The expression means being afraid to do something you had decided to do.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

Now we can do more than that if we're being nerdy, but I'm not going to be this nerdy today.

如果我们再深究还能获得更多信息,不过今天就算了吧

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

which has one part with a collection of things that have to do with medicine and being a doctor

这里有一部分的收藏品是关于药物和医生的，

神奇的博物馆 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But developing countries are also being urged to do more.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

Knowledge is actually still being accumulated having to do with the basic facts of the literary tradition.

关于文学历史的知识,也初具系统。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So instead of watching bullying take place or joining in with the bullying, these programs teach bystanders how to stand up and be supportive of the kids who are being victimized and to say 'You know we don't do that here, we don't engage in those behaviors.'" Professor Swearer advises parents and teachers to try to get children to talk to them about being bullied.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Because you won't want to do everything from scratch yourself, you want to be able to look at what is being created by somebody else and understand what is inside of there, whether it works correctly and how you can build on it This is one of the few places where plagiarism is an OK thing.

因为你们不会想无论做什么事情,都由你们自己亲自上阵，你们希望有能力读懂,别人创造的语言,并了解其中的内涵，运转的正确性和如何在其基础之上继续发展,这是为数不多的,合理的作弊行为之一。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Writer Pinar Kur was one of them. "She has nothing to do with the military coup that was supposed to be being prepared.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Now, do any of these facts about the digestive system ? make it inappropriate to kiss another human being?

现在，这些关于消化系统的事实有没有,让亲吻另一个人类变得不合适？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

We did make errors, but we had a lot of fun doing it. Being the first ones to do something that gigantic was very exciting."

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

And it's her only her humility, the sense of not being able to, that allows her space to be able to do what is proposed to her by the angel Gabriel.

但最终是她的谦卑，对自己,能力有限的认知，才使得,她接受天使加百列的提议。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

However,the police are being careful and will do further tests to confirm the death.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

So, I congratulate you of being here in this class, MIT this is really good solid foundation for whatever you go on to do, here at MIT.

所以我要恭喜来上这课的每一位同学，这确实是你要在,学任何东西的基础。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Danny Jordaan says the vuvuzelas are being evaluated on an ongoing basis and that a ban is an option "if there are grounds to do so."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

I have some very funny stories about those, but now is not the time to do that, especially because we're being filmed.

关于这个我有点好段子,不过现在还不能说,尤其现在有人给咱录着呢

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

They say a majority of people are afraid of being thrown out of their homes because rents are rising and they do not have the money to keep pace with this.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

So the enrollment numbers are in and we thought we would share some statistics, as we like to do in this course; being computer scientists, we tend to gather lots of data.

登记加入我们的人数在这里,并且我们觉得我们能分享一些统计资料，我们在这次课程中也喜欢这么做，作为计算机科学家，我们要收集很多数据。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

In blunt terms,the Foreign Affairs Select Committee report says Britain's military mission in Afghanistan has failed to deliver what it promised, because troops are being asked to do too many different tasks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

And the fact of being asked to do ten positive features is people find this hard.

实际上大家都会发现,要列举出某人的十个优点,是相当困难的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"I've really been blessed with being able to do what I like to do, and being able to sort of make a living at it, or being able to still be here."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

I mean, quantum mechanics makes sense to no human being, in my view. In those areas, people are inclined to do sort of strange things.

我的意思是在我看来，量子力学对人类完全没有意义，在那些领域，人们总是倾向于,去做有些奇怪的事情。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Seeing him from riding a horse to being at home sitting in a chair, where all that he can do puzzles first 500-piece puzzles, then 200-piece puzzles and then 100-piece puzzles;

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

Maybe they would, if they knew where I was going to go on so doggedly and do all these publications but being having the kind of mentality I have now that this student might claim that I have more to cover I've never been kicked out of the professional.

不过要是他们知道我会这么坚持不懈地做下去,还发表这么多书的话,当时的人或许会允许我，宽容我,但是如果那个学生带着我刚才的想法，的话,他或许会说,我还有很多要研究的呢,我一直都是专家。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

But a majority don't think it is going to work in terms of being able to stop terrorists there from using Afghanistan as a terrorist base to do terrorists acts against the United States."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

What do you think of donations being used to allow rich students to enter universities?

有一些捐款是用来帮助富裕的学生上大学的，你怎么看待这种现象？

不平等的赞助入学 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

As part of the "Hang it up and Keep it Up" campaign, the volunteers not only hang up the nets in the homes but also do follow-up visits to make sure they are being used correctly.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

We really don't know, but it has something to do with "being."

我们并不知道，但它是与某种存在有关系的“

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"What's new is that we can actually do something to help the victims, and rather than what happened before was they may end up being prosecuted and criminalized themselves, that now it's recognized that they're victims."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

How do we get others to talk about literacy is being important?

我们如果向别人证明,文化素养的重要性呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

The Christian virtue of humility, turning the other cheek, forgiveness of sins, must be rejected if you want to do good as opposed to just being good.

基督教所提倡的谦逊美德，把另一半脸让人打,的宽恕隐忍精神，对罪孽的原宥，都必须被抵制,如果你想做得好而不仅仅是表面上显得好。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选