Margaret Smith, a leader in Washington society at that time, wrote a letter describing the scene: Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe - those who got in could not get out by the door again, but had to scramble out of windows.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

We would know as a fact that George Washington threw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River, except that it's impossible.

我们知道乔治华盛顿曾将一枚银币抛过,拉帕汉诺克河,但这明显是不可能的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Distorting price signals , making it impossible for the market to respond as it otherwise would have .

扭曲价格信息，让市场无法正常反应,无法在正常市场机制下运行。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

(SAYING) Sow says he would go as far as to say that it is impossible to teach adults.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

So you can see that we're starting to have a very complicated equation, and it turns out that it's mathematically impossible to even solve the exact Schrodinger equation as we move up to higher numbers of electrons.

所有你们可以看到我们得到了,一个非常复杂的方程，结果是它在数学上是,不可能解出确定的,薛定谔方程,当我们考虑更高的电子数目的时候。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Even such simple tasks as collecting rainwater have been nearly impossible given the poverty and devastation.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

But not seeing how it's possible is not the same thing as seeing that it's impossible.

但现阶段无法预见其可能,并不代表永远不可能

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Everyone talks about Somalia as being a place impossible to live in and to stay.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

You also do walking meditation, you can do mantra meditation, you can do all sorts of meditations that can be seen as a step towards maintaining the state of mindfulness at all points of your daily life, which is impossible unless you're a monk for a very long time.

还有行禅，曼怛罗冥想，你可以进行各种冥想修行,都可被视为正迈向,在日常生活的每时每刻,保持警醒，这几乎不可能实现,除非你是修行多年的僧侣。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"Suddenly,we realized that we had the capacity, and the encouragement, as Rotary clubs to do major projects, then the eradication of polio was no longer an impossible dream."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

So if somebody comes along and says No,no,everybody dies alone, and dying as part of a joint undertaking is impossible, they're just saying something false.

如果有人说，不，大家都是孤独而死的，死亡作为共同行动是不可能的，他们就错了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The eight,which have formed a coalition called the Forum for Democratic Dialogue, say fairness is impossible as long as the prime minister appoints the National Electoral Board and the government maintains its tight control over the media.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

That's only going to be true if dying as a joint undertaking is impossible.

这只能在共同死亡是不可能的条件下才是真的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选