But the president's decision to renominate Ben Bernanke for Senate confirmation is considered a safe one.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

But what Alexander and his successors did was they made sort of a conscious, propagandistic decision to use religious syncretism to bind together their kingdoms.

但是亚历山大和他的继业者所做的,是决定通过有意的政治宣传，用宗教融合,来维系他们的王国。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

And that would often actually the right answer to take, is to not just compromise among your advisers, but use your own principles to make a decision.

而且通常情况,他的观点是对的，并不是向智囊团的意见妥协，而是根据自己的原则做决定。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

But the decision to drop the Bush missile-defense plan brought a mixed reaction in Congress.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

And I mean, at a certain point, you have to make a decision and I'm sorry for the minority but sometimes, it's for the general, for the greater good.

有时，你必须做出选择,我对少数表示遗憾,但有时，这是牺牲小我，成全大我。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

A judge may overrule a jury's decision in some situations, but that is unusual.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

So, it makes a binary decision, either I create an action potential or I don't, but that decision could be based on many inputs, not just on input from one cell.

所以 这里产生一个二选一的决策,就是产生动作电位亦或不产生,不过这个决定可能是,根据很多输入信号做出的,而不是仅凭单个细胞所传来的信号

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But he went on to underscore the decision to be tested for HIV remained a voluntary and confidential, individual choice.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

That's again up to the board to decide or they can set up a committee on the board that would decide, but ultimately, that's a major decision to send out dividends.

这也是由董事会决定的,他们可以建立一个委员会来负责此事,但最终,发放股利是个重大的决定

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But any decision to send more troops will likely spark resistance from some congressional Democrats who oppose a build-up in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Later in the term, we'll see why we have this syntax and why it wasn't just a totally arbitrary Python brain-dead decision by the designers of Python, and many languages before Python, but in fact is a pretty sensible thing.

这个学期的晚些时候,我们会去学学我们学这些语法的原因,以及这些语法其实并不是,和以前其他语言的设计者，一拍脑子做出的决定，实际上制定这些语法其实是相当明智的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

But,he said, the court has made a decision and the legal process can continue so it can go up the Court Appeals.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

But during a visit to the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said his country's decision was correct and "irreversible."

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

But Gibbs declined to say if it would hasten a decision on a revised war strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"This was the most disastrous decision taken by this government, a decision in which Gordon Brown was not only in the room, but signed all the checks,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

But what the White House sees as a necessary,thoughtful process to arrive at the best-possible decision on an eight-year conflict is seen as dangerous "dithering" by Republican legislators.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

"I am open-minded about anything that makes us more credible as match officials, but as I've said earlier, it is a decision for the people to take."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

They are not being allowed to come back. But whoever would like to apply afresh, credentials will be checked and a decision will be taken on a case-by-case basis,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

The French parliament is expected to debate the decision next week, but is expected to ultimately support it, ahead of a NATO summit marking the alliance's 60th anniversary next month.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

The current U.S.and NATO commander, General David McKiernan, had said he would need But Secretary Gates deferred a decision until the new commanders can assess the impact of the current deployment.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

But if a farmer is given the opportunity to access and then makes a decision to buy, I think that's the real proof that this is something that's beneficial to them."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

"This is a clear decision and a clear message, not just for Palestinains but for the American administration itself that Israel is not willing and is not ready to stop settlement activities and much more important than this, that they are not ready for peace,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

"What we assure is that the technologies that do come on the market are safe and effective, but whether or not they should be used on a given case,a given patient, is a decision that is made by the individual practitioner."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

"A decision that I consider to be not only be unwise, but in fact based on a refusal to face the fact that what we are involved with here is a war with people who follow a religiously-based ideology that calls on them to kill us,and to return instead to the mindset that prevailed before September 11,2001,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"I think the position of providing a middle ground for President Bashir, not denying the ICC decision, but asking for it to be postponed, and giving Bashir some breathing space is a way for the regimes such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia to indicate that they do have a position independent from the West,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.26