He showed that simple American English could be as fine an instrument for great writing as more complex language.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

And, the bottom line in modeling is make it only as complex as you need to.

模型构造的底线是,根据你的需要尽量把它弄得复杂。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

In the immune system you could think of it as an even more complex set of outcomes that occur.

免疫系统是一个,有更多复杂结果的大集合

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Or,they can be more complex such as using liquid glazes to change the color or shininess of the clay surface.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Why, then, should we not study the acquisition of a cognitive structure like language more or less as we study some complex bodily organ?

我们为什么不应当,像研究某些复杂身体器官那样,去或多或少地研究,像语言这样的认知结构的习得

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The puppeteers train for many years to move as one in bringing the puppet to life to act in complex theater productions.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

Well, in Frost's case, as I'm suggesting, there's often very skillful and complex imitation going on between Frost's sounds and what he's imaging or describing or the actions and events in the poem.

对弗罗斯特的诗来说，像我所说的，有很多非常有技巧并且很复杂的仿照,在弗罗斯特的音律,和他所描绘的画面,或者诗里的行为和事件之间。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

As Katharine Hepburn became older, she played more and more wise and complex characters.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

It's interesting I think that - if one thinks of Tony the Tow Truck one can think of-- - when you go home and study it, you'll see what I mean-- there's a complex pattern of imagery, as it were, between pulling and pushing.

我认为,如果有人想起《搬运车托尼》可以想起-,你们回去好好研究研究，就明白我的意思了-,里头关于，推和拉的意向很复杂。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"Especially in sequels as the franchises get more complex, I don't always remember what happened in the last movie.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

There is a kind of internal irony here, I think because Hobbes sometimes writes as if, as we've seen, as if human beings are nothing more than complex machines that mechanically obey the laws of attraction and repulsion.

但我想这儿似乎存在着一种讽刺,因为霍布斯笔下的人，似乎就只是一具复杂的机器,只知机械地遵循法律所允许和不允许的事,这点我们在前面已有所耳闻。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Flavor aside, scientists have recognized it as a complex blend of chemical compounds with potential health effects, both good and bad.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

As time goes on, we've developed ever more complex machines to study people and we've talked about some of these already: EKG machines, so an example of an electrical device that can be used to monitor a very elaborate function deep inside your body, the beating of your heart and the rhythm of your heart.

如今,我们已经有功能更加复杂的设备,来研究人类,比如之前说到的心电图,我们使用电子装置,对身体内部机能进行精确地监控,具体到心电图就是心跳和心率

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The space station complex will serve as observatory, laboratory and workshop for astronauts and cosmonauts who live and work there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

The Americans mostly handle the complex missions. Afghan troops usually get simpler assignments, such as staffing road checkpoints.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Cardiologists, such as Dr.Gerard Martin, say that within the last four years, doctors have learned how to perform more complex heart surgeries using catheters."

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

I do not believe we can come to simple conclusions when it comes to the cause and effects of such a complex disorder as autism."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Few things in life are as simple or complex as bread.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16