But during World War Two, national leaders recognized the importance of the territory to security in the Pacific.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

We have already encountered on some level the importance of the figure of eating to John Milton. Think of Comus.

我们已经在某种程度上见识到了,对于弥尔顿来说吃的形象的重要性，想想司酒宴之神。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

We've spent a couple of weeks now reading Milton's declarations of the importance of the shepherd's trade.

几周以来我们读到的弥尔顿,一直在高谈牧羊人的营生的重要性。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Rod Curtis says that shows the importance of the new vaccine targeting both viruses at once.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

Now in music as you probably know-- we've already talked a little bit about this-- we have the importance of the beat.

你们也许知道在音乐中节拍很重要,我们已经讨论过一些,节拍的问题

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

She helped the family understand the importance of the HeLa cells and accept that the scientific community has gained so much from their use.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Well, well and good, but at the same time, if that's the case, and if there is this extraordinary emphasis on the importance of the expression of genius, you can see what's beginning to happen.

很好，但与此同时，如果过于重视那些,天才作家的表达，你可以看到它所引起的后果。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

No,a newspaper reporter -- a reminder, in this age of new media and social media, not to forget the importance of the old media.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

It's just to make clear, with some emphasis, about the importance of the development of absolute rule.

这节课将重点地阐述,绝对主义发展的重要性

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Objectivism is about the importance of the individual and reasonable thought.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

One more extremely important announcement, it's on your syllabus, but I want to underline it even more than it is already underlined and boldfaced.I want to underline the importance of the section discussions in this course.

还有一个特别重要的通知，这在你们的课程纲要上但我想请你们在那下面划线,这比那些已经被划出或加粗的字还重要,我想请你们划下讨论课的重要性。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Some people say the mosquito nets have heat, and we are actually explaining to them the importance of the mosquito net,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Now,I don't in any way want to belittle the importance of the pain and suffering that happen for the rest of us when somebody that we care about dies.

我不想对我们在乎的人过世时,我们所经历的伤痛进行贬低。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The chairman of the Nobel Chemistry Committee, Gunnar Von Heijne says the importance of their research cannot be overstated.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

And this is typical enough but, despite all of the, sort of, sour things I just said about Freud, the big idea, the importance of the dynamic unconscious, remains intact.

这就是通常的情况了,尽管我刚才说的都是些，关于弗洛伊德的负面的东西，但总体来看，动力无意识的重要性仍然不可撼动。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

While Islam is often associated with terrorism, Mr.Medvedev recognized the importance of the Muslim faith in the Caucasus.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The importance of the questions you ask of yourselves first and foremost, of your partner, of your students, of your parents, of your employees in the future, teammates and so on.

那些你首先向你自己，然后向你的搭档，学生，搭档，未来的雇员，和同事提出的问题的重要性。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Secretary Gates has indicated that casualties weigh heavily on him, along with the strategic importance of these decisions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Roger Ibbotson, who is a colleague of Bob Shiller's and mine at the School of Management, has done a fair amount of work, studying the relative importance of these sources of returns.

罗格·伊博森是,我和希勒在管理学院的同事,他在对回报率来源的研究上,做了大量的工作

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The importance of the country's flora and fauna was one reason for this exhibit.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

If you doubt the importance of the study of political ideas for politics consider the works of a famous economist John Maynard Keynes : everyone's heard of him. Keynes wrote in 1935.

如果你怀疑政治思维研究的重要性,试着研读,著名经济学家的著作，凯因斯,每个人都认识吧，凯因斯在1935年写道。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Miss Semenya has also reminded the world of the importance of the rights to human dignity and privacy which should be enjoyed by all human beings,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Now, I wanted to go to through this just to go through one cycle quickly because we're going to be doing these all the time, and the importance of the fact that the path doesn't matter, and you can always connect things together in a way, whatever you want.

我使用这种,利用热力学循环的推导方法的原因在于,今后我们，将经常使用类似的方法,大家要记住路径是无关紧要的，可以随意选取一条路径,来连接两个态。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

"I think you will see the president emphasizing the importance of the alliance, perhaps pointing to new year, the 50th anniversary of the 1960 security treaty, as an opportunity to revitalize and strengthen the alliance,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

By keeping women under the household of the men of their original family, the upper-class Romans tried to balance these different households in size and importance.

所以女子保留娘家的家户关系，有助于罗马上层阶级,平衡不同家户的规模及地位。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

He underscores the importance of the state and society being able to identify and encourage talented and critical thinkers, adding that young people should be raised in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom and civic engagement.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The writers on the syllabus consistently try to imagine a way to make those claims, make those claims for the primacy and the importance of what they do.

大纲里的作家一直在尝试,设想出一种方法来提出要求，把他们写的书放在首要地位,使他们的要求得到重视。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Some shipping companies have begun sending their ships along different routes to avoid areas nearby the Somali shore, but the importance of the Gulf of Aden route has kept many more still braving its waters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

The concept of individual freedom has had no importance in these great majorities of cultures in human history.

在人类历史的大多数文化中,个人自由这个理念显得无足轻重

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Now here--here is the importance of assessing dietary behavior, and you guys are doing it on yourselves.

评估饮食行为的重点在于,你们要针对自己进行评估

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选