People who are too big for their boots think they are more important than they really are.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

Now this class is too big for us to have some close, intimate conversation between the 150-180, however many students there are here.

这个班级太大了以致我们不能得到结论，在150-180页之间展开深入讨论，然而学生太多了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So it's big for like traveling outlets as well around here, but a lot for like shoes and trainers.

这附近有很多旅游用品奥特莱斯店，很多都是卖运动鞋和跑鞋的。

有各种各样的商铺 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They were always too big for me, but I knew in my heart, that it was Mommy's jeans that help me be the best Mommy that I could be.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

In Covent Garden? Well, it's big for like, well, it's all mixed, really.

科芬园？它很大，也很混杂，真的。

有各种各样的商铺 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The house was far too big for their use.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

We made a big bet against Internet stocks in 1999 and 2000 that was very profitable for the University.

999年和2000年我们大幅做空互联网股票,为学校赚得了很多利润

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The song is about leaving the big city for the countryside, going home again after a long time away.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

Instead, he paused for a moment and said, "I would marry a donkey " and a big bag of peanuts."

不过出乎意料的是，他想了一会说，“我想娶一只驴子,和一大包花生“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I mean the crowd seems to be into it. Even just people at the bar are cheering for big shots."

VOA: special.2010.06.25

What's your... - Well, Outdoor Action is the University's outdoor education program. So we do a big wilderness orientation program in the fall, for about half the incoming freshmen class.

你的，-户外活动项目是普林斯顿,的户外教育项目，我们在秋季,会举办一个大型野外活动的介绍会，面向大概一半的新生。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

A news report,for example, might say that people in Washington were battening down the hatches for a big winter storm.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

What I'm looking for you to come away with when you read those scientific publications particularly, are the big picture issues.

我希望大家,特别在阅读这类科学读物时,要注意抓重点

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

What all this adds up to is a big responsibility for parents to consider what's really in a name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

And I want to stress this, we're going to come back to it later on in the term, so the way I'd like you to think about it for now, is that somewhere in the machine, there's a big space that contains all possible values.

我想要强调一点，我们在晚些时候,还会回头来讲这一点，因此现在,我需要你们形成这么一个观点，就是在计算机的某处，有一个包含了所有可能值的,很大的空间，好。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The other big problem with using human blood for making these blood agar plates is that they're actually not accurate."

VOA: special.2009.08.03

So, whether or not the email is addressed specifically to you in like the two field or if maybe you were BCC'd or it's a big email list of which you're just part, that could signify that this is in fact useful for you.

所以，不管这个邮件是不是,单独发给你的,或者这个邮件有一个大的邮件列表,而你正在其中，其实这也暗示了,这个邮件对你是有用的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But professors at big schools say there is not enough time to write evaluations for each student in large classes.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Local people would attack the Jews, or the Jews would try to set up an extra big meeting house for themselves, and it would cause local problems.

当地人攻击犹太人，或者犹太人企图建造超大的礼拜堂，引起各种问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

William Paddock offers his consulting services for profit, but says social responsibility is a big part of what his company does.

VOA: special.2011.06.03

And really constantly considering the story and what new twists and elements we need to add to the story are a pretty big deal for us as well.

不断反思这个故事,反思我们需要加进去的新情节和新元素,对我们来说也很重要。

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

He has a big collection of interesting small objects such as maps,tools, game pieces,and dolls for putting inside the containers.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

I mentioned to you in the website that this is not the big opportunity you've been looking for to be a star.

我在网上也跟你们提到过,这不是一个你期待已久的,成为大明星的机会

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Mister Karzai disputed that. The Afghan and Pakistani leaders brought big delegations to Washington for individual and joint meetings with American officials.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

There's a steady cultural continuum, not evidence of destruction as we would expect for a big invasion.

这里却有稳定的文化连续性，没有摧毁的证据，如我们所预期的大侵略。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

June means one more big test for many students finishing college -- a test of the job market.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

It makes big mistakes by individuals and they should be accountable for it No question about it.

投机者个人犯的错也不小,他们也应当为此承担责任,这一点毋庸置疑。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

It is named for a tree with big, beautiful white flowers that grows in that hot, southern state.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

The other scary thing for the Dutch is, of course, the big guy down south.

另一个令荷兰人害怕的情形就是,南部势力的狼子野心

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

You could look at a similar attitude in "A Prayer for My Daughter," another important big Yeats poem from slightly earlier, where Yeats says, "An intellectual hatred is the worst, so "that opinions are accursed."

在为我的女儿祈祷中,叶芝表达了相似的态度,这首诗稍早，也很重要，叶芝在诗里说，理智的仇恨为害最甚,把观念视为可憎“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选