He thinks the North intentionally flooded the South as a means of forcing diplomacy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

So the pain you're suffering now is actually instrumentally valuable, useful as a means, even though it's intrinsically bad.

所以你现在忍受的痛苦,是有利用价值的，作为手段是有用的，尽管痛苦本身是坏的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

It really means the same thing as "I need," but it's a little bit more emphasis on,

其实它表达的意思与“I need”大同小异，只是稍加强调了。

I need 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And rural agri-businesses can mean a pathway out of poverty, There has been much controversy and opposition over the use of genetically modified crops as a means of boosting productivity.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

The things that are valuable as a means " we can say are instrumentally valuable.

作为手段而显得可贵的东西,可以说它们有“利用价值。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The Obama administration,he added, must make clear that it does not view engagement with Iran as a process without an end, but as a means to identify ends that would benefit both countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

So if we have a negative change in energy for any reaction as it's written, what that actually means is we're giving off energy as the reaction proceeds.

如果我们像这里写的这样,在任何一个反应过后，得，到的能量变化为负值,这就意味着我们在这个过程中放出了能量。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

How do we know that they are not going to keep it all?" The United States and allies France and Russia have supported the IAEA draft deal with Iran as a means to alleviate concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear program to develop atomic weapons covertly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

And because of his reputation as a genius people said, "Wow. That's very profound. I wonder what he means."

因为他被传为天才，别人就会想，“多么深刻，不知道是什么意思呢”

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Suspending habeas corpus means that a prisoner can be held without trial for as long as the government wants.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Now this means, among other things, that Brooks is not anything like what we may spontaneously caricature perhaps as a traditional psychoanalytic critic.

在其他方面，布鲁克斯并不是我们平时讽刺的,传统心理学批评家那样的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It means to travel or to leave a place, as suggested in this song, "Hit the Road."

VOA: special.2009.09.20

If you're a public company it means that you've gone through the procedures at the SEC to be approved as a public company.

一家上市公司,是通过证交会的审查程序,而被批准为上市公司的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

That means early signs of economic recovery, like the way plants begin to shoot up from the ground as a sign of spring.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Now, think what's at stake here in this worldview, especially as we transition next Thursday to a developing though by no means unanimous or homogenous northern worldview in which reform impulses get embedded.

想想在这种世界观中最薄弱的是什么,特别是我们下周四要过渡到,一个发展中的并非统一或同质的,嵌入了改革的冲动的北方世界观

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

That means most schools must obey a federal law known as Title Nine.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Well, I've given a number who have quoted him on a number of reasons but one suggestion might be that it is not so much peace alone that Hobbes cherishes as life. Peace is a means to life.

好，接下来我会讲,有些人援引他的一些原因,但有一个可能是霍布斯,除了把和平向生命一样珍视之外还有其他。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means of a polished parabolic mirror of unknown composition, much as the mirror of a lighthouse projects a beam of light.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

If you want to call something as A + B, it means that I did A and then I did B.

如果你想某个量称为 A + B,它表示我先沿着 A 走,然后是 B

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

"This stadium means a lot." "It is a splendid stadium such as is only seen in a few places on earth."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

But as you probably know, a JPEG, a photograph, these are usually multiple megabytes these days which means there's a ridiculous amount of data still on that digital camera.

但是你知道，一个JPEG图片，通常是由几兆字节组成的,也就是说这些数据的大部分,仍然存在于数码相机中。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

And,as Congressman Rush said, they live in very modest means and it was quite a moment to behold."

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

That's all they do all night, but they also are talking and they're talking very well as a matter of fact, and the goal of this conversation is, or of this party rather, Symposium means by the way drinking together.

他们彻夜豪饮,但同时也谈经论道,事实上,他们还讨论得不亦乐乎,这场讨论的目的,或是说这场聚会的目的是,顺便说下,"Symposium"的意思是"一起喝酒"

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The same means of communication that were used to speak out are being used by the government as a way of shutting down the opposition.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Just as forewarning for people who have forgotten what a median is, that means half of you--not approximately half, it means exactly half of you-- will be getting something like B+ and below and half will get something like B+ and above.

稍微提示下忘记中位数含义的同学,这也就是说,不是一半左右,是绝对一半的同学,会得到B+的成绩或更低的成绩,另一半会到B+的成绩或更高的成绩

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

They view the act as a legitimate means of resistance to Indian rule.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

So it's becoming much more sophisticated, much more interesting and the interesting thing about it is that it verifies a lot of the research that has been done to date with far less sophisticated means, such as self-rapport.

手段更成熟，更有趣，有趣的是,它验证了许多至今通过不全面的方法,所完成的研究的正确性，像自我评估。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Therefore I am willing to give away, through taxes and through other means, part of my income as a person and a lot of other people think the same."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

It's referred to as a kapporeth: we don't really know what this word means it's traditionally translated "mercy seat," ] I think that's how the JPS might translate it.

它指的是一个叫做kapporeth的东西，我们不知道它,真正意味着什么，通常我们都叫它“约柜上的金盖“,我认为这个译本翻译自,犹太人出版学会。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

We know that ionization energy is going to increase as we go across the periodic table, so that means carbon has a lower ionization energy than nitrogen which is right next to us.

我们知道电离能会随着周期表,向右而逐渐变大，因此碳的电离能比旁边的氮要低一些,那么就像我说的。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选