But there was still one, after four tries that I was just convinced could be better.

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

If there's no human nature, then there's no sense in which one group of humans by dint of their race or their sex could be better than another group.

如果不存在人性，那么一群人因种族或性别,优于另一群的人的说法,便纯属无稽之谈。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

so it could be better.

所以可能会好一点。

利用大众交通工具吧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But Spielberg says he is thankful that Rockwell painted pictures so that he could influence filmmakers to be better artists.

VOA: special.2010.09.20

You know it's not the worst thing you ever wrote, and it's not the best thing you ever wrote, and it has a couple of nice ideas, but maybe it could be better.

你知道那不是你写过的最差的东西，也不是最好的，里面也有几个不错的主意，但也许本来可以写得更好一点。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Or the writer could show how the subject may be understood better or in a different way than it has been.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Iran, unfortunately, becuase of our relations with Iran, Iran could be a much bigger and better parterner in Afghnastan.

伊朗本可以发挥更大的作用，由于我们与伊朗的恶化的关系。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

And,in the long term,they say, knowing where different genetic traits may be found on the map could lead to better plants.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

2% You could say, I think my portfolio has an expected return of 12%-- that would be better than if it had an expected return of 10%.

如果一个投资组合的预期收益率有-,那就比一个只有10%的投资组合要好。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And in the long term,they say, knowing where different genetic traits may be found on the map could lead to better plants.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

And then you probably saw, when you were in our factory, we have this business process improvement, which is where anyone inside the company can get involved in improving something that they see that could be done better.

你可能已经看见了，在我们的工厂，我不断完善业务流程，所有公司员工,都参与其中,改进他们认为,能变得更好的方面。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

They believed a better way to the railroad could be found, with plenty of grass and water.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

the different states want corporations to register and therefore the rules are such that they protect the corporation with the poison pills I can't get into all these different things - -stagnant boards, poison pills- and I think if you just change some of that we could be like, for instance, England is much better.

每个州都想让自己的企业注册,所以现在的规则就是,各州都用毒药丸保护企业,我不能干涉所有的这些东西,-没有进步的管理层，毒药丸-,如果你愿意改变其中一些方面的话,我们就会像，例如，英国企业的情况比美国好多了。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Some neighbors say that while GW is trying to be friendlier to the environment, it could also be a better friend to the neighborhood.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

He said the surrender terms could be no better than those given General Lee.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

"This is an evaluation instrument that is finally able to capture who is highly effective and who is ineffective and who could be doing better and could use some assistance.

VOA: special.2011.08.11

But some people think cotton producers could make a better profit, if their crops could be used in Burkina Faso.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"The unemployment rate could,could, at its worst be over 10 percent before it starts to get better,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

"I wish I could give you the good answer, 'Yes,tomorrow will be a better day',"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

He notes prices could,of course,be higher, which would be better for Russia, but warns the government does not have the right to risk the budget on the possibility.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

"This will be the subject of a full investigation. If there is any evidence that any government agency could have or should have done better, we will certainly be taking all relevant action to address that,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

"I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else, always learn from others and never cease trying to be the best you could be, that is under your control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05