But a high level of safety can be attained if the public is willing to endure significant inconveniences, according to former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

When Dean and Carlo are talking to each other, there's a lot of anxiety on either part about whether they have actually attained that thing that they were looking for.

当迪恩和卡洛在说话时，双方都有种焦虑,不知道他们是否真正得到了他们所追寻的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I felt at the very moment I attained my majority I should engage in public affairs.

当时我觉得和大部份的人一样,我应该积极参与公共事务。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"What surprised me,in fact, is that when he attained office, Obama did not denounce or back away from the idea of installing missiles in Poland, which is something I think he was quite critical of at one point,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

But rather reason, he says, is attained by industry,by work, and it is developed first, he says, by the imposing of names on things, the correct names on things, and second by getting a good and orderly method of study.

他说，理性是通过辛勤的努力得来的，理性的形成，是通过使用事物的名称，事物正确的名称形成的，第二，是通过获得一种良好,而有有条不紊的学习方法形成的。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It is a mostly African American city that has suffered economic hardship for several decades, a stark contrast to the fame and wealth the Jackson family attained as a result of successful music careers after they left the city.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11