Then the young man decided to become an independent illustrator, someone who makes drawings and pictures for a living.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Hess' Law states that for any chemical reaction, the energy change is path independent.

盖斯定律表明，对于任意化学反应，能量变化并非是路径依赖的。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

For most problems on exams, those quantities are constant, independent of temperature.

然后对于考试中的大部分问题，这些量都是与温度无关的常数。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Mary knew the importance of what had been established -- the first independent school for the higher education of women.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Risk pooling means they put a lot of people with independent or low-correlated risk into a pool and reduce the risk for the whole pool.

风险汇聚即,将独立或相关性小的风险汇聚起来,以降低整体风险

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Friday, the top U.N. human rights official called for an independent investigation into possible war crimes by both sides in the conflict.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

And we need to ask in the case of higher or worthier pleasures are there theories of the good life that can provide independent moral standards for the worth of pleasures?

我们要问，就更高的或更有价值的快乐而言,是否存在“良善生活“的理论,能为快乐的价值,提供独立的道德标准？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

For the study, an independent high school in Rhode Island delayed morning classes from eight o'clock to eighty-thirty.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

When you do these calculations, which I just did for insurance-- I was talking about insurance companies-- assuming that risks are independent, everything's independent and we've got it all figured out.

当你试图去,做保险相关计算时,我指的是保险公司...,假定风险是独立的,事件都是独立的,可以算出一个结果

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The conflict began more than twenty-five years ago, when minority Tamils began fighting for an independent homeland.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

For the ideal gas, we know that u is volume independent.

对于理想气体,我们知道u与体积无关。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Several countries promised to increase aid for agriculture, to help developing nations become more independent.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

But the Web has given a kind of freedom to independent musicians who depend on the Internet for sales, reviews and staying in touch with fans.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

This represents the short time Texas was an independent nation battling Mexico for self-rule.

VOA: special.2011.01.23

Grant also was criticized for one of his few independent actions as president.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

After that she worked as an independent reporter for magazines.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

He is expected to gain the support of most of those who voted for an independent candidate who finished third.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Representative Andre Carson,an Indiana Democrat, who said United States support for an independent Pakistani judiciary would help combat extremism in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

The Tamil Tigers struggle for an independent homeland was triggered by complaints of discrimination against the minority Tamil community by the majority Sinhalese.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

There is no independent confirmation of the tolls, as the region is closed to outsiders and is dangerous even for local reporters to visit.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

That 2003 plan calls for an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian state to emerge and exist side by side in peace and security with Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

The Tamil Tigers began fighting for an independent state more than 25 years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

It rejected demands for an independent inquiry into the conduct of the war.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The 53-year-old Grybauskaite, who is the European Union's budget commissioner, decided to run for president as an independent after public anger flared in January over Lithuania's economic collapse.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

But it said that given the Sri Lankan government's complete failure thus far to investigate possible war crimes, the only hope for justice would be an independent, international investigation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The combination of energized Republicans and Tea Party activists, plus disappointed independent voters spells big political trouble for Democrats trying to hold control of Congress in the November elections.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

It was a swift and angry reaction from Israel when the Palestinians said this week they would push unilaterally for the U.N.Security Council to endorse an independent state for them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, acknowledged Specter's independent streak, and said there would continue to be a need for cooperation from Republicans in accomplishing the nation's business.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Analysts say part of the problem of electoral credibility stems from the widespread belief that the Afghan Independent Election Commission is not truly independent and that it is partisan for Mr.Karzai.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

President Obama says the independent, nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has concluded the current Senate Finance Committee bill would make health coverage affordable for millions of Americans who don't have it today.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10