She said the United States is moving from mostly the direct exercise of power to what she called "a more sophisticated and difficult mix of indirect power and influence."

VOA: special.2010.05.29

The sovereign is not the direct expression of my will or your will, but rather an abstraction from my natural desire to rule myself.

君主制不是对我的，或者你的意志的直接表达,不如说是一种抽象概念,是源于自己统治自己的自然愿望。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I'll show you from Treasury Direct-- I have notes-- this should be greater than ten.

你们在"国库指南"上看到的债券,有中期债券,这里应该大于十年

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He adds that donors get much more immediate and visible results from relief like education, medical care and direct food aid.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

I would argue that there is a direct line from the Enlightenment philosophy to nihilism, that is to say a philosophy that says there are no limits to what human beings may do.

我得说启蒙哲学和虚无主义哲学,还是泾渭分明的,虚无主义者认为,人类的行为是没有限制的

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For his part, President Vazquez who has headed Uruguay's center-left government since 2004 refrained from any direct mention of Venezuela's arms purchases.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

It is not to bind them from voluntary actions but to direct and keep them in such motion as not to hurt themselves by their own impetuous desires, rashness or indiscretion as hedges are set not to stop travelers but to keep them on their way."

不是约束他们去做本该做的事,而是约束他们不做不该做的事,以免因自己的欲望，轻率，鲁莽而危机自身，这就像是篱笆的功能一样,不是要阻挡行路而是为小路指引方向“

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But the trend has reversed. From April to June, India received about $15 billion in foreign direct investment, the highest since 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

I used to have up here a page--I used to take- instead of Treasury Direct, which is a website, I used to get a clipping from The Wall Street Journal that showed much the same information that you see on this chart.

我以前有个幻灯片,不同于现在的"国库指南"网站,我过去用的是《华尔街日报》的剪报,上面是和这表上几乎相同的内容

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He says unless he receives a direct order from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Sri Lankans will not be allowed to leave the vessel.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The review was prompted,in part, by a grim assessment from General McChrystal, who is here at the NATO meeting to provide a direct readout to the defense ministers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The United States has recently changed its Burma policy from isolating the military government to direct engagement in hopes that it will improve its human rights and allow for democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

"It is two separate issues; we clarified our position from the beginning, that this moratorium is only for 10 months and direct talks is a very important issue for both sides,not only for Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Paul Pillar,a former senior CIA intelligence officer now with Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, favors a shift away from direct combat operations to a concentration on training Afghanistan's army and police, and economic development.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

But there should not be war." One thing nearly all South Koreans agree on is the devastating human toll that all-out war would take on the peninsula,recalling - from direct experience or their education - that one and a half million civilians died during the three-year Korean War.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27