But he's a hopeless drunk who takes even the small amount of money that Uncle Caesar gives her."

VOA: special.2010.06.12

So, even if the cost is small, $10 a dose, it quickly amounts to a large amount of money.

因此,即使单只成本很小,可能只有十美元,但是这很快就会累积成为很大的金额

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But what's even worse is I'm going to get even less than the average amount of life.

但更糟糕的是,我活得比平均寿命还要短。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He takes even the small amount of money that Uncle Caesar gives her."

VOA: special.2009.01.17

If you could get to zero degrees Kelvin, you'd get perfect efficiency, 0 but you can't get to zero degrees Kelvin, you can't. Even if you have an infinite amount of resources, you can't get there.

如果能达到，你就能获得完美的效率，但你得不到，得不到，即使你有无穷多的资源,你也做不到。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

For many,even a small amount of alcohol can cause unpleasant effects.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

So, there's a whole lot of sensory organs, for instance, focused along your tongue, and that's why that's so big, and an enormous amount on your face but your shoulder isn't even— doesn't even make it on there because although your shoulder might be bigger than your tongue, there's not much going on.

比如,在你的舌头上,集中存在着非常多的感觉器官,也就是这片区域如此之大的原因,你的脸上也有数量庞大的感觉器官,但你的肩膀并没有,你的肩膀甚至都没有在示意图中标示出来,因为,尽管你的肩膀要比你的舌头更大,但却并没有什么感受器官

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Amal Hamada, a political science professor at Cairo University, says even if the government were to allow them the opportunity, it would likely not amount to much.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

If it's going in a circle, you will say from now on, that it, indeed, has an acceleration, even though no one's stepping on the accelerator, of amount v^2 over R.

如果它在一个圆周上运动,你会说从现在起它其实有加速度,即使没有人去踩油门,加速度大小为 v^2 / R

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Even though the recession has forced a drop in the amount it costs to buy commercials in the big game for just the second time in history, they are still the most expensive on television.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27