But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

But a very good question.

但这真的是一个很好的问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

I don't know if you've been to Bath. But it's very nice, but a bit boring and small.

我不知道你去过巴斯没有。那里非常漂亮，只是有一点无聊，而且那里很小。

刚来伦敦的时候 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But today at the shelter, there is one very little dog with a big job ahead of her.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

It's interesting, and you can see that's a very persuasive argument, but you can also see how that could be abused.

很有趣，可以看出,这是一个很有说服力的观点，但也能看出这个观点是如何遭到滥用的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But if the monsoon is very strong, the trees affected by that monsoon might put on a wide ring for that year.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Through this process he becomes addicted to alcohol at a very young age, but at the same time he learns something about language.

因此，他在培养出酒瘾的同时，练就了驾驭语言的一些能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"But she never expected you to do things the right way. And that is a very powerful thing."

VOA: special.2010.12.10

So the Hyksos theory is one that got people very excited for a while, but is really not well supported.

因此希克索斯理论能让人兴奋一阵子，但是并没有得到很好的证实。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But one day, very soon after their marriage, Aylmer looked at his wife with a troubled expression.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

That space is about 20 to 40 nanometers, it's not a very big space, but it's a significant space.

这个空间距离大概有20到40纳米,不是很大 但是意义重大

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But first, a report on a "green" project for a very famous building in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Oh, I could cheat and make, OK the upper bound a half, but that wouldn't be very honest.

噢，我可以像作弊一样,把上界扩大两倍，但这看起来没什么用。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"Matt is one of my very good friends, so I did it as a friend, but also because I love playing the violin."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

So we can think of this term has to do with complementarity, or synergy, a very unpopular word these days but still: synergy.

因此我们可以把合作理解为互补或协同,虽然协同这个词现在不是很常用了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Mercy in an individual is a wonderful thing, but mercy on the part of a government actor can be a very dangerous thing."

VOA: special.2011.06.06

Of course death can be the final consequence of this, but even short of death, a number of very bad things can happen.

并有可能最终导致死亡,即使不考虑死亡,仍存在一系列的负面影响

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

But it was not. It was written in a very general way that left the courts to decide what the law really said.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

They pay you money, we had a lot of very famous, very prominent customers, but all of a sudden, we started to compete with every one of them. It's quite risky.

他们付你钱，那时我们有许多有名的，重量级的客户，但突然间，客户变成了对手，这么做风险很大。

斯坦福公开课 - 百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选

But "Billboard's Boxscore" also shows a few musicians still had some very profitable concert tours this year.

VOA: special.2010.12.17

It may sound like a small improvement but he just had very highly-paid insurance salesmen and they were paid as long as people kept their policy.

这听起来似乎是一个小进步,他只是高薪聘用了一些推销人员,他们只要能保住客户就能获得高额回报

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

A lot of people are intimidated by multiple strand necklaces, but it's actually very easy to do."

VOA: special.2009.05.18

PROFESSOR: All right, I'm hearing a little of both, but I'm very encouraged to hear quite a few people saying sigma.

好，我听到了两种答案，但我很高兴听到不少人说sigma键。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But she also works in public relations and says that being able to tell a good story is very important in any job.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

If you want to remember your dream by the way keep your dreams--keep a dream diary, very useful, but everybody dreams three to four times a night.

如果你想记得自己梦见什么,那就写一本梦境日记，这是非常有用的，每个人平均一晚作三四次梦。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But she was very serious, very motivated, very hard working type of person and really a kind of good Catholic girl her entire life.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Now, this looks like a very innocuous thing, but you will find out,it is the only thing that really gets my back up. Most of the time I don't really care.

我知道这也许比较令人难以接受,但是这是我唯一的小小的要求,大部分时候我还是很随和的

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

"China is positioning itself to be a very strong player in both the import market in their own country but also their domestic market.

VOA: special.2010.10.20

It's very easy to get caught up in one's own studies here; and even I freshman year, dove into a world very much familiar to me-- a world that I did like but I just didn't realize that there were in fact worlds that I loved well beyond my domain of familiarity.

在这里，你们会很容易陷入封闭学习的误区;,我上大一的时候，学习的是自己熟悉的专业领域,我很喜欢那个专业但却没有意识到,我对其他领域的爱好,早已超过了我对本专业的爱好。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But, there is a very big "but" here.

但是，有一个大大的转折。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选