"I'd have to say my mother was one of the most instrumental people in my life."

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It could be purely instrumental but it's called "Buy a song," But we don't want to use that sort of parlance.

可能买的是纯器乐,却被称为"买首歌",但我们不想用那种说法

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

I'm going to talk about one futures market that I have been instrumental in developing.

我会讲一个我研究的,对发展发挥了很大作用期货市场

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

If we want to get anyplace on the question about the nature of the good life, what we need to focus on is not the instrumental goods and bads, but rather the intrinsic goods and bads.

如果我们想在,何为“好的人生的本质“问题上得出结论，我们需要专注的不是利用价值的好与坏，而是固有价值的好与坏。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Again welcome back to Professor Stan Katz Drew Frederick and welcome to Drew Frederick, who is a class of seven, graduating, but who is very instrumental in a class that I want to talk about today, which is called the Just University.

让我们再次欢迎Stan，Katz教授,还要有请，他是七班的毕业生，在一门课上起到了重要的作用,我今天就像谈一下这门课，课程叫做，公正的大学。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Still, in trying to get clear about the nature of wellbeing, the crucial thing to do is to focus not on the question about instrumental value, but rather to focus on the question of intrinsic value.

想搞清楚幸福的本质，至关重要的不是专注于,利用价值的问题，而是应专注于固有价值的问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选