"What I have learned is since no one asked investigators or people in charge there, they were not able to facilitate this because they were not asked to do so,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

Now Milton may not be able to forget Homer, but he is able to correct Homer or to preempt Homer.

弥尔顿不能忘记荷马，但他可以改正荷马或者取代荷马。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

A "Subprime borrower" Is somebody who has a poor credit history or some other indication that would suggest that they might not be able to repay the mortgage-- they might default.

次级借款人"指的是,那些信用记录较差的借款人,或在其他方面显示,他们很可能无力偿还贷款,也就是说他们很可能违约

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Counterterrorism analyst Brian Fishman of the New America Foundation says the Times Square plot is an indication that al-Qaida is either not willing or not able to deploy seasoned, well-trained operatives.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

There it wouldn't be possible to invoke an intention because the whole complication of Derrida is precisely to raise the question about not knowing, not being able to voice the differance between difference and differance and not knowing whether Archie is right or whether Edith is right.

这里它不可能引起一个意图,以为德里达的复杂之处恰恰在于,提出一类问题，有关不知道的，说不出来的,像是区别和延异之间的差别,也不知道阿齐和依迪斯谁对谁错。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

A major military offensive in South Waziristan is underway and has killed hundreds of Taliban fighters but has not been able to capture or kill Hakimullah Mehsud or any of his key deputies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09