The man who sells me wine said he had a rare barrel of Amontillado wine.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

"All politics grows out of the barrel of a gun," as a famous twentieth-century Machiavellian once put it.

所有的政治都是活在枪杆子下“,这是二十世纪一位著名,马奇亚维利派学者的解译。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

We've just hit $100 barrel price of oil, but what does that mean?

石油价格已经到了100美元一桶,这意味着什么呢

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It said Harrison would be happier with a 2,000 dollar a year pension, a barrel of hard cider to drink, and a log cabin to live in.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

In 1835, a barrel of flour cost 6 dollars.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

"But,the point of the international community is that those are not to be dealt with at the end of the barrel of a gun, but,instead,through legal proceedings."

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

The bill seemed to curl up as if it had been rolled and stuck into the end of a gun barrel.

VOA: special.2009.11.14