Soft corals do not form reefs, but may be present in a coral reef ecosystem.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

What you really want-- a ruler may not be enough, but maybe it's enough.

你还需要什么,一把尺子也许还不够,但可能也足够了

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Like the moon, Satan may look beautiful, but upon a closer scrutiny that beauty begins to yield certain metaphysical flaws.

像月亮那样，撒旦看起来非常美好，但是近看,就会发现这份美丽开始显露出一些抽象的瑕疵。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Something may look valuable, but may not really be valuable.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

It may seem crazy but-- it may seem like a modest innovation but it actually was-- it was an important innovation.

这看起来也许有些疯狂,它看上去只是一个小创新,但实际上...,这是一个很重要的创新

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Lee says the Dubai debt crisis is not that large by itself, but may be enough to spark a chain reaction, especially in Europe, where many banks lent money to Dubai.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

There is no one-size-fits-all model of political life but good regimes may come in a variety of forms.

政治生活并没有大小通吃的模式,但好的政体,可能以各种形式存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

In other words, a person who is suffering from the effects of severe cold may seem dead,but still be alive.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

But thinking about suspended animation suggests that we may actually need a third category, suspended-- neither alive nor dead.

但是说到假死状态,我们就需要第三种可能了-,既不是死亡也不是生存。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But counterfeit drugs may contain too much, too little or none of the active ingredients of the real thing.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

to earn his favor and perhaps his protection, But even that god will have limited powers and abilities and may in fact be defeated or may turn on his devotees.

来赢利他的青睐或者是保护，但纵然是上帝，权力和能力也是有限的,事实上，他也许会被打败，或者发动他的崇拜者。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But the government may give permission if students are suddenly faced with a situation that is out of their control.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

It's a long sequence of instructions, it starts at the beginning, walks through, may jump around a little bit, but eventually comes down at the end. It's okay for the things you're doing for the early problem sets.

这是一长串指令，从开端开始，向前步行，偶尔来回跳一会儿,但是最终会走到结尾,这些足以解决最初级的问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

But how much TV may or may not be to blame is a question that the study leaves unanswered.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

All of us need some money, but some people really enjoy doing work that may not generate, if it's non-profit work like what we do.

我们都需要一些钱，但有些人,是真的乐于从事平凡的工作，比如说像我们做的这种不会发财的工作。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"Get it down," he said. "Take chances.It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything good."

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Sometimes it hurts and sometimes we see things that we may not like, but overall it's fun.

有时会让我们受伤，有时我们看到一些我们不愿意看到的东西，但总的来说还是有趣的。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"There may be enough to eat for a while." he says, "but before too long there may be hunger."

VOA: special.2010.04.13

That sign languages may be full-blown languages but they just take--they're just harder to learn because the brain and the body have adapted for speech.

手语或许是成熟的语言,但它们更难学,因为大脑和身体已经适应了口语

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But the extent to which TV may or may not be to blame is a question that the study leaves unanswered.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

Not because you necessarily need it at the moment but your brain tells you you may need it later and so eat, eat, eat becomes the priority.

并不是因为当时真的需要,但你的大脑告诉你,你以后可能会需要,所以吃吧,先吃了再说

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 these may not develop for two or three days after an overdose too late to prevent damage.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

Some may or may not be useful, but you just don't know.

有些可能有用,有些可能没用,但你们现在还不知道

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

But seeing Earth from space may soon become a reality for wealthy people who dream of space travel.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

It may have been true or maybe not, but it made people start looking at the past, what really happened between 1940 and 1945, or '44, end of '44, what really happened.

也许是真的也许是假的,但是让人们开始回首往事,在1940年到1945年间到底发生了什么,或者44年,44年末,到底发生了什么

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

But she adds that there may be lots of reasons why more women apply to colleges, and why colleges admit more women.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Something like video games. So kids play video games but this model shop may continue to sell these complicated models. The next I want to show you is a sight I explore father-son relationship.

所以孩子们玩电子游戏,而这家模型店继续卖这些,复杂的模型，下面我要展示给你的是,是我探索父子关系方面的一段视频。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

Concussions can be mild, but doctors may order a CT scan to look for a more serious injury.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

It's true, these questions have been debated for a very long time but the very fact that they have recurred and persisted may suggest that though they're impossible in one sense, they're unavoidable in another.

诚然，这些问题争论已久,但正因为这些问题反复出现,也许表明，虽然在某种意义上它们无法解决，但另一种意义上，却又无可避免。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Well, he's a good friend of mine, but I think he may be overstating it a little bit; we have some disagreements.

当然他是我一个很好的朋友,但我觉得他在这一点上有点言过其实,我们在这点上意见不合

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选