By the time John Henry was a young man, he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

There was a period of time in which, although there were decent, chess-playing programs couldn't beat the best chess-playing humans.

尽管曾一度出现过,强劲的象棋程序,无法战胜顶级人类棋手的情形

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And this was just a formal way of describing the best case running time and in the case of Selection Sort, what was the best case running time?

这是描述最好情况下运行时间的,一种正式的方式,在选择排序中，最理想的运行时间是多少呢？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

They helped make her book "Coming of Age in Samoa" one of the best-selling books of the time.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

just exactly a year ago--saying, the best time in at least ten years to buy a house.

在电视上说，一个持续10年的买房子的好时候。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But if you live in the United States and want to see real fireworks, the best time of the year is about now.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

This says, if you want to be in the air for a long time, so you may think that 90 degrees is the best angle.

也就是说,如果你想在空中停留更久,你也许会认为 90°是最佳选择

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

He was the best-known Republican in the country at that time: Senator William Seward of New York.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

But we also saw it's a dangerous idea to take too literally: that sometimes this can get you to over think the problem and actually, as in that numbers game last time, the best choice, the winning choice, might not involve so many rounds.

同时我们也发现过度照本宣科也不好,有时他会导致你,对于问题的过度探究,正如我们上次玩的数字游戏,最优选择,最后获胜的答案,有时不会绕那么多弯子

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

It wasn't easy, but we slowly rebuilt those neighborhoods one block at a time, and in the process I received the best education I ever had."

VOA: special.2009.01.12

The person who does that best is Michael Pollan, and when you read his book, In Defense of Food, he spends some time in the book defining what food is and working through this--this quagmire of how do we define food and what's acceptable to eat, what's socially acceptable, what's personally acceptable.

这一点上迈克尔·伯伦做得最好,你们可以看看他写的书《为食物辩护》,他在书中给食物下了定义,并深入地探讨了这个难题,即如何区分食物与能吃的东西,社会普遍接受的东西,个人能够接受的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Generally,the best time to prune is in late winter, before spring growth starts.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Really good poker players play close to their best all the time and they're not really bothered when they lose; I think that's true in markets too.

真正好的玩家,会一直努力玩的更好,但是如果输了，他们也不会真的在意；,我想这种理论在市场中也是适用的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It was the best airplane in the world at that time.

VOA: special.2010.05.26