They even used cacao seeds as a form of money to pay taxes or give as holy offerings to the gods.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Israel's past and present and future generations form a collective entity, Israel, that collectively assents to the covenant.

犹太人的过去，现在，未来形成了一个共同的存在，全体犹太人都赞成这个契约。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

and I thought that "Inception" was really interesting in the way they kind of put that physically into a movie form

我觉得“盗梦”真的很有趣，他们把它放在了一部实实在在的电影形式里，

对于未来的技术 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Once the clay dries, the glassmaker dips the form in a container of hot liquid glass until it is covered.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

But my teaching at a certain form of ministering therefore is a kind of vocation, a kind of calling.

但是教书由于在某种程度上为人服务,所以可以称作一种职业，一种召唤。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Each side of these devices blocks a set of images that appear in a different form of polarized light.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

We're not being merely churlish, I think, if we want to ask why someone would want to write a poem in such a form.

我们要问为什么会有人,想要写这种形式的诗并非毫无道理。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It was also illegal for any person or organization to form a monopoly -- to get control of a whole industry.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The whites," He said, "Of the South, form a veritable aristocracy which combines many prejudices with high sentiments and instincts."

他说道,"南方的白种人,是名副其实的贵族,他们对许多事物存有偏见,这些偏见中包含他们强烈的情感与天性"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The Department of Education says sexual violence is a form of sexual harassment of students which violates Title Nine.

VOA: special.2011.05.19

It's a new form of monetary policya new invention which we've been doing only for a matter of months now.

这是一种新的货币政策形式一个新的发明,我们刚刚采用了几个月而已。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

These comedies, with plenty of songs, were a popular form of entertainment in the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

In particular, please go to it today, you will find a form there that you need to fill out to register for, or sign up for rather, a recitation.

特别声明，请今天就去看，你会找到需要填写的,一份注册表单，或者是复习课的签到表单。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Marcelo D2 became famous when he created a new form of hip-hop by mixing it with the Brazilian music called samba.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

So the first thing we're going to do today is look at a different form of competition which is called Bertrand competition.

所以今天我们要做的第一件事,就是来学习一个不同形式的竞争,叫伯川德竞争

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

She hoped women would have jobs at every level of the industry when flying became a common form of transportation.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

So, that's the first point: It's material. The second point is that narrative has a form, and that it can be constructed, built.

这就是我第一个观点：它是物质的，第二个理由是,叙述故事有一个框架，它可以像一个手工品一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

A huge form that looks like a hill or wave takes up an entire room of the museum.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

as a form of work that will allow him to be self-sufficient and self-determining.

允许他自给自足,自我决定的一项工作。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Researchers found that these drinkers develop a form of esophageal cancer six to ten times more often than those without the deficiency.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

It is a form. It is a form and that form, because we can see it has structure and because we can see it has organization and complexity, is purposive.

它是一种形态，它之所以是一种形态，是因为我们可以看到它外在的形状,以及它复杂的结构，这就是“合目的性“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

And then we hand you 140,000 English words in the form of a big text file much like our aspiring pre-med students in recent months, and we challenge you to implement the fastest spellchecker possible.

然后我给你一个包含1万4千单词的超大文本,就跟前段时间那位,有抱负的医学预科班的学生一样,我想让你在最短时间内实现拼音检查。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Those who quickly became pregnant again were also less likely to have a pregnancy form in their fallopian tubes, a dangerous condition.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

Rule of law presupposes that there is a form of justice or right natural to us.

有种正义的形式或权利,对我们而言是自然的。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

At first it might seem very unusual to see a natural form like a hill inside a museum.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

That's what fat cells do, they convert glucose into a form for storage.

这也就是脂肪细胞的工作,它们将糖转化为另一种形式储存起来

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

European Union officials say they will form a team of experts to investigate non-Islamist threats in Scandinavian countries.

VOA: special.2011.07.30

So perhaps we should put the point in the form of a dilemma.

所以也许可以用二难推理叙述这个问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

A positive emotion can come in form of watching a humorous film; " it can come in form of "if you take a deep breath"-- we talked about deep breathing when we talked about my body; a positive emotion can come in form of interaction with a friend, a pleasant one.

积极情绪可以是看一部滑稽电影;,可以是“一次深呼吸-,探讨“心理，身体“时会谈到深呼吸;,积极情绪可以是与朋友交流，一次愉快的交流。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选