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

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

It is not a world in which language can be understood as somehow or another a means of expressing thought.

在索绪尔眼中的世界，语言不能被理解为,表达思想的方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Let me say, I am by no means convinced that the idea for the philosopher-king is an impossibility or is intended as a kind of absurdity.

我要声明，我决不采信,哲学家国王概念,不可能的说法,或说那是种荒谬的说法。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

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

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

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

In temp. So that means at the end of that first line of code just as before the value of 1 ends A up in a variable called temp because we said go to A and I look around, oh, there's A, what's there?

在temp中，在第一行代码的末尾,值1最终到了叫做temp的变量中,因为我们指明了定位到,并且四处查看，哦，这里是A，里面是什么？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

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

Now, the Judeo-Christian story, as I think of it-- by the way, the word "Story" Is a translation or it means the same thing the Greek word muthos, our word, myth.

那么,犹太-基督教的故事呢,我想,顺便提一下,"故事"这个词,同希腊语希腊语muthos意思相当,意思同我们所称的"神话"

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

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

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

"So,we think this is going to create a very dire situation where some of us might think of it as genocide by other means rather than by bullets - killing these people slowly through starvation, disease and lack of sanitation,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.28