Mr.Obama's announcement last month that he was canceling the planned Bush-era missile shield ruffled a lot of feathers in Poland.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Here I paused in my fiction to shield my eyes and stanch the arrow-straight tracks clawed down my cheek.

飞箭在我脸上笔直地犁出了一条伤口，我停止了幻想,遮住眼睛，赶忙去止血。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The simile is there ostensibly to compare Satan with the great sea beast, leviathan. In the comparison of Satan's shield with the moon is the figure of the Tuscan artist, the Tuscan artist being Galileo.

这个明喻很明显是将撒旦和凶猛的海中野兽利维坦，进行了对比，在把撒旦的庇护和月亮的比较之中,突出了那个托斯卡纳艺术家的形象，伽利略。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

(Speaking in Russian) He says Russia's nuclear shield allows it to solve all the problems, which it has to solve.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

His shield, in addition to being a defensive thing, is also potentially an offensive weapon.

他的盾牌,除了能提供防御和保护之外,同样也是一个潜在的有力武器

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Its ultimate aim is to build a series of laser tracking stations in various countries to provide a defensive shield for activity in space.

VOA: standard.2010.07.24

A kind of consequence of this is if we're thinking about a multi-electron atom, which we'll get to in a minute where electrons can shield each other from the pull of the nucleus, we're going to say that the electrons in the s orbitals are actually the least shielded.

这样的一个后果就是,如果我们考虑一个多电子原子，我们等会就会讨论到它,电子会互相,屏蔽原子核的吸引，我们说ｓ轨道电子,更不容易被屏蔽。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

And in making the announcement, President Obama said once again the American drive for a missile shield has never had anything to do with Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The shield itself, as I've told you is made of a heavy wood, covered by a leather or bronze sheet about three feet across, something in the neighborhood of 16 to 20 pounds worth of shield and gripped as I told you before.

而盾牌,就像我说过的,是由沉重的木材制成,上面包裹有皮革或铜皮,约三英尺宽,大概是十六到二十磅重,就像我刚才所说的,拿起来很费劲

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Astronauts began their first full day in space by inspecting the heat shield to ensure the shuttle is safe to return to Earth in two weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

So you want to think about his hoplite, when he has everything on and when the shield is in place, again let me sort of try to demonstrate this, he ought to be covered by some kind of defense from head to toe.

所以你们可以想象这样一个情景,一名士兵全副武装,盾甲齐备,我还是演示一下吧,他从头到脚,应该算是武装到牙齿了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

(..) One woman in Warsaw explains that she was happy the shield was canceled because she does not think Poland needs to be defended from anyone,even Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Now, that's a very important point, because why in the world would you give a shield of the kind I am describing, for a man to defend himself, if you imagine him standing by himself anywhere, if you imagine him any distance from the rest of the guys fighting alongside of him.

这点非常关键,那就是到底为什么要将,这样一种盾牌,给士兵们使用,想象一下这个场景,这个士兵在战场的某个角落孤军奋战,与其它友军士兵相隔甚远

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Republicans also asserted that the nuclear revelation supports their position that President Obama acted unwisely in altering plans for a European missile shield to defend against future missile launches by Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

(recording) As one woman in Warsaw explains, politicians and the press have been getting very upset about the missile shield, but ever since Poland joined NATO ordinary Poles have felt much stronger and more secure.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

At talks Tuesday with Mr.Medvedev, Clinton failed to secure support for tougher sanctions on Iran, despite U.S.President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile shield in central Europe a concession to Russian concerns that Washington had hoped would encourage Moscow to back its position on Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14