House Republican leader John Boehner dismissed the emergency jobs measure as more wasteful spending aimed at pleasing the Democrats' traditional union allies.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

It's a measure of how much Americans are saving compared to the attractiveness America as a place to invest.

它能够衡量美国储蓄率的高低,以及外国在本国的投资情况。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

You measure health and you measure a factor like diet, you measure other factors that might be related as well.

你衡量其健康及饮食,还有很多其他可能有关的因素

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

People who might want to consider taking aspirin as a preventative measure should first talk to a doctor.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

Just to refresh our memories, we looked at the average valence electron energy as a measure of reactivity.

重新回顾一下我们记忆，我们看了平均价电子能,能用来测量反应性。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Some organizations use the TOEIC to measure progress in English training programs and as a placement test.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

In the real world, no one's going to measure it instantaneously, but we can make the difference as small as we like.

在现实生活中,没人能一瞬间测出来,但我们可以使差值越来越小

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

A measure known as the Dream Act would put these children of undocumented immigrants on a path toward citizenship instead of possible expulsion.

VOA: special.2010.09.30

According to this view, man is not merely the measure of all things as the Greek Sophist Protagoras had radically proclaimed in the fifth century.

根据这种观点,人不仅仅是衡量一切事物的标准,这是古希腊诡辩学家普罗塔哥拉,在公元五世纪提出的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Hundreds of indicators are used to measure progress in areas such as education,health,poverty, the environment and trade.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

As a matter of fact,there might not even be a benchmark against which you can measure results and you'd think about the venture capital world.

事实上,甚至也许没有一个指标,能用来衡量这些市场的投资结果,想想风险投资领域

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

This test is designed to measure skills in English as spoken in the workplace.

VOA: special.2009.01.15

If the baby really sees it as different, the baby will look longer, and you could use that as a measure of what babies find different.

如果婴儿认为此物与之前出现物体不同,婴儿的注视时间会变长,你可以将注视时间变长,视为婴儿发现物体间区别的一种标志

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

As a management tool, it can list goals and ways to measure progress.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

Now if you've gone to the doctor, often they'll measure your triaglyceride level as a measure of how healthy your liver is and how healthy your diet is.

现在如果你去看医生,他们通常会测你的甘油三酯水平,以此作为你的肝健康和饮食健康的指标

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

There have been reports that Germany is considering buying Greek government bonds through a state-owned bank, as an emergency measure.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

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

In France,Mr.Sarkozy says focusing too much on gross domestic product as the main measure of prosperity contributed to the financial crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Rather than by forming an image or a picture you put electrodes on the surface of the body and measure the electrical potential as a function of position on the body.

它并不对人进行直接的造影,而是将电极放到身体表面,通过测量该位置电势能,表征该部位的生理状态

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

UNICEF spokeswoman,Veronique Taveau, says her agency has set up so-called child friendly spaces in the camps as a stopgap measure.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

It means, measure them as quickly as you can.

意味着,在尽量短的时间内测出这些值

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

In a telephone interview, he described the communiqus as a desperate measure used occasionally by the rebels to portray the region as being in turmoil.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

He notes: When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or arm and when it does fall we feel it in some measure and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.

他说过，当我们看到有人要打,别一个人的腿或手臂，我们会不由自主的畏缩，手脚拢起来,当这一下打下来，某种程度上来说,我们会感受到和被打者一样的疼痛。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman, Democrat Henry Waxman ordered a pause in his panel's drafting of the measure as Democrats work to overcome differences within their party.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Because bars, restaurants and night clubs have been closed by the state government as a precautionary measure, people who have money have few places to spend it.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Van Cleave says his group will continue its fight to repeal other gun laws, such as a measure that prevents Virginians from buying more than one handgun every 30 days.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

A representative who co-sponsored the measure described body scans as a "virtual strip search" that the American public should not be subjected to, and suggested using explosives-sniffing dogs as a less-invasive method of detection.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

In an off-year election seen by some political pundits as a measure of support for President Barak Obama's popularity after his first year in office, the opposition Republicans have picked up the state house in two formerly Democratic states.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

But at the same time,Admiral Mullen, who is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed confidence that with a solid Afghan partner, an increase in U.S.forces can bring a measure of security and stability to Afghanistan within a few years, as the 2007/2008 "surge" helped provide an opportunity for Iraq to move forward in a more secure environment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04