And he said men of Ohio who let themselves be drafted into the Union army were no better than slaves themselves.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

If the population would do more of this they'd be better off.

如果公众能更好地遵循这个守则,状况会改善很多

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

But yeah, I think you'd probably be better off asking one of the organizers here about like this specific event.

你最好去那边问问这次活动的组织者。

关于世界地球日 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He agreed that four years of Rutherford Hayes would be better than four years of civil war.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Well, if this thing is going to vibrate for any length of time it better be a standing wave.

好的，如果它在任意时间振动,那它就是驻波。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

They believed a better way to the railroad could be found, with plenty of grass and water.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

If you are experienced, if you have, say, better ways of managing engineering team, this is a very good space you can be in.

如果你经验丰富，如果你有更好的管理方式，百度欢迎你加入。

斯坦福公开课 - 百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选

Would it not be better for him to die quickly, and go to wait for her in that blessed place of the future?

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Iran, unfortunately, becuase of our relations with Iran, Iran could be a much bigger and better parterner in Afghnastan.

伊朗本可以发挥更大的作用，由于我们与伊朗的恶化的关系。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

"They just show me how to be better, different techniques of playing and stuff like that."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

And so now we're going to try and see if we can write a simulation that will give us some insight as to which of these might be better or worse.

现在我们回来看看我们能否,写一个程序来看看,哪一种选择会更好。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And the file says workers responsible for boating and beach safety may be doing a better job of warning people when sharks are seen.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

2% You could say, I think my portfolio has an expected return of 12%-- that would be better than if it had an expected return of 10%.

如果一个投资组合的预期收益率有-,那就比一个只有10%的投资组合要好。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In the words of poet Walt Whitman: "It is for the interest of mankind that America's power and territory should be extended -- the farther,the better."

VOA: special.2009.02.19

If there's no human nature, then there's no sense in which one group of humans by dint of their race or their sex could be better than another group.

如果不存在人性，那么一群人因种族或性别,优于另一群的人的说法,便纯属无稽之谈。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He promised that workers would be removed only in the interests of better government.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

Or perhaps a better word would be what is it to be reminded of something by something else that resembles it but is not the thing it reminds you of.

更恰当一点的说法是,你是如何因为另一个类似的事物,而不是这个事物本身,联想到这个事物的

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And better in the general sense: become better in schoolwork, become a better person, become a better writer become as best as I can be in all aspects of my life."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

that expresses the will of the majority, the will of the greater number be rendered compatible with the needs of philosophy and the claims to respect ? only reason and a better argument?

众人意志的民主，及大多数人的意志,能够兼容,哲学需求,及尊重理性,及进阶辩论的诉求吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Let us see how all the questions that have arisen out of this unhappy subject of slavery can be better settled more fairly and justly than the plan I have offered.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

There's this whole sense that the thing is precarious and you'd better kind of mind your Ps and Qs, or whatever the expression is, and be a good person or this whole thing could kind of be literally flooded away.

从这个场景中可以看出堤坝相当不稳定,你最好想想干过什么缺德事儿,或者捅过什么篓子之类的,总之得做个好人,否则,这整个城市就可能真会被大水冲走

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."

VOA: special.2009.01.19

This is very interesting important work and if this comes about-- I mean as the work on this becomes more and more robust, and the measurement gets better and better, this will be a huge help because then we'll have a better sense of exactly what kind of things people are eating on the vegetable front.

这是非常有意思并且重要的工作,如果这成为现实,我是说随着这方面的技术越来越成熟,测量效果越来越好,这将成为极大助力,因为那时我们,能更好的知道人们,吃了什么蔬菜

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Manber says the results must be independently replicated, and scientists need to better understand the mechanisms of how acupuncture therapy works.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

those two things, yeah. I think it's a lot better than a lot of other places would be.

做到这两点。我想这就比其他地方好很多。

机会之地，伦敦 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Isaak says there needs to be better infrastructure in place to support the harvest of the invasive species.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

The reason I chose Alpha, regardless of what my partner chose, I think there would be better outcomes than choosing Beta.

我选α是因为不管我对手选什么,我选α得到的成绩总会比选β的要好

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Experts say the political impact of the town meetings on Congress will be better measured once lawmakers return to Washington next month.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

What makes it so much better to be alive now in terms of your likelihood to die of an infectious disease than it did in London in 1665?

是什么让生活变得更好呢,从传染病死亡率的角度来讲,与1665年的伦敦相比

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

that I can't think of any place better to be than here,

我觉得没有哪个地方比这儿还好，

招聘兼职员工 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人