The United Nations reports 11 countries now are struggling to find accommodations,food, water and other essential items for their homeless populations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Well--just like we didn't have to follow the parts of the body that aren't essential for housing the personality.

我们不需要去管,那些对于储存人格特性并非必要的,身体部位。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

That's not to say that sacrifice is abolished, it's not to say that sacrifice isn't important to Deuteronomy--very far from it, it's an essential part of God's service for Deuteronomy.

也就是说献祭被摒弃了，并不是说在申命记,中献祭不再重要，远不是那样，这是申命记中最核心的侍奉上帝的方式之一。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called a strong public option "essential" for any bill to pass in the House.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Here, as elsewhere in Yeats' poetry, it's not essential for you to be able to pursue his occult learning and decode his symbols in order to read his poetry.

这首诗还有他的其他诗里，研究他的神秘主义学习,和解释这些象征对读他的诗,来说不是很重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

"We think that is an essential first step. We are continuing to call for the freedom of Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Economics and Game Theory are now essential tools for understanding human thought and human behavior— those issues connecting to philosophy, computer science, anthropology, literature, theology, and many, many other domains.

经济学和博弈论如今已经成为了,理解人类思维和人类行为的重要方法,这些问题涉及哲学,计算机科学,人类学,文学,神学,以及许多其他的科学领域

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

For farmers looking to get the most out of their fields, fertilizer is an essential but expensive ingredient.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The primacy of reason and the pursuit of objectivity, therefore, both characteristic of the Western experience seem to me to be essential for the achievement of the desired goals almost anywhere in the world.

理性至上和追求客观,这是西方经验的两个特征,在我看来,这两点几乎在世界任何地方,对既定目标的实现都是至关重要的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But shop owners say now they only see "essential customers" those who have to buy for the marriage of a son or a daughter.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

President Obama says it is essential for the United States to import less and export more.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

And making sure that folks have the opportunity and incentive to save for a home or college, for retirement or a rainy day is essential to that effort,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

President Obama has made health care reform his top domestic priority, and Rothenberg says it has now become essential for Democrats to get something through Congress before next year's midterm elections.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

They say it is essential for the Georgian president to reach out to the opposition and find peaceful solutions to Georgia's problems, otherwise he likely will face more demonstrations in the months to come.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01