The group met to develop a quality improvement plan for dealing with the problem in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

But right now I am going to give it to you as Mendeleev enunciated it. Atomic number, we will learn later, is the improvement.

但是现在我就要告诉你们,门捷列夫发表了它，原子序数，我们之后会学到，那是很大的进步。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

I would hope to persuade them to seek some alternative forms of, you know, self-improvement.

我希望劝说他们采用其它提升自己的方式。

整容是个人自由 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Several people are credited with being the first to use microfinance as a tool for social improvement.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Then, I find myself wanting to say, "That's not really any better. That's no improvement at all."

那我只想说,这种言论毫无意义,说了等于白说

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"Women who had their ovaries removed had a decrease in the risk of breast cancer, a decrease in the risk of ovarian cancer and,in addition,they were less likely to die of breast cancer, less likely to die of ovarian cancer and also had an improvement in their overall survival."

VOA: special.2010.09.22

Let's see what happens, just to get an idea of how big the improvement is.

让我们看看这意味着什么，看看这个进步到底有多大。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement saying the expulsions are an obvious provocation by forces opposed to improvement of Russian-NATO relations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Now how it might be able to offer some quality of life improvement for these patients.

现在，我们如何帮助这些病人,提高他们的生活质量。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

But Kelly said the administration wants to see improvement in human rights conditions and respect for fundamental freedoms in Cuba before it will consider normalized relations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

I think much could be done in medical care and the hospitals in this country are probably about to get vast improvement in their facilities.

比如我们的医疗体系,和医院,需要得到改善。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

Goolsbee says recent indicators showing improvement in some sectors of the U.S.economy are encouraging Americans who had stopped looking for work to re-enter the job market.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

Saving and Loan Associations, by the way, no longer exclusively limit themselves to mortgage lending -either they do home improvement lending and auto loans and the like as well.

顺便提一下,储贷协会,现在也不仅限于发放抵押贷款,他们也发放住房装修贷款,及汽车消费贷款之类的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Second has been the improvement in breastfeeding practices, and that goes back to a lot of community work plus support to the health centers and so on,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Because you would know being a good utilitarian that taking some, a small amount, he'd scarcely going to notice it, but it will make a huge improvement in the lives and in the welfare of those at the bottom.

因为作为一个优秀的功利主义者，你知道,收走一些对他们来说根本无关痛痒的钱，却能大大改善社会底层那些人的生活,增加他们的福利。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

(Recording) He says since former President Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea in August, there seems to have been some improvement in the tone of U.S.-North Korean relations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

He assumed that such a course would lead to progress and the general improvement of the human condition, and it was that sort of thinking that lay at the heart of the scientific revolution and remains the faith on which modern science and technology rest.

他认为这将会引领进步,全面提升人类的生存状况,正是这个学说成为了,科技革命的核心并为现代科学技术,的发展奠定了良好的基础

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Commenting on the report, former head of the British army General Michael Jackson says he believes the committee is trying to stress that there is room for improvement.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

Antiquity or tradition alone is no justification yet at the same time he seems to recognize that changes in law even when the result : is improvement are dangerous. He writes "It is a bad thing to habituate people to reckless dissolution of laws.

作为借口，但同时,他似乎也体认到法律修改,就算结果是改善,仍是很危险的作法，他写到,“让人民习惯于鲁莽的法律,崩溃是不好的事。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings noted what he called a major improvement with job losses going from 700,000 per month at the start of the recession to 11,000 in November.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

The failed terror bomb plot constitutes Mr.Obama's most serious national security test to date, and the president has been quick to acknowledge that there is plenty of room for improvement.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

President Obama has said he would be willing to speak with Cuba's leaders, but would maintain the embargo as leverage to push for democratic change and an improvement in human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

She testified at the hearing, calling the new missile defense plan for Europe a "dramatic improvement" over the old Bush administration plan, and rejecting criticism that it is a unilateral concession to Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

This is good." The region's travel industry, which in some countries makes up more than five percent of the economy, will be banking on a continued recovery of the global economy this year to build on the recent improvement.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

They noted that while there is promising improvement in the pace of growth in China and the United States, they would also work together to support efforts to help countries in Europe with the challenges they face.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

And in front of us, we have the possibility of sustained growth,helping billion, one billion people to get out of poverty,' The world economy has shown steady improvement since the second quarter of 2009, but Strauss-Kahn says the recovery has been uneven.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

That translates into "Unfortunately, despite the most recent indicators that suggest the recovery may be in sight somewhat earlier than we were expecting only a few months ago, it will take far for the recovery to materialize in terms of significant improvement in the labor market,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Borlaug remained involved with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico, even after his research took him to other parts of the globe, where he replicated the success he had had in Mexico, building his reputation as father of the "green revolution" in the 1960's.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13