But the seventeen-year-old decided not to go to college but instead play for the National Basketball Association.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

There may be other variables at play but, all things being equal, similarity does not breed contempt.

可能有其他因素发挥作用,但是，如果所有因素都一样，如果两个人相似，就不会轻视对方。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Not really addicted, but a lot of my friends play a lot.

不是真的沉迷，但我有很多朋友真的经常玩。

电子游戏 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

She considers not only what would be interesting for the musicians to play, but also what would be interesting for the audience to hear.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

I think engineers have a role to play in that, but it's not sort of classical Biomedical Engineering in the way that developing an artificial heart is where you can see that.

我认为工程师们,在其中扮演了重要角色,但它又不像传统生物医学工程那样,去研究人造心脏之类,实实在在的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But Americans were not the only ones who identified with the ideas in the play.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

This almost certainly is not the right story but again, just as in phobias, some ideas of classical conditioning may play some role in determining what we like and what we don't like sexually.

这个解释肯定是错的,但是，与在恐惧症中的作用相同，经典条件作用,或许对我们在性活动方面的喜恶,起着一定的决定作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He could not read music, but he could play music that he heard.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

I think what makes a difference is not only do you, yourselves, know better how to play this game now, but you also know that everybody around you knows better how to play the game.

我觉得因为不仅你们自己,玩这个数字游戏玩得更好了,你们也了解到周围的人,也玩得更高了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But there are just not enough shows in a year to play everything.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

But here is one we did not play.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"But from the standpoint of the team I think all of us really are not worried about where we are going to play.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

But musicians here are grappling with an even more basic truth: most radio and TV stations play their music but do not pay royalty fees.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

As storm clouds of war rumble across the Atlantic, Welles puts the play not in ancient Rome, but in contemporary Europe with Caesar as a fascist dictator.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

The Boston University researcher says this kind of analysis could play a role, not just in predicting who will live longest, but in actually helping people live longer and healthier lives.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"Because cardiovascular death is the number one cause of death in the world, not just in developed countries, but throughout the world, the role that air pollutants play on this has a tremendous effect on overall world mortality."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04