CPR,or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, can save a life and reduce the risk of brain damage from loss of oxygen.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Risk pooling means they put a lot of people with independent or low-correlated risk into a pool and reduce the risk for the whole pool.

风险汇聚即,将独立或相关性小的风险汇聚起来,以降低整体风险

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

If I then put it back into its original condition, lower the heat say, temperature back to body temperature and reduce the pH down to seven again, the molecules will re-nature.

假如我把烧杯的温度恢复到初始状态,降低温度,温度降低到体温,将pH值降低到七,这些分子会复性

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

They also may use radiation to kill cancer cells and reduce the size of cancerous growths.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

And one thing that seems intrinsically bad, one thing that seems to reduce the value of a life, is pain.

有一样东西看似本身就是坏的，它似乎在减少生命的价值，是痛苦。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

People since ancient times have used aspirin-like medicines to fight pain and reduce high body temperature.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

If you stop and be aware of your breath, it would reduce the likelihood of going to have the spiral feeling like that. -Thank you.

如果停下来，留意呼吸，就能避免有不断恶化,感觉的可能性，谢谢你。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The chairmen propose to simplify the tax laws and reduce tax rates.

VOA: special.2010.11.19

So, if you could make automobiles with a high magnesium content, you would reduce the mass, reduce the energy required, and thereby reduce the environmental impact.

所以，如果你能用含镁量,很高的材料来制造手机，你就能减轻手机的质量，减少制造所需能量，因此减轻了对环境的破坏。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

They save fuel and reduce pollution.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

OK. And then the exponentials, as you saw is when typically I reduce the problem of one size into two or more sub-problems of a smaller size.

好，然后说到指数级，正如你所见，典型的例子是,我讲一个问题分解成为,两个更小规模的子问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The Mexican leader said the United States and Mexico must combine efforts to fight climate change and reduce carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

And x0 I'm going to reduce to 0 by choice of my origin being here.

0 等于零,因为我把原点取在这里

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

President Obama is demanding that the final budget cut the federal deficit, reform health care,fund education and reduce U.S.dependence on foreign oil.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

So, African Americans also are biased against African Americans and in favor of white Americans, showing it doesn't reduce to group favoritism though that probably plays a big role.

所以黑人也是,对黑人有偏见,倾向于白人，这样表明组内偏爱,所起的影响并不大。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The campaign aims to expand available treatment and reduce the social stigma associated with fistula, while improving obstetric care and training health providers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Those same estimates say that if you could turn that around, that if the world could eat the recommended level of fruits and vegetables, that you'd reduce the prevalence of heart disease by 31%.

反过来说就是,如果大家都能食用适量的水果和蔬菜,那心脏病的普遍性将降低31%

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 said massive fiscal deficits will constrain economic growth and job creation, increase inflationary risks, boost interest rates, and reduce private investment in productive enterprises.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

So, the optimal thing to do if you live in a world like this n is to get n as large possible and you can reduce the standard deviation of the portfolio very much and there's no cost in terms of expected return.

如果现实中也这样简单的话,那么你就尽量增大,这样就能让投资组合的标准差,就会大大降低,从预期收益率的角度来看,这样做的成本是零。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The researchers say if people want to avoid heart disease, they should be more aware of how much sugar is in their food, and reduce it,if need be.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

If you pass a function in C, a value that it's not expecting bad things happen and bad things generally reduce to segfault.

如果你在C中传递一个函数，一个没有预料的情况将会出现,这个情况通常是段错误。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Geithner said he is encouraged by legislative progress on bills to reform America's health-care system and reduce health care costs, which he said will improve the nation's fiscal outlook.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Well, if we see that our death is inevitable and we really internalize that fact, perhaps that would reduce the badness of it.

如果我们清楚死去无可避免,并且真正承认这个事实，也许这样会减少它的坏处。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Of the one million malaria deaths each year, Experts say malaria victims occupy 60 percent of available hospital beds on the continent and reduce economic productivity by $12 billion per year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

And then, three: if not, reduce to a smaller problem, and repeat.

把问题缩减成一个更小的问题，然后重复,恩，这看起来很清晰了，是的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

General Motors says it will lay off nearly 50,000 employees this year and that it plans to close five assembly plants, eliminate thousands of dealerships and reduce the number of its brands from eight to four - all in an effort to stay afloat.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

And he argued that we act so as to reduce dissonance.

他认为我们会通过某种行为来减少失调。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Research has shown that just three rows of trees near poultry houses can reduce the release of dust and ammonia.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

We've found that stimulation, electrical stimulation deep in the brain can help patients that have Parkinson's Disease and can reduce the tremors and loss of muscle control that many patients with Parkinson's Disease use.

我们已经发现,这种脑部深层的电刺激,可以缓解帕金森氏症患者的症状,如震颤和肌肉丧失控制,许多帕金森氏症患者都使用这种疗法

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Now, figure in the fact that smoking is playing a role, physical activity is playing a role, still just changing fruit and vegetable consumption potentially could reduce heart disease worldwide by this much: stroke by 19% and some cancers by as much as 20%.

实际上吸烟和运动都对此有影响,即使将这些因素都考虑进去,仅仅改变水果和蔬菜的摄入量仍然能,在全球范围内减少这么多的心脏病得病率,中风减少19%而某些癌症减少达20%

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选