He tested the cement, and says less could be used because the rice hull ash makes it a stronger building material.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

They seem to be designed less to recruit philosophers and potential philosophers than to shape and educate citizens and future statesmen.

它们看来较不像,要吸引哲学家,和潜在哲学家,反倒像是要形塑及教育公民,和未来的政治家。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

My music will be on less than 72 hours after I'm done the record and copyright it.

我录制完音乐，并且拿到版权之后，72小时之内就传上去了。

请听听我的歌 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Or patients might be advised to think less about the past and more about the present and the future.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

So a lot of teaching and learning can be thought as less synchronic activities and more diachronic one.

所以很多教学可以被看成是,不限于一时的而有历时变化的。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

He wanted the eVolo skyscraper competition to be less about the height of the buildings, and more about supporting environmental and community responsibility.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

So today, I want to be a little bit less abstract, if you like, and I want to look at an application.

今天的课程会不那么抽象,如果你们愿意的话,我想在这里列举一个应用案例

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Theres plenty of room for more." "And there'll be one less on this boat if you don't shut that hole in your face."

VOA: special.2010.03.08

So, this will be a little bit more like a seminar to start with, and a little bit less like a lecture in class.

所以着看起来有点像是讨论课，而不是讲课。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Or it could be less. Or it could be more, if the jury wants to punish the losing party and set an example for others.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

And five weeks less one day later I decided you know what this might actually be for me and I switched from pass-fail to letter graded status at that point in time.

而第五周的最后一天,我从上及格-不及格制的课程转为上数字学分制的课程,你们可能知道这对我来说意味着什么。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Walking is also reported to be less damaging to the knees and feet.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

That is, it tends to be bigger and that is because less developed countries have less developed securities, regulation and laws, and traditions.

也可以说,银行体系势必会更加庞大,因为欠发达国家,没有完善的证券系统,法律法规和历史经验

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They are less likely to be overweight and have type two diabetes.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

As we expected, it's less than one, and of course if we build an engine, we want it to be as high as possible, as close to one as possible.

就像预先期待的一样，效率小于一，当然如果我们建造一台热机，我们希望效率越高越好，尽可能接近一。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

And older children and children who live in homes where their primary language is not English, and also children who complete all their homework, are less likely to be bullies."

VOA: special.2010.05.06

So in the sense there is opportunity, and there may be more opportunity in the long run even if kind of the entrepreneurial opportunities are less frothy than they might have been in the short run.

因此从这个意义上讲现在是大好时机，长期来看会有更多的机遇,如果创业的机会不像短期机遇,看起来那么空洞的话。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

"A needle that goes through the skin needs to be as sharp as possible because that's going to be associated with the easiest access, the more slick closure, and the less pain when somebody has, say their blood drawn or their skin closed."

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Now, that rapid rise is called depolarization and the membrane is said to be in a depolarized state because it's less polarized or less negatively charged repolarized as negatively charged.

这个迅速上升过程称为去极化,我们称膜处于去极化状态,因为膜的极化程度降低了,或者说是带的负电减少了,而复极化就代表重新带上负电荷

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

However,Mohammed Said Idries is less optimistic that the electoral crisis will be resolved quickly and believes that the imminent American withdrawal is causing instability.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

So this diet, although it's processed by a company and sold for people doing animal studies, it more or less mimics what these animals might be eating under natural conditions.

尽管这些食物经过商业加工,并用于动物科学研究,但会尽可能的模拟,实验动物在自然环境下的饮食

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

He says it will also enable the troops to be less predictable in their movements, and get away from areas where the bombs are planted.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

And, what they were trying to do was imagine a new world which would be less centralized; but, for the socialists, they wanted more centralization.

他们留下的目的就是,能生活在一个没有中央集权的社会中,但是,对于社会主义者来说则正相反

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

After the most lethal and devastating terrorist attack ever, 7.5 years without a repeat is not a record to be rebuked and scorned, much less criminalized."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

People can be disgusting and if people are seen as disgusting they matter less.

人会变得令人反感,如果我们对他人感到反感，他们的重要性就降低。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"There has to be a willingness on everyone's part to give more than they want to give and to accept less than they want to get.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

So a will be negative and w, in fact, will be less than mg.

那么 a 就会变负,w 事实上就会比 mg 小

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

What's going on now is helping less developed countries like those in East Africa to come up to speed and be prepared for this sort of event,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

and it's much more relevant and less pompous than it used to be.

它与过去相比更亲民，不那么傲慢了。

英国皇室的意义 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

No, if I'm saving this year my consumption would be less than my income, so my consumption might be here and I would then have more next year.

错了,如果我今年增加储蓄,我的消费就会少于收入,这里表示消费,明年我就会有更多的收入

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选