And the side effects of the treatment can be serious, sometimes even causing death.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

No, you can't be serious. Really? What?

你开玩笑的吧，是吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

No, you can't be serious. Really?

你开玩笑的吧，是吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"So if you have hoarseness with tobacco or alcohol use, that would be a significant risk factor for cancer or other problems of the throat that could be serious.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

However, if you do happen to be an English or a literature major or someone who's just very serious about reading at that level, you will find plenty to chew on here.

然而，如果你刚好主修英语或是文学,或是任何以主修的水平很认真阅读的人，你将会在这里发现很多值得咀嚼的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The results of bad credit can be serious.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

The harm shouldn't be so serious that it elicits strong negative emotions like fear, grief or pity.

但这种伤害不会很严重,不会造成消极情绪，如恐惧，悲伤或怜悯。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

It is an understanding that cannot be achieved without a serious examination of the western experience.

如果不仔细研究西方历史的发展经历,是不可能有这种认知的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The report says malaria could be eliminated if countries are serious about using proven control measures like insecticides and bed nets.

VOA: special.2010.11.23

Just like there's no danger in talking of the mind from the physicalist perspective there wouldn't be any serious danger in talking about a soul.

如同从物理主义的角度探讨心灵一样,探讨灵魂也不是什么特别危险的事情

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And it's a serious issue. And we hope that we can be able to provide more funding to combat suicide."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Maybe they are exaggerations and I think to some degree they are but it's revealing that both of these very serious readers of Machiavelli took him to be an apostle of freedom.

也许他们过于夸张了，而且我认为,某种程度上他们确实是，但具有启迪意义的是,这两个严肃的马基雅维利的读者,都把他看作自由的传道者。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

There should be some sense by the end of the year,he says, whether or not serious progress is being made.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

So we learned the very first time that in the Prisoner's Dilemma communication per se won't help, but in the coordination problem, which could be just as serious socially as a Prisoner's Dilemma, in a coordination problem it may well help.

在第一讲里我们就学到了,在囚徒困境中沟通不起作用,但是在和囚徒困境具有,同样重要社会意义的协和谬误中,交流却能够起到作用

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Concussions can be mild, but doctors may order a CT scan to look for a more serious injury.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

And off he goes, and he sulks in his tent for the next nine books, and this turns out to be a serious problem for them.

然后他真就走了,他回到自己的帐篷收拾东西,他这一走 问题就大了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

This could be a serious problem. The shield protected the spacecraft from burning up from the extreme heat of re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

That is to say,the reward of good behavior the admiration and the honor that a hero gets, and the most serious punishment he can suffer is to be shamed in front of that community.

也就是说,对正面行为的犒赏,就是得到如英雄般的尊敬和仰慕,而最严厉的惩罚,就是在集体面前当众蒙羞

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Gershwin was satisfied that he had shown that jazz music could be both serious and popular.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

At different times, the effects of lupus can be either mild or serious.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

It occurs as a result of something underlying which can be potentially serious."

VOA: special.2009.09.02

But the effects might be more serious than just a red face.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

It can be any kind of trouble--serious, and not so serious.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

He would be blamed for any serious accident.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

There may have been several more. People who knew John Slaughter said there was no doubt they were dealing with an extremely serious man -- a man who could be very dangerous.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

It says more than 200 are serious and will need to be investigated before the election results can be certified.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

"Wherever serious and credible allegations are made of grave and persistent violations of international humanitarian laws, these should be properly investigated,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

"It is been a tough journey, first,just to convince people that we should be regarded as serious candidates.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07