Some people might not have firm plans yet for New Year's Eve, but others know exactly what they will be doing.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

not necessarily a firm opinion, but something that you're mulling over in your mind.

不一定要时一个确切的想法，而是在你脑中不停考虑的一些事。

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So they're going to share equally in the profits of this firm, or this joint project, but you're going to supply efforts individually.

总结起来就是两家公司平分利润,但是都要各自为协作项目付出努力

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But her step was firm as she walked downstairs and out through the hall.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

But you shouldn't take the date that I give you, the traditional date, as being firm.

但是我所提供给你的日期历史久远,并不能当做确切的时间加以使用

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But his eyes were bright and his jaw firm.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

The work is not, in a sense, written simply as a sort of timeless philosophical treatise, but as a dramatic dialogue with a setting, a cast of characters and a firm location in time and place.

但本书的著作目的，不仅是,永恒的的哲学论述，更是戏剧性的对话，内含场景，人物,及一个确切时间与位置。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility Ca recognition on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."

VOA: special.2009.01.24

That's good for us the consumers, but bad for the firm, bad for industry profit.

这对消费者来说是有利的,但对企业和行业的利润是不利的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But he says the firm position of the regional alliance is to respect the democratic rules of the game and the constitution.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

So here I have a new expression for Firm 1's profit and I could do the same for Firm 2, but I'm not going too because it's... I'm getting bored.

这就是公司1的利润表达式,接下来我们算公司2的,我就不算了,太没有意思了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The worst may be over,". "But,it would be unwise for anybody to reach firm conclusions before April, when the normal influenza season usually ends.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

At the margin, I'm reaping, I'm bearing the cost for the extra unit of effort I contribute, but I'm only reaping half of the induced profits of the firm, because of profit sharing.

从边际角度分析,我承担了多付出的全部边际成本,但我却只能得到一半的边际收益,因为利润是均分的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Iran may have mixed feelings about Turkey's rise but Ankara is firm in its resolve to prevent the likelihood of military action over its neighbor's nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

She says U.S.engagement with Burma's military government, known as the State Peace and Development Council, could be positive, but only if Washington remains firm in pushing for change.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

But Weissman says the survey by Green Seal and the firm EnviroMedia Social Marketing shows that consumers are uncertain how to tell whether a product helps the environment.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Researchers have looked into this before, but without reaching any firm conclusions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

But analyst Kamran Bokhari, of the private intelligence firm Stratfor, says there is a crucial difference between playing the tribal card in Iraq and trying the same thing in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

a vision of America where growth is not based on real estate bubbles or overleveraged banks, but on a firm foundation of investments in energy, education and health care that will lead to a real and lasting prosperity,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

But by continuously linking this in a public way and in taking a firm position on it, they make it much more difficult for him to move away from sites in Poland and the Czech Republic,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

They are certainly regrettable and horrible in terms of loss of life, but the reaction from the Iraqi people and the Iraqi leaders was firm and united in rejecting that violence and refusing to allow it to set Iraqi against Iraqi, which is obviously one of its intended goals,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.25