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

It better not be that everyone does everything alone, because--in whatever the relevant sense of alone turns out to be-- if everyone does everything alone, then of course that might be interesting.

而不是说每个人都是孤独地做着每件事情，因为不管孤独的定义是什么-,如果每个人都在孤独地做着每件事情，这说法固然很有趣。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So if we want belief in a soul to help us leave open the door to the possibility that I survive the destruction of my body, it had better not be that the body is an essential part of me.

因此如果我们相信灵魂,可以帮助我们在幸免一死的,问题上打开一扇窗,那么必须是肉体不是我的重要组成部分

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"You do not need to be a rocket scientist to see that our soap cleans better."

VOA: special.2010.06.27

She'd think he did it! It would be better to be the boyfriend, and act outraged, and tear the funhouse apart. Not act; be.

她还会以为就是他干的呢，当那个男朋友就更好了，可以做出受了侮辱的样子，把开心馆闹个天翻地覆。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But they do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

So when we're designing stuff, we look not necessarily just about what any given users going to experience but what's going to be better for the whole community and the whole product.

设计应用程序时，我们并非只重视用户体验,而更注重该程序,对于整个社会以及产品是否有益。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

"I do not regret it." he said. "It is better to be defeated battling for an honest idea, than to win by a cowardly trick."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

Children will not be raised better by putting them under the common care of guardians or in daycares but they will be equally neglected.

孩童并不会培养的比较好,如果将他们,交由守护人来共同照顾的话,或放在日托,他们仍会被等同地疏忽。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But it may not be to better effect, says the psychologist.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

This second creation proves to be not much better.

第二个创世故事，也并没有好多少。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The political analyst believes Cairo would be better off to focus on issues close to home, whether successful or not.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

It is certainly possible, for example, that a quadratic algorithm could run faster than a linear algorithm. It depends on what the input is, it depends on, you know, what the particular cases are. So it is not the case that, on every input, a linear algorithm is always going to be better than a quadratic algorithm.

一个二次平方级复杂度的算法,当然也是可能跑的比线性复杂度算法快的,这取决于，你知道的，输入以及特定的案例，因此并不是对于每个输入,线性复杂度就一定会,比二次平方级复杂度的算法的表现要好,只是通常来说是这样的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

So we decided it would be better not to settle a camp and leave these refugees to settle by themselves,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

I declare a variable called n. I'm not giving it a value yet, so I had better be careful.

我申明一个变量n，我先不给它赋值，所以我最好小心点。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

"The attitude in these states is certainly different than it use to be, and not for the better,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

And there are many people in sort of common sense who might think "Gee, if only I could just use my rationality, think reasonably and rationally and not let my emotions guide my behavior I'd be much better off."

有许多有常识的人,也许会想,要是我能用我的理性，合理思考,不让情感指导行为,我会做得更好“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He notes prices could,of course,be higher, which would be better for Russia, but warns the government does not have the right to risk the budget on the possibility.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

It would be a terrible-- it would be a problem all over the world because the damage would extend around the world; but, you'd be much better off if you were on the other side of the world, not where it hit.

那将很严重-,那将是世界范围内的严重问题,因为破坏范围可能扩大到世界各地;,但是，如果你在世界的另一边,而不是撞击地点，就会好得多。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"But I hope people will equally understand that it will be better to get the decision right rather than rushing into something that will not stand the test of time."

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

Would it be better for people to be able to see everyone and maybe not feel like this is a secure environment in which they can share their interests and what they thought and what they care about?

我们可以选择,将用户信息全部公开,但在这样一个网络环境下,分享自己的所见所闻,所感所想,总会让人觉得不可靠？

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

Not only will we do a better job of treating patients, but,we will be helping to prevent the potential spread of resistance to artemisinins, our most important class of medicines for treating malaria."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Or at least,it is clear what your alternatives are; it's not clear which alternative would be any better.

至少就算选择明确;,哪个选择比较好的标准却不明确。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I think that actually a better example for Plato's purposes, not that I expect him to have this particular example, but, would be a car.

一个能更好的解释柏拉图的观点的例子,尽管他本人不大可能想得到,我认为这个例子是汽车

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

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 remind you that inside of here, I'd better be changing the variable. All right, if that variable that's counting is not changing I'm going to be stuck in an infinite loop, so I ought to that, right, expect somewhere in there, a change of that variable. All right?

我最好改变了计数器的变量值，好，如果计数的变量没有变化的话，我就会被卡在一个无限循环里面,因此我应该【不可闻的声音】,对，在这里的某个地方，改变下计数器的变量，对不对？我要做的最后一件事情就是？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

You can imagine somebody who says, "Look, it would be better never to have had the taste at all " than to have the taste and then not be allowed to have the entire meal."

你可以想象会某人说，“尝一口然后被禁止吃完整顿饭,还不如从来就没尝过一口呢“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选