The University of Illinois Extension advises getting bare-root roses as close to planting time as you can.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

As I say, you are very close to Portobello Road. And you could have a...

正如我说的，你离波托贝洛大街很近。然后你可以……

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That means we can also measure velocity slightly later and make the slightly later come as close to right now as we want.

那我们也可以测出稍微迟一点的速度,让那个速度接近我们前面测得的速度

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

They were as close to hostilities as Washington was with the Nazi government in Berlin.

VOA: special.2011.05.26

It is as close as you could find in science to a solitary invention.

就像是一个科学发明的专利享有者。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Try to find new and fun things to do as close to home as possible.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

This is as close as I get to bulleted Power Point.It's all there.

这些内容和我放在在PPT上的差不多，那上面都有。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

They would try to move their spacecraft as close as possible to the satellite.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

But, can you see that as you get really close together the negative electronic cloud surrounding the two ions start to sense one another.

然后当你真的让它们,离得很近时,这两个离子周围的负电子云能感应到对方。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Allan Hills 84001 is as close as any meteorite comes to being world famous.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

For some others it might mean being basically restricted to the home, if not all the time, then the only exception being in public, in the company of a close-male relative as chaperon.

在一些别的地方可能意味着,基本上深居简出，即使不是一天到晚，也只有外出是例外，而且必须有一个男性近亲作监护人陪同。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"You'll find something on Earth as close to what is pretty much on Mars.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

Now as for all these data sizes, let's close one outstanding question.

现在为了这些数据量，让我们先结束一个未解决的问题。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

And they would move their spacecraft as close as possible to it.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Maybe not quite as revolutionary as the computer,but close.

也许它的革命性不及电脑，但很接近。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Officials within the Fatah faction of President Abbas,said last week he was close to resigning as his popularity plummeted.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Now as you can imagine,this is very close to home for me.

可以想到，这离我们的意愿不远了。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

For serious action fans, this convention is as close as some will get to meeting their real-life super heroes - or just acting like one.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Okay. So that's Richard Strauss's approach to death, not particularly relevant to you young people but for oldergentlemen such as Professor Kagan and myself we're getting close to that. Right, Don?

理查·施特劳斯的死亡与净化讲的是死亡,对你们年轻人可能有些距离,但对于我和卡根教授这些老绅士来说,我们离死亡越来越近,对吧,先生

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

I came as close to weeping as I possibly could.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

If you multiply her, then you want to have as much depth to fill in behind to close that hole as you can, so that that would make your phalanx more sturdy, because you could take more casualties without breaking, that seems reasonable to me.

如果再多一些,你就需要在后面增加足够的排数,尽可能地填补缺口,这会使你的方阵固若金汤,即使伤亡惨重也不影响阵容的坚固,这在我看来是合理的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Mrs.Merkel and Mr.Sarkozy are not as close.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

And why the claim of the utter destruction of the Canaanites when evidence points to close Canaanite origins? This practice, which I mentioned before and is known as herem or the ban, is not unique to Israel. I know some of you have studied it in sections you looked at the inscription of King Mesha, King Mesha of Moab.

那为何要声称迦南彻底的毁灭呢？,当证据指出了迦南的起源，这一习俗，也就是我之前提到的禁忌或祭祀，并不是以色列独有的，我想你们也已经学过,你们看摩押米沙王的题词，摩押的米沙王。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

As we expected, it's less than one, and of course if we build an engine, we want it to be as high as possible, as close to one as possible.

就像预先期待的一样，效率小于一，当然如果我们建造一台热机，我们希望效率越高越好，尽可能接近一。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

But close to five hundred million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

It promises something like the power of God as he brings the shattering close of the entire Christian narrative to an end at the Last Judgment and beyond.

它承诺了类似上帝权力,上帝为所有基督教徒带来了令人震惊的结局,在最后审判日及以后的日子，以叙述方式带来了结束。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But close to half a million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

So in politics, this is about candidates crowding close together towards the center, to try and get as many voters who are close to them.

在政治学中,这是关于候选人集中趋向中间立场,从而拉拢更多立场相近的选民的理论

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Do you mind if I close the door as well?

你介意我把门也关上吗？

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