That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

iterature cannot merely be received as a definite unit of referential meaning that can be decoded without leaving a residue.

文学不能仅仅以一个确切的参考性意思的单位来理解,这种参考性意思的单位在破解时不会留下任何残余。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I can't of course means you cannot.

I can't”当然是指你不能的意思。

I can't 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

She also shows how the chemical Luminol can reveal hidden blood stains that the eye alone cannot see.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

We cannot do anything about protons, they are buried in the nucleus, but we can add or subtract electrons.

我们不能改变质子，它们埋藏在原子核内，但是我们能够增加或减少电子。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

We cannot confirm those ideas. But we can tell you that people have been growing chilies for centuries, and there are many kinds.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

For all students, what we want to do is we want to give you an understanding of the role computation can and cannot play in tackling technical problems.

对所有学生来讲，我们想做的就是,给你们关于计算在能否解决技术问题中,所扮演角色的,认识。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Metal detectors cannot be used in many cases because landmines can be made of non-metal materials.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

The bonds are auctioned off on regular dates and you cannot participate in the auction; I assume you can't.

这些债券在规定期限内拍卖,你们不能参与这些拍卖,我想你们是不行的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it, we can start it."

VOA: special.2009.04.11

You cannot just tell the computer to enhance that or can you clean that up and then magically use zoom in not only on the image but also on the reflection of the victim in someone's eyeball.

你不能直接要求计算机增强,这张图片或者修复它,然后期待计算机很神奇地放大图片,以及死者的眼珠的反光。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But it also can be so severe that a person cannot live a normal life.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

It means understanding that certain things I cannot change and certain things I can and ought to change.

它意味着理解有些事,我无法改变，有些事我能而且应该去改变。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Even if you cannot do mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing, you can perform hands-only CPR.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

He says--and here's that Yeatsian word "all" again--he says: When I try to put all into a phrase I say, "Man can embody truth but he cannot know it."

他说，又是他涵盖一切的词：,当我想用一句话概括时，我说，人可以表现他不理解的真理“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

She says she simply can do some things and cannot do others.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

I cannot even make it look hard because I have memorized this problem from childhood, so there is no way I can make this look difficult.

我不会让这些问题变得看起来复杂,因为这些问题我童年时就熟记于心,我无法让它变得复杂

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

While asthma cannot be cured, it can be successfully controlled.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

It's perfectly inscrutable as far as I'm concerned. But I think I can say with absolute certainty that one of its possible significances cannot be that the unprofitable servant should have waited to make his investment.

这对我来说很神秘，但我可以说,我很确信,它可能的含义之一,不会是让那个无益的仆人去等。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Because we think once we understand how they work, we could be able to manipulate the mosquito genetically and convert mosquitoes that can transmit malaria into mosquitoes that cannot transmit malaria."

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The challenges presented by freedom and the predominance of reason cannot be ignored, nor can they be met by recourse to the experience of other cultures where these characteristics have not been prominent.

自由的现存挑战,和理性的卓越优势不能够被忽略,同时也不能因为他们的典型性,一时不够显著,而诉求于其他的文明

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

We can see a lot of trouble around our borders and we cannot distance ourselves from the geopolitics of this region.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

It's likely to increase, but there is more competition from India business India government has been a little more protective of India business They still have rules about which areas foreign investment can come in which areas they cannot come in.

也许机遇是有很多，但印度企业面临激烈的竞争,而印度政府又一直,有点过于保护本土企业,政府现在还有规定哪些领域,可以引进外资,哪些领域不准引进外资。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

But Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has repeatedly told foreign delegates that his country cannot yet say how far it can go.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Harmony is indeed invisible in sense Number 1, you cannot see it with your eyes, but for all that, it can be destroyed.

和声用无形的第一种解读方式理解，确实是无形的，你看不见它，但是它可以毁灭。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"We cannot wage a perpetual campaign where the only goal is to see who can get the most embarrassing headlines about the other side.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

His harmonious unity with nature is broken, he clothes himself and his old friends the gazelles run from him now He will never again roam free with the animals. He cannot run as quickly. His pace slackens, he can't even keep up with them.

他与自然的和谐被破坏，他开始穿上了外衣,以前的朋友羚羊，离他而去,他不再和动物一起，四处游荡,行动变得迟缓，再也无法赶上羚羊。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It's so true it's like the wind. You cannot see it, but you can feel it."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

For you cannot do so without friends and comrades you can trust.

因为你无法达到公正,如果你身边没有值得信赖的同僚与伙伴。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But also unlike n, l cannot have just any value, we can't go into infinity.

但不像n，l，不能取所有整数，不能到正无穷。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选