"What we assure is that the technologies that do come on the market are safe and effective, but whether or not they should be used on a given case,a given patient, is a decision that is made by the individual practitioner."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

But whether or not you do so doesn't seem to make a big difference.

但不论你是否选择这样做,都不会有什么太大的影响

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But whether or not he does address them-- we're not doing Plato any honor, we're not doing him any service, if we limit ourselves to simply trying to grasp, here's what Plato thought.

但是不论他有没有涉及那些,如果我们束缚自己,而只是去,揣测柏拉图的真实想法的话,我们不仅对柏拉图的不尊重,也没有给予他任何帮助

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But she says the research does show the need to study whether or not there are long-lasting effects of repeated exposure over several years.

VOA: special.2011.03.02

But calculating it alone doesn't necessarily tell us whether or not it will just happened of its own accord.

但是计算这些物理量并不一定能够告诉我们,这些变化是否会自发的进行,而这正是我们想要做到的。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

But she says the real measure of success is whether or not their music gets replayed.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

But in our collective cultural consciousness, if there is a such thing, whether we like him or not we tend to think of John Milton as powerful.

如果说我们有一种集体文化意识的话，在这个意识里，不管我们喜不喜欢米尔顿，我们都会认为他是强大的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Whether or not that is the case remains to be seen, but that was the idea behind his resignation,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

And I think if you are outside, whether you are walking or sitting, paying attention as a spiritual practice is really not only seeing, but having all of your senses engaged in what's going on is important.

我想如果你在户外，无论是走，或是坐，作为感受灵性的实践,所谓的注意，并不仅仅是看，而是调动你所有的感官,来感受身边的一切，这才是要点。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But Brennan told NBC that all terrorists arrested on U.S.soil are tried in civilian court, whether or not they are American citizens.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Happiness, whether we like it or not, whether it's consciously , subconsciously, whether it's explicit or implicit, for most people-- not all, but for most people, it is the highest end.

快乐，不论我们喜欢与否，不论它是有意识地，还是潜意识地，不论它是明显的还是隐晦的，对多数人来说-,不是全部但对多数人来说，快乐是最高追求。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"I'm very happy about it." "I don't know whether this will be my main stopping point or not, but it certainly does give meanother option."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

I don't know whether it's easier for gentlemen or not because our voices are sort of in the bass, but maybe this is payback time since ladies are always singing the melody.

我不知道是否男人更容易唱出低声部，因为我们的嗓音本来就低，不过这也可能是女士们报复的时间到了，她们总是得唱旋律。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

"My door is open but irrespective of whether or not any Republicans , and I do think there will be , I am going to move forward anyway,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

And in a moment I'll turn to evaluate whether it's a good argument or not, but I think it's a pretty interesting argument.

一会儿我会评估,这是不是个好的论证,但是我认为这是个很有趣的论证。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"But the important question is whether or not you need that information and our view very strongly is that,you know, all of that type of information that is relevant to the conservation and management of whales can be gathered using new and very powerful non-lethal tools."

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

to the process whereby the heavenly angels not only eat food but they also digest it; and Milton lets us know, whether we want to know or not, how those angels actually excrete the food they have taken in.

去描述天堂的天使不只吃食物而且要消化它的过程,弥尔顿让我们知道，不管我们想不想，这些天使怎样排泄出他们吃的食物。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"I think that there will be a refocusing of how the UK can operate within Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also there will be some serious questions about whether or not the UK can maintain this expeditionary role" TV debates, a first in British politics, have thrust the outsider Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats into the role of kingmaker in a close election.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

But we can actually evaluate different emotions and think about whether these emotional responses are appropriate or not, so we can ask whether or not fear of death is appropriate.

但我们可以实在地评估各种情绪,看这些情绪反应是否恰当，我们可以探讨对死亡的恐惧是否合适。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But if we accept the no branching rule, we're saying whether or not we've got identity depends on what's happening elsewhere.

但如果我们接受了无分支规则，就等于赞同，我们是否有认同感依赖于在别处发生的事情。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now the natural alternative is to say, the key to being the same person is not the sameness of the soul, whether or not it exists, ! but rather having the very same--body!

现在还有一个理论认为，成为同一个人的关键,不在于是否有同样的灵魂，先不管灵魂是否存在，而是拥有同样的--肉体！

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And we can argue about whether or not that's work, but that has been the intention certainly in the 20th century and now 21st.

我们可以对这种现象有所争论，但这个观点,肯定是20世纪和现在21世纪的焦点。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Composed 1629" -- whether or not that's actually true, and there's some controversy about that -- but nonetheless, the subtitle announces to all who know John Milton that the poet was twenty-one years old at the moment of its composition and that he had therefore just reached his majority.

作于1629“-不管它是否属实，尽管对此也有一些争议，但它向所有知道他的人宣告,诗人创作这首诗时只有21岁,因此他已经超过了多数同龄人。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The question when we see exceptions, whether it's the Lykken and Tellegen study, not all twins were the same, the question is no longer whether or not change is possible, but rather how is change possible.

当我们看到了例外，无论是在Lykken和Tellegen的研究，当发现不是所有的双胞胎都一样，已不再是，改变是否有可能，而是怎样实现这种改变。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选