Historians believe that cacao seeds were also used in marriage ceremonies as a sign of the union between a husband and wife.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Some point to the presence of Egyptian names, and customs, and religious beliefs and laws as a sign of some historical memory being preserved in these stories.

一些人指出故事中埃及名字的出现，以及风俗，宗教信仰和律法,当它们当作故事中保存的历史记忆。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It's really I try to do it as a sign of respect for you.

我真的是出于对你们的尊重去做这件事。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

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

And you can use mnemonics to try to keep these straight I see the T as sort of a plus sign.

你可以使用记忆术来记清它们,我将T看成是加号。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

But the Republican victory in liberal Massachusetts was seen in large part as a sign of voter anger across the country about the economy.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Others point to all the problems: the anachronisms, the general lack of specificity as a sign that these are composed quite late.

其他人则提出了各种问题：,时代特色，表述不够具体,由此推断这些创作得比较晚。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The public saw the elections as a sign of hope that reasonable people might find a way to settle the bitter dispute over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

A sign, in other words, is made up of two sides in, as it were, a thought moment: a relationship between that which is signified and that which signifiesit.

所以，一个符号是由两面组成的，想一想，能指和所指,的关系。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Confederate General Robert E.Lee saw it as a sign of weakness in the northern war effort.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

People are already shaking their heads over me and any immediate God further professional use on my part of the word "God" except as a familiar, healthy American expletive will be taken or rather confirmed as the very worst kind of name dropping and a sure sign that I'm going straight to the dogs.

人们经常对我表示不同意，以及对,我一用那个字“,除非作为熟悉的健康的美式感叹词或咒骂词时,它们会被认为是最差的名字,也肯定是我向那些狗前进的标志。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

They said it would be seen as a sign of weakness.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

sa So we have 1 s a, and we're drawing this as having a positive amplitude, but since we have destructive interference we're going to draw 1 s b as having the opposite sign, so we have a plus and a minus in terms of signs.

我们有，我们把这画成一个正的振幅，但因为我们是相消干涉,我们把1sb画成相反的符号，所以我们有一正一负两个符号。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Whitman writes about grass as a sign of everlasting life.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

He says: he signification "sign" has always been comprehended and determined, in its sense, as sign-of, signifier referring to a signified, signifier different from its signified.

他说，“符号“的意义“,总是被理解和决定的，在符号这个意义上，能指指向所指，能指与它的所指不同。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Mr.Obama welcomed the Israeli announcement as a sign of progress, but the Palestinians say it is a publicity stunt.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead; inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.So love and loyalty to God is the foundation of the Torah but Torah is the fulfillment of this love and loyalty: studying it and observing it and teaching it and transmitting it.

也要系在手上为记号，戴在额上为经文,又要写在你房屋的门框上，并你的城门上,那么对上帝的爱和忠诚是律法卷的基础，但律法卷,是这种爱和忠诚的实现：学习它，观察它,教授它，传播它。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Their caskets come through this village and hundreds line the street as a sign of respect.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

These are some of the implications of no longer being satisfied with the way in which a sign can be understood as a concept to which we attach belatedly a signification, a signifier.

有一些意指已不满足于,符号被理解为概念的方式了,我们就再赋予它们一个含义，一个能指。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Ambassador Beyrle points to the recent Strategic Arms Reduction Agreement as a sign of better relations.

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

No dear,Nature made you so perfectly that this small defect shocks me as being a sign of earthly imperfection."

VOA: special.2009.09.26

The ancient Egyptians used a drawing of the eye of Horus as a magic sign to protect themselves from disease,suffering and evil.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

"A sign of progress that I relish, not just as a father who wants limitless possibilities for my daughters, but as an American proud that our Supreme Court will be a little more inclusive, a little more representative, more reflective of us as a people than ever before."

VOA: special.2010.08.20

"As President,I will sign a Universal Health Care plan into law by the end of my first term in office."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Nevertheless,rising confidence is a welcome sign, as consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S.economic activity.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Prime Minister Meles sat down de-facto with three opposition politicians last week to sign what was hailed as a landmark electoral Code of Conduct.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

"It's set to take over from North America in absolute terms of movement and I think that's a good sign as well that intra-Asia, the demand is definitely coming back."

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

"We're looking for concrete steps. And we take it as a positive sign that they've agreed in principle to take a couple of significant steps the opening of the Qom facility, and then working out a procedure for having their low-enriched uranium re-processed in another country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24