有钱人更加有钱,而穷人却更穷,所以地区不同,不平等现象的程度也不同,有些地区有政策帮助,有些地区的穷人还是可以,从经济增长中获益。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

She says this problem, which afflicts women in both rich and poor countries, could be overcome with the right practical support.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

The Germans bring in these falcons and they go out and they munch the pigeons; and so this was another reason for them, just like the Germans, these poor little pigeons who became the sort of sacred bird, I guess a pigeon's a bird.

德国人带了很多隼到法国,用以捕杀信鸽,这是改用热气球的另一个原因,拜德军如此行为所赐,可怜的鸽子成为了圣鸟,我想鸽子是一种鸟吧

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The political agreement led to extraordinary compromises for the MDC, considering Mr.Tsvangirai's popularity and Mr.Mugabe's age and poor human-rights record.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

What do you think we should do to eliminate inequalities between poor and rich people?

你觉得我们应该做点什么，来消除穷人和富人之间的差距呢？

想要消除不平等 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"And poor people tend to live in neighborhoods that are less safe and have fewer opportunities for physical activity."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

And the relay had closed on the poor creature, crushing it to death. The defense department didn't care about the loss of a moth.

可怜的虫子碾死了，国防部门并不关心,一个虫子的死活。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And the poor don't deserve, don't deserve the benefits that would flow from taxing Michael Jordan to help them.

你是说穷人不应得到这些福利,不值得通过向乔丹征税来救济他们。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选