That means it is easier for planes with only two engines to strike a flock of birds and lose power in both engines.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Now, in contrast to the land, God's sanctuary can be purified for moral impurity by means of a special sacrifice.

与土地对比，上帝的圣所倒是可以通过一些特殊的献祭,净化道德上的不洁。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It is not a world in which language can be understood as somehow or another a means of expressing thought.

在索绪尔眼中的世界，语言不能被理解为,表达思想的方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

That means to be nervous about having to do something, like speaking in front of a crowd.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

Right, we had one from each atom, so that means we need a total of two in our molecular orbital.

对吧，每个原子有一个电子，这意味着在分子轨道里我们一共需要两个电子。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

It is also called the City of Angels because Los Angeles means "the angels" in Spanish.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Expect the address of an int but here in the context of the function itself inside the curly braces, it means go to that address.

一个整型数的地址，但是在函数,大括号中的环境中，意思是定位到那个地址。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly plan of action.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Adiabatic means there's no heat transferred in or out of the system.

绝热意味着系统,与化境没有热交换。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

The difference in speed also means a difference in mass of 50%.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

So the meaning in life will be furthered by means of this kind of communication that takes place through responsivity.

因此生命的意义可以通过这种,相互交流而深化,而交流的途径就是反应。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

In much of the United States, winter means the return of snow.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

In the very red means in that part of the brain is stimulated by the centre of your visual field.

红色部分说明这部分的大脑,收到视野中心的刺激。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

which means "peace" in the Nuer language of Sudan.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

To be in a state of purity simply means that one is qualified to contact the sacred: to enter the sacred precincts, to handle sacred objects, and so on.

处于纯洁的状态仅仅意味着有资格,去接触神圣，比如说进入圣地的周边地区，打理神圣的物件，等等。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means of a polished parabolic mirror of unknown composition, much as the mirror of a lighthouse projects a beam of light.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

In Christianity,though,it means the list of texts that are scripture and recognized as different from other things.

然而在基督教里，它是作为圣典的一系列书籍,并被认为是与其他东西不同的。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

The act said the purpose was to "conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

VOA: special.2009.09.28

And the closer it gets to the nucleus the greater the amount of energy, which means that you see this in the following manner.

而电子离原子核越近,能量值就越大，这就意味着你以下面的方式看到这些。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"Any time your name gets knocked over some of the greats in the game obviously it means a lot,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

Since that's all been pushed out of the way by development, that means the food has to get shipped in from larger distances.

之后由于发展建设,耕地都不见了,这意味着食物要从相当遥远的地方运过来

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"Any time your name gets up there with some of the greats in the game, it obviously means a lot,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

To say that somebody does something alone means they do it not in the presence of others.

就是说人孤独而死的意思是,他们死的时候身边没有别人的存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel is leading efforts in Congress to end the embargo on Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

What that means, in a stored-program computer, is that I can provide to the computer a sequence of instructions describing the process I want it to execute.

它的意思就是说，我可以给一个存储程序计算机,提供一系列,描述我希望,能执行的过程的指令。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"So what that means is, in terms of cost, is you can use And that's potentially very significant."

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Most frequently, chord changes come on the downbeat so composers signal to us in a fourth way the downbeat by means of chord change.

通常,和弦的变化都在重拍上,所以作曲家们用这第四种途径,通过和弦的变化告诉我们重拍的位置

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

But we wanted to have a token "Long March" and a statement in favor of what restoration of democracy means in Pakistan,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

So, by no means is it a part of what we've done in the past.

所以这并不是,我们曾经做过的事情。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So it turns out that the average in this class, the average choice was about 13 1/3, which means two-thirds of the average was 9.

这个游戏的最终结果,平均数大概是13又1/3,它的2/3是9

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选