But it does have a blunt tip, so that if it accidentally goes into my finger, it's much less likely to perforate."

VOA: special.2010.02.10

So if you have some charge in the nucleus, but you also have repulsion with another electron, the net attractive charge that a given electron going to feel is actually less than that total charge in the nucleus.

所以如果在原子核中，有一些电荷但是你也有来自，另一个电子的排斥力,那么一个给定电子的,吸引电荷感觉到的事实上,小于原子核中的总电荷。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But again, the more people cycle, the less pollution we have.

但是再次地，人们骑自行车越多，污染就会越少。

我使用自行车 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But two areas where the bureau will not have power is over auto lenders or banks with assets of less than ten billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

But more or less, who really have common belief about certain political issues. So there is that.

但是，他们可能大致上有相同的,政治见地，是有这样的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But the idea that species have evolved from simpler forms is less accepted by the public.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

But since life expectancy in the Ancient World was much less than ours, you didn't have usually several generations in these households, because older people just died.

但是古代人的寿命没我们长，一般不会出现几代同堂，因为年纪大了去世了。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

But two facts made the celebrations less joyful than they might have been.

VOA: special.2011.06.16

But I also have a weakness for the less common mental disorders that I think tell us something really interesting about mental life.

但我对那些不太常见的心理障碍,也并不是非常了解,不过我倒认为这些不常见的心理障碍,却向我们展示了心理活动有意思的一面

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He says it is true that such crops can have higher output with less cost,but added: No one knows the consequences that will have on soil fertility and the human body.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

Another thing that I will be talking about is less important to this course but you have heard of this: the subprime crisis.

我要讲的另一个问题,在这门课里相对不是那么重要,你们听过这个词吗,"次贷危机"

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But they may have to lower their expectations, take on multiple duties, and work for less pay until the economy fully recovers.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

I think I might have missed slightly but it's more or less right.

我感觉我画的不是很直啊,大概大概吧

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But some operators are less pleased. Loren Rutherford of Nomad Adventure Tours says higher air fares to South Africa have hurt her moderately-priced camping safaris.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

Socrates understands that those who want to reform others must reform themselves, but many who've tried to imitate him have been less careful.

苏格拉底了解到,那些想改革他人者,必需先自我改革，但许多尝试,模仿他的人并没有仔细分辨这一点。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

One of the things that a lot of observers have been concerned about is the fact that there could be a change in tactics away from the kind of spectacular and very difficult operations to conduct to operations that could be launched in far greater numbers and might have less individual impact but which in the aggregate could sow a great deal of terror.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

It's because these are the women who have abdominal obesity, so women are less likely to have it in the first place, but many do, and of those who do and have that metabolic syndrome, then they're more susceptible to the heart disease outcomes than men are.

这是因为研究对象都是有腹部肥胖的女性,女性一开始的确比较少患腹部肥胖,但其中仍有人会有腹部肥胖,所以那些患代谢综合征的腹部肥胖女性,与男性相比更容易受到心脏疾病的影响

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

It's because they're changing enforcement of the taxes and changing amounts of loopholes, so most countries have a tax rate of about a third, but corporations are paying less than a third of their profits to taxes.

是因为政府改变了征税的强制措施,并改进了征税中存在的漏洞,因此大多数国家的税率都在三分之一左右,但是公司实际支付的税额都少于,他们利润的三分之一

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Recall you get less of an effect if you have to touch the guy but distance makes it easier for you to kill him.

刚才讲过如果你要碰被电击者，可能性就降低,但隔着距离，你就更容易下手。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选