"This is quite an unacceptable situation given the fact that we are all living in modern world.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

There, Newton doesn't tell you what forces are going to be acting on a body in a given situation.

在式子里,牛顿没有告诉你,在给定条件下,有哪些力,作用在物体上

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One situation is when you're speaking with a friend who had given you really good advice that you failed to take.

一种情况是，当你正在和一个朋友交谈，他之前曾给你一些很好的建议，但你却没有采纳。

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Given the sensitive nature of the situation, details are not being made public, but as Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says the outlook does not look good.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

Then we may, from this equation, say a certain force is acting in a given situation by multiplying the m times the a.

然后根据这个方程,我们就能说,得到给定条件下的作用力,它等于 m 和 a 的乘积

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Given what she calls a "volatile security situation,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

I think we're still in a precarious situation but I think we do have central bankers who are working effectively given the tools that they have.

我认为我们仍处于一个不稳固的情形之中,但是我们也有那些,用手中的金融工具有效率地工作的,中央银行主。

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Given this situation, neither of these guys is Napoleon.

鉴于这种情况，这两个家伙都不是拿破仑。

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