Combinations of drugs are able to suppress the deadly virus in the body -- if not a cure, in the traditional sense but the next best thing.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Indeed, who was one the heroines of the Battle of Jericho, if not a Canaanite woman, a prostitute no less, named Rahab.

事实上，她是耶利哥之役的一位女英雄，如果不是迦南妇女，是妓女或者更甚，叫哈布。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But there seems to be as much, if not maybe a bit more work in terms of part-time and short-term jobs.

但是就兼职和短期工而言，工作似乎没变少，可能还更多了。

英国的影视产业 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Ambassador Rice said she expects a large number, if not all, of the 15 Security Council members to be represented at the head of state or government level.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

This is really, I think, a radical if not heretical idea for the national poet of a Christian people.

我真的觉得这是，激进的，甚至是异端邪说,对一个基督教国家的诗人来说。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

This is presidential historian and author Robert Dallek: "Once the public turns against a war, once it is convinced that you are embarked upon if not a losing enterprise then something that is going to produce a quagmire, it creates tremendous political difficulties for the president and it undermines his credibility, trust in his judgment and his ability to put across his domestic reforms,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

This is not a perfectly competitive market, but if it were, that's where price is going to end up.

这个案例的情况不是完全竞争市场,但是如果是,这个就是最终的价格

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Jurors must find a defendant not guilty even if they are not completely sure the person is innocent of any crime.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

If you know you're not gonna output a full string %C but a single character, percent C will get that job done.

如果你不想输出一个完整的字符串,而是输出一个字母，就要用到。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

If a drafted man could not do either thing, then he must join the army or be shot as a deserter.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

That seems like a bad joke,but if the body theory is right, it's not a joke at all.

又是一个冷笑话，但如果肉体主义者是对的，这就不是开玩笑了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But protecting plants and trees in the garden may not be too difficult if you follow a few suggestions.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

If you see a man who is not effeminate, you might ignore it or say maybe he's not really gay after all.

如果你看到不是娘娘腔的同性恋者，你可能会忽视他,或者认为他不是真的同性恋者。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

His real name was Theodore. And if there was ever a problem she could not handle, her husband put things right.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

If a worshipper should make a mistake, do you not think God will know his intent?"

如果崇拜者犯了错，那么,你以为上帝不知道他的意图吗“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Insurers could not deny coverage to people who already have a condition, or cancel coverage if people get sick.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

because you read the Bill of Rights, for example, The Declaration of Independence, citizens have a duty to put a new government if it is not serving well the people.

举个例子，如果你读《人权法案》,或者《独立宣言》,如果政府不够尽责,公民有权支持一个新的政府。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

But if the person who won your heart does not love you, then you are sure to have a broken heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

A "way" is a path, but how can there be a path if it's not trodden?

路“指的是道路，但既然是道路怎么会没有人走过呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And,finally,do not add diseased vegetable plants to the pile if the compost will be used on a vegetable garden.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

That's another way of saying maintaining velocity if it's not acted upon by a force.

这就是不受外力作用时,速度保持不变的另一种说法

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

If there is a large supply of seeds, then hand-operated presses may not be enough to support a business.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

If not, you're not well suited to a life of crime.

否则你们可能不适合犯罪。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

In a poker game you do not want to let your opponents know if your cards are good or bad.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

You see, you can keep the operations the same whether or not you pay a dividend, if choosing not to pay a dividend means substituting stock repurchase for dividend.

不管你是否支付股利,你公司的运转都不会发生变化,如果不发放股利,那就意味着,以股票回购代替股利分配

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The lead author of the research says he does not know if the shoe was made for a man or a woman.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

So what syncopation is is simply the insertion of an impulse, a "Hit" If you will, at a metrical place that we do not expect it to be.

所以切分音就是插入的一个冲动,也可以说是一次"撞击",出现在一个我们意料之外的位置

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

But Dr.Brown says fingertips are not often reattached if they are the length of a fingernail or shorter.

VOA: special.2011.02.02

Now, a virus is not capable of reproducing on its own, so if you got a virus into your body somehow and it didn't enter any of your cells, it would cause no damage because it could not reproduce.

病毒自身并不能繁殖,所以如果你的身体感染了病毒,而病毒没有进入细胞的话,因其不能繁殖所以不会对身体造成伤害

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

especially if it's a language that's not like your own, like Russian is very different from English,

尤其是当这门外语和你的母语相差很大，例如，俄罗斯语和英语的差距就很大。

想学会4种语言 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人