During tough times -- I mean we are in a recession right now -- this is like affordable luxury.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

So the Mosaic covenant is neither unilateral-- this is now a bilateral covenant, mutual, reciprocal obligations--nor is it unconditional like the other two.

所以摩西契约不是单边同意的-,是双边契约，包含了平等和互惠的责任，这个契约也不像其他两个是无条件的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

We are, in other words, attempting to grasp it in a sentence that might read something like, "What the author means to say is--" Right?

换言之，我们在尝试着在这样一句话中掌握它，作者想说的是--，是吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

An application is a software program that lets users do a task -- like listen to music or find directions.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

These public-private distinctions are onerous -are offensive--to some people because it seems like the government is acting like a parent.

公共和私募公司之间的划分有些繁琐,对有些人来说有些冒犯的意味,监管机构像是在扮演父母的角色

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It is a line drawing made out of aluminum wire that looks like a wavy net floating in mid-air.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

This collagen is highly hydrated, it forms a gel that has water-like properties but it also has solid properties.

这些胶原蛋白是高度水合的,形成了既有水的特性,又具有固体特性的胶体

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

It is so crowded that we are packed like sardines - just like small fish in a can.

VOA: special.2011.02.27

A huge amount about what we know on diet and health-- like is too much sugar bad for you?

我们所知的大部分关于饮食和健康的信息,比如吃太多糖是否对身体不好

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"Convenience is how people make their decisions even if they would prefer and like a home-cooked meal."

VOA: special.2010.12.27

I know some of you come from Europe and other parts of the world where the ground floor is rez-de-chauss?e or some silly thing like this 1 and you push a button on the elevator to one and you go up to the first floor.

我知道你们中间有些人来自欧洲,或者世界其他地方，你们那里的一楼,和地面齐平，或者像这样可笑的事情,比如你要按下电梯的按钮,然后才能上到真正的1楼。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

At the base of the hair root is a small ball-like formation called a bulb.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

He also is associated with a mountaintop, Sinai, and gives instructions for the building of a tabernacle, a tent-like structure, in which he will dwell.

他也与一座山有关，西奈山，他也指示人们搭建帐篷，或是像帐篷一样的建筑，他将居住在里面。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It is narrow in the middle. On top is a large ring-like structure.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

So, you take a sentence like -This is a classic line from Groucho Marx: "I once shot an elephant in my pajamas.

举例来说,这是《格劳乔·马克斯》的经典台词,"我曾在我的睡衣里射杀了一头大象

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Like the medicine ibuprofen, aspirin is an NSAID -- a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

VOA: special.2010.12.14

The irony is--these things cost like a dollar each now because no one needs them anymore.

具有讽刺意味的是，这些盘现在每个,只值1美元了因为。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Like the medicine ibuprofen, aspirin is an NSAID-a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

And part of what happens in a place like Princeton is that people get challenged. -Right.

而且，在普林斯顿这种地方,人们处处都会遇到挑战，-是的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

A loyal,hard-working employee is said to work like a Trojan.

VOA: special.2011.05.08

Now as it happens--this is a novel--as it happens, our hero looks rather like the other man.

小说中故事就这样发生了，我们的主角和另一个人长得很像。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The sun is hot. A pig-like creature searches for food.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

In binary search-- ah, there's that wonderful phrase, this is called a version of binary search just like you saw bin-- or bi-section methods, - when we were doing numerical things- in binary search, I need to keep track of the starting point and the ending point of the list I'm looking at.

就是当我们处理数字的时候，所称的二分检索，在二分法搜索中,我需要记录区间的开始点和尾点，初始化的时候就是-,问题输入的开始点和尾点，当我开始做测试的时候,我想要做的就是去取中值点。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"On station one,we have robot arms. And what happens is the robots have different joints like a human arm -- one at the shoulder,one at the elbow, wrist and then a claw.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

Justice, like all knowledge, is really a form, again, of self-interest.

正义，一如所有知识，其实是一种私利的形式。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"When I was talking about knowing if my business is viable or not, through a profit-and-loss model, I was like 'Wow,I didn't even know the word viable before, and now I do.'

VOA: special.2011.06.30

It seems as though while you don't have a dominating strategy, it seems like Hannibal is better off attacking through-- It seems like he would attack through the easy pass.

虽然看起来你好像没有优势策略,但似乎汉尼拔将军最好的选择是,他应该会选择从平坦之途入侵

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

This so-called 'bio-gas' is burned like natural gas in a small electric power plant right on Vander Haak's farm.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Milton's own faculty of memory - this is the idea that I'm going to be floating here - seems to provide something like, or pose a stumbling block or an obstacle for, his attempt to write an original, divinely inspired poem.

在这里我想说,弥尔顿自己的记忆系统,似乎想提供某种东西，或者想在他写出一部原创的，伟大的诗作的尝试上设置一个障碍。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But even if you do survive-- let's the ground floor-- even if you do survive, you would lead a life of constant frustration-- refusing to accept something that is there whether you like it or not.

即使你幸存下来-,比如你在一楼-,就算你真得幸存下来，你的生活将是处处受挫-,拒绝接受现实事物,不论你喜欢与否。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选