This means a place that is fun and not serious, and maybe even out of touch with reality.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

And what this means is-- one reason why people are so bad in groups is because you could diffuse your responsibility.

它的意思是…,为什么群体中的人会表现出恶行,其中一个原因是你能分散你的责任。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So what this means is go to the local coffee shop, go to the newspaper stand, ask for directions,

所以，这就意味着你可以去当地的咖啡店、去报刊亭、去问路、

在英语系国家 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This means to be interested in what is happening around you and what people are thinking.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Unfortunately, knowing what the clean version--knowing what the word is means to me the clean version is not very clean.

很遗憾,在知道了和谐版的歌词之后,我发现和谐版也不怎么和谐

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

This means there is no image, just an arrangement of forms and colors.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

What this means is that boats can dock outside these kind of big warehouses and can unload or, depending on the case, load goods.

这一变化的意义就在于,船舶能直接停泊在巨大的货仓外卸货了,当然,也同样能装载货物

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

This means the body is less able to defend itself against infections.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

This means it is not a strict bond one-to-one.

这意味着不是严格1对1的键。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

This means the investigation is going to be complete and honest.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

So, what this means is that when we're looking at an actual wave function, we're treating it as a wave, right, so waves can have both magnitude, but they can also have a direction, so they can be either positive or negative.

这意味着,当我们看一个波函数时,我们把它看做一个波，波不仅有幅值，还有方向，所以它们可正可负，如果。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

This means that a child is exactly like a parent.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

So what this means is that this graph -this bar is significantly different from that one, this from that one, and this from that one, so they visually are different but they're also statistically different.

这就表示星形所在的这个柱子,与另外一个柱子差异显著,另外两列也是同样道理,它们不仅看起来有差别,而且在统计义上也有差异显著

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

This means silence is of great value.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

So what this means is any opportunity you have to speak English, use it.

所以，这就意味着你要抓住一切机会说英语，用英语。

在英语系国家 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Barker says what this means is that it could be weeks before the composition of Britain's future government becomes clear.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

The line is totally ordered. And what that means, is that anything here is smaller than anything to its right.

这个线性区间是有序的,也就是说两者相比,大的在小的的右边。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"Business is coming. Investment is coming. And what does this mean? This means jobs,my friend.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

That's the work that the system is doing to the environment. I'm doing work to the environment. The work is negative, which means that work is being done to the environment.

功的大小,就是矩形的面积,这样我们就实现了一台热机，冷却，加热，加热,冷却，系统回到了初态。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

It is sabotage. It means to damage or destroy as an act of subversion against an organization or nation.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

4 So this is 16 times 4 equals 64 and though this is not proof by any means, it's not a formal proof because here is one example that happens to prove my point.

所以是16*4，即,尽管如此，这并不是严格的证明,因为是这个例子碰巧证明了我的观点。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The dictionary says that the word "mosaic" means a picture or design that is made by placing small colored pieces together.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

It's crucial to you to know exactly what it means and why what it means is important.

对你来说，知道它的确切的意义，以及解读它的重要性,都是十分关键的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

One of these is deep-six. It means to hide something or put it where it will not be found.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

This is Wallace Stevens, Wallace Stevens who said, "Poetry is a means of redemption", and meant it.

这就是华莱士史蒂文斯，他说过，“诗歌是赎罪的一种方式“，并且他也是这样践行的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The problem is that "lie" also means to not tell the truth, as in "I lied to my mother."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

What he means is that we are ill because we do not cultivate what we are about enough.

他是说，我们正在生病，是因为我们没有,尽力做好我们本该做到的事。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Straight No Chaser is an acapella group which means the singers do not perform with any instrumental music.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

The interesting thing is that it means that the value of consol moves inversely to the interest rate.

有趣的是,它意味着,债务的价值向着利率的相反方向变化

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And what that means simply is did people get the things they used to make their money fairly?

这很简单，就是说,人们是否公平地获得生产资料？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选