Still the war continued. In the East, Union armies were slowly pushing forward toward their main target.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

Also, if the earnings drop, they don't want to suddenly do a crash cut in their dividends either, so they're always sluggishly adjusting toward the target payout rate.

同样,如果收益下降,他们不想匆忙的把股利降下来,所以他们总是慢慢的,朝着目标股利发放率靠近

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

the United States announced a target to reduce its emissions by 17% below 2005 levels in 2020.

美国宣布了到2020年实现在2005年的水平基础上减排17%的目标。

对全球变暖的政策 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The alliance will identify target markets and work to get women involved in business operations.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

We heard yesterday here at pond in Prinston, that the Parkistani government would like us to target other people, people who are leading the Taliban troops against their government rather than the people we want targeting who was leading the fighting in Afghnastan.

昨天我在普林斯顿的一个小湖边听到有人说，巴基斯坦政府想要我们去袭击其他人，那些反对政府的塔利班分子头目,而不是我们想要针对的人,这些人领导着阿富汗的斗争。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Officials would order all lights in a city turned off to make it difficult for enemy planes to find a target in the dark of night.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

What they did instead of just-remember the Federal Funds Rate is a target interest rate that the Fed attempts to hit through buying and selling treasury bills in the U.S. or in other countries buying and selling government bonds to affect the market.

他们真正做的事-记住,联邦资金利率是,美联储试图通过在美国,买进和卖出国库券,或在其他国家买进和卖出政府债券,来影响市场的目标利率。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

She was shot through the brain. Police believe she was the main target of the attack -- the first shooting of a member of Congress in more than thirty years.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

If I came to the office next week and decided domestic stocks were too high -I want to move that target down to 8% -in the way that I've described market timing, that would be a market timing move and we're very careful not to do that.

如果下周我上班时,认为国内股票价格偏高,我会把权重调低到8%,用我描述过的方式,这就是个市场时机选择的操作,我们一般很谨慎,并不会轻易那么做

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In any war,the enemy's capital city is an important target.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

He is aiming at a target far in the distance.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

This translates into an 87 percent cure rate, which,for the first time, exceeds the 85 percent global target set in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

"We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in the region or on us.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

An alleged target of the plot in India, according to an FBI affidavit, was named "Rahul."

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The unnamed author says al-Qaida will use the information to target American vessels, including aircraft carriers, submarines,and all naval equipment deployed in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

Their bombs did not explode. Analyst Jonathan Wood with the security firm Control Risks in London, says public transport systems are an attractive target.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"And again similar to what we saw in Baghdad in 2003 when the United Nations was targeted the U.N.has become a target for terrorism.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

Mudd suspects that increased pressure on the Pakistani Taliban in the form of US drone attacks could have prompted militants to directly target the US.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

Diplomats and observers warn that this could be the deadliest phase of the war, as the army tries to target the rebels mixed in the civilian population.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Mr.Obama is considering whether to send more troops to Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban from again taking control of the country or to use special forces and unmanned spy planes to target al-Qaida in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

They must have kept him under surveillance for a while." U.S.officials have been quoted as saying the operation Monday was launched when it became clear their target was traveling in an area away from heavy population.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"The target would be to have this vaccine ready for the fall flu season, so that in addition to being vaccinated for the flu, you would be able to be vaccinated for this strain.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Some of the local residents in Searchlight did not like the fact that outsiders had come in to target Senator Reid, who faces a difficult re-election bid this year, in part,because of his work in guiding the divisive health care reform bill through Congress.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

The U.S.support is credited with helping the Philippine government capture or kill key leaders of two Islamic insurgent groups in the country's southern islands, but the VFA has become a target for Filipino leftist and nationalist factions who want it scrapped.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Global research company REN 21 - a network of governments, non-government organizations, and industry associations - reports China's total wind power doubled for the fifth year in a row in 2008, ending that year producing 12 gigawatts and passing its 2010 development target of 10 gigawatts two years early.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03