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

VOA: special.2010.04.12

What I mean is that this tool doesn't speak loudly; it whispers, and you have to lean forward to hear it.

我是说那种工具声音不会很大;,它是低语的，你不得不倾身细听。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

I mean it is still like a real big cultural mecca for African American people in New York City.

对于身在纽约的美国黑人来说，这里仍然是个真正的文化麦加圣地。

这里不危险 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

And specifically, when we talk about ionization energy, it's assumed that what we mean is actually the first ionization energy.

特别地，当我们讨论电离能的时候，我们默认,这指的是第一电离能。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Parents of children age ten to seventeen were asked whether their child bullies or is cruel or mean to others.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Consciousness, if what we mean by consciousness is this qualitative aspect of our mental life, consciousness remains a pretty big mystery.

如果我们所说的意识,就是指我们心理活动定性的方面,那么意识还是一个很大的谜团

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Daphne is supposed to be seen as one of those moms who mean well even if they make their kids crazy.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

In fact, there are some very old books that show this as the average, the sum divided by two arithmetic mean, but the modern practice is to use the geometric mean.

事实上，一些很老的书籍上,平均的定义就是算数意义的，总的来说被分为两种算数意义，但现代我们多用几何意义。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

He is a leader in the sign-making industry - a real big gun,if you know what I mean.

VOA: special.2010.11.28

I mean, there is an emptying out of positive meaning in the very awareness that, after all, the red light could mean "go" I'm about to go on and give more examples.

这就事我们不能主动赋予符号意义,但是是要认识到，红灯也有表示，出发，的意思“,我会用更多例子来说明它。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"It is good for Africa. I mean the more publicity that we can have about Africa the better.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Well, let's do the smoke test number one: is the mean more or less what we expected?

好了，让我们先做1号发烟测试：,这个平均值是和我们想要的答案差不多吗？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And what I mean by GPS is GPS for the masses, although global positioning systems have been around for quite a while."

VOA: special.2010.12.27

I mean, there is, within Israeli politics, there is a movement of various religiously motivated people who want to reclaim the land that forefathers lived on.

我的意思是，在以色列政治中，有一种运动会由不同宗教信仰的人组成,为国家找回领土。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

There should be no apostrophe because what you mean is that the decision belongs to the group.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

and specifically what I mean is we can ask questions like what the neuro substrates support desire?

而且特别值得一提的是，我们可以问以下问题,哪些神经物质让人产生欲望？

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

Another reason is that a small change in temperature can mean the difference between snow and rain.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Mr. Carl Icahn: Well, yeah. I mean China is a great buyer of all of these commodities.

卡尔·伊坎先生：嗯，我认为,中国是这些原产品的大买主。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The golden mean says moderation in all things is the best way to live one's life.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

This does not mean it is a class you wish to be taught, nor does it mean that it is the right class for you.

可能这门课并不是你希望的那样，也可能并不适合你。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Owen is a lonely twelve-year-old boy who is mistreated by a big,mean boy at school.

VOA: special.2010.10.29

I mean is that is thas an alternative way to dealing with the Afghan challenge?

这是不是另外一个途径,处理阿富汗问题？

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

One story is that the word was used to mean poor farmers or uneducated people.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

What you mean is you chose to come there for the second semester.

你是在说,回到这里攻读第二学期的课程,是你的选择。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

However,sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

The one difference it is going to mean, is that at times I might hold some of the discussions for the class, coming down into this part of the room, here, to make it a little easier for Jude.

还有希望大家都能相互理解一下,当我们举行课堂讨论的时候,请你们靠前站出来一点,这样便于裘德拍摄

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

What does it mean to him? "Nothing,and I'm not even sure when it is.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

I mean, this is a really great place to do business, because almost regardless of what it is you do,

这里也是一个发展业务的好地方，因为不管你现在要做什么，

经济危机也能避开 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Well, so I mean, he is... when he invented all the theory about the space time and all this,

嗯，他呢……他发明所有这些空间时间理论的时候，

以爱因斯坦为榜样 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人