But it was not until March tenth, eighteen seventy-six that Bell was able to send the human voice over a wire.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Now Milton may not be able to forget Homer, but he is able to correct Homer or to preempt Homer.

弥尔顿不能忘记荷马，但他可以改正荷马或者取代荷马。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But usually, if you are not able to work out something in terms of taking the exam at a different time,

不过通常情况下，你不太可能被允许换个时间参加考试，

临时抱佛脚？也做过 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Farmers may not be able to prevent natural disasters, but they can at least try their best to reduce losses.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

But in certain parts of the country you're not able to eat Trans fats in restaurants because they've been banned.

但在美国的某些地区,你不可能在餐厅吃到反式脂肪的,因为它们被禁售了

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 he says any new product will have to be different enough that people will not be able to find it anywhere else.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

So it's a useful way of not quite knowing in advance what you want to put in a string, but being able to create strings, phrases, sentences, dynamically.

这是一个很有用的方法，如果你之前不是很了解,在句子中要加入什么，但是这个方法可以,动态地创建字符串，短语，句子。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But they are not able to tell exactly where or when a tornado will hit.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

It's not a question of memorising it but being able to get ideas of your own.

这不是记忆的问题,而是获得你们自己的想法。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

But they did something that the Mercury astronauts had not been able to do.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

but you gotta be willing and able to be decisive, you know, when you are not, the patients not gonna make it if you just stand there.

但你必须主动,而果断，要不然仅仅，袖手旁观,病人是无法痊愈的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 领导能力简介课程节选

But the representatives were not able to agree on a vice presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

I think this is not only impractical but not ethical and I would not be able to look into the eyes of my dogs when I go home at night.

我认为这不仅不切实际,而且还不道德,晚上回家,我都不敢面对自家的狗了。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

He was a very able man, but his loyalties were not clear.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

We are able to talk about the fact that two plus one equals three, but it's not as though we ever come across numbers-- number three itself--anywhere in the empirical world.

我们可与去探讨,二加一等于三的这个事实,但是我们不可能有一天真的碰到数字,在现实世界中碰到个叫"数字三"的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You might not like an orange by itself, you might not like a banana by itself, but if you combine different fruits together, you might be able to actually produce something which is consumable by the whole society."

VOA: special.2009.10.02

You'll see light coming out, but it's, of course, going to be bulk light -- you're not going to be able to tell the individual wavelengths.

你会看到有光出来，但当然这些光是混在一起的,你不能看到每个单色光。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Josee says she has heard about the centers, but that she has not been able to visit one.

VOA: standard.2010.01.26

There was a conditional agreement: yes, Norway should manage this oil risk but it's politically difficult and that's the problem-- is that we're not able to do our optimal management.

他们在一定程度上同意我的观点：,是的，挪威应该设法解决石油的风险,但这在政治上很困难,其问题在于-,挪威无法做到最优的管理。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But he also admitted he will not be able to prevent all fraud in the second round.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

But it is not going to be able to give a sigma.

但不可能再形成一个sigma键了。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

But,Gomez says,many young Latina women are still not able to take advantage of those opportunities.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

But if that is something that you are not able to access,

如果你没有这个条件，

英语学习技巧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They acknowledge they will not be able to prevent similar practices in the future, but they are hopeful their study will promote changes for the better.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

The emperor in the east was able to do that because they were not conquered by the barbarians, but in the West, you have this situation where nobody is fully in charge.

东方帝王之所以能够如愿以偿,是因为他们没有受到野蛮人的入侵,但是在西方,你面临的情形是,没有人负有完全的责任

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But her mother who lives nearby is sick. And she is worried she will not be able to visit as often if she is housed far away.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Not only in terms of the economic decisions that they can be make, but also in terms of people are able to throw their ways around in way the constitutions never authorize them to do.

不仅仅限于,他们可能做出的经济决定，还在于,人们可以不按常理出牌,以宪法,不允许的方式做事情。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

But Mr.Netanyahu has not been able to placate the settlers or the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

And also we are able to tap into the expertise of professors, not just at the University of Pennsylvania, but also at other schools as well so that we can bring in the very top leading researchers and practitioners of positive psychology.

我们还聘请多位教授，不局限于宾州大学，还有其他大学,我们请来最杰出的研究员,和积极心理学的从业者。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Now you might be able to resist them and not eat them in abundance but they're still there and the brain likes those sorts of things.

现在,你可能会抵制这类食物,不会吃太多,但是依然会吃,而且大脑喜欢这类食品

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选