The most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis,is more likely to affect older people.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

Where all property is held in common it is more likely to suffer from common neglect than it is from common ownership.

当所有的财产都共有,较可能的状况是，城市会遭遇共同疏漏的,不良后果，而非享受共有权的好处。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And if we have high expectations, if we see the seed of greatness in the students, that seed of greatness is more likely to flourish.

如果我们有很高的期望，如果我们在学生身上看到伟大的潜能，那么这种潜能就更可能被激发。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Instead,Gianluca Benigno says there is more likely to be agreement on greater support for international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, to allow it to better help out ailing economies.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

He is more likely to think like an actuary or a CPA or an insurance agent, always calculating the odds and finding ways to cover the damages.

他们更可能做保险员，注册会计师,或是保险代理人，因为这样的人更容易把握事情胜负的几率,以及时有效地找到补救之法。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Experts say the situation is likely to continue until investors feel more sure about signs of economic recovery.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

They are engaged in raising livestock, which in Greece is more likely to be sheep and goats than cattle, but also breeding horses, which is very important for the aristocracy for carrying on warfare.

他们擅长豢养牲畜,在当地似乎养绵羊和山羊比牛要来的容易,但是他们同样养马,这对于贵族阶层发动战争很重要

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The heel of the shoe is bigger and heavier than other parts of the shoe, so it would seem more likely to come down first.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

And it doesn't matter which slide he speeds up the tape of the heartbeat on, that's the one the subject is more likely to think is the person of their dreams, the person they're attracted to.

他在放哪张幻灯片的时候,加速录音并不重要，受试者更有可能认为,这个幻灯片上的人就是他的梦中情人。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But IMF deputy managing director John Lipsky warns that the decline is likely to continue for several more months.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

But that no particular stock is more or less likely to outperform the market, because all the information is incorporated in the price.

但是没有那一种特殊的股票是,最有可能比市场平均表现更好的，因为所有信息都是包含在价格上的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"Instead we are more likely to see something that is more connected with economic development and jobs creation."

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

The heavier a person is the more likely they are to die of cardiovascular disease.

人越胖,死于心血管疾病的风险越高

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Political analysts say Mr.Obama's decision on whether to send more U.S.troops to Afghanistan is likely to be a turning point in his presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Milton is much more likely imagined to wield - and if you have any sense of what the mythology surrounding Milton is, you would have to agree with this - a socially conservative power over his readers.

现在，大家更可能认为弥尔顿,-如果你对弥尔顿时代的神学有点了解的话，你就会同意这一点,-大家认为弥尔顿向读者传达的是社会保守思潮。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

There are warnings that spring in this part of the southern hemisphere is likely to bring more hot weather, exacerbating a long drought.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

It's likely to increase, but there is more competition from India business India government has been a little more protective of India business They still have rules about which areas foreign investment can come in which areas they cannot come in.

也许机遇是有很多，但印度企业面临激烈的竞争,而印度政府又一直,有点过于保护本土企业,政府现在还有规定哪些领域,可以引进外资,哪些领域不准引进外资。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

They must be able to respond to a world that is likely to experience more extreme weather events, such as floods and hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

So you form DNA lipid complexes and because the DNA is complexed with lipids it's more soluble in membranes and more likely to enter cells.

形成DNA脂类复合体之后,因DNA同脂类复合,其脂溶性大大增加,更容易进入细胞

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

As key mid-term elections near in November, the immigration issue is likely to draw more attention.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

So think about what that means, we're, of course, not talking about this in classical terms, so what it means if we have an electron in the 2 p orbital, it's more likely, the probability is that will be closer to the nucleus than it would be if it were in the 2 s orbital.

想想这意味着什么，我们不是从经典的角度考虑，这意味着如果我们有个电子在2p轨道上，它更有可能比在2s轨道上,更加靠近原子核。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Kyoto expires in 2012. But many say a political framework is more likely at Copenhagen, with a binding accord to be worked out possibly next year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

It's more likely than Y the probability that they're going to choose right is more than Y, then the highest line of these three is this one, which corresponds to my choosing Middle.

即比Y大,也就说对手选右的概率大于Y,那么这三条线中最高的是这条线,这条线表示我选中的收益

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

It also is issuing health alerts to hospital delivery wards to diminish the risk of death in childbirth due to hemorrhage, which is more likely among obese moms.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

If we have a small engine, and we have to pull the car up a steep hill,a difficult hill, the engine is more likely to collapse,to blow up.

如果我们用的引擎很小，想把车开上一个陡峭崎岖的山坡，引擎很容易损毁，爆炸。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Drought also is likely to increase, leading to more fires.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

When there are studies which ask people who is more likely to be a lawyer, someone who's Jewish or someone who is Hispanic, who is likely to be taller, somebody from Japan or somebody from Sweden, people can answer these things.

在一些实验里，有人问别人,什么样的人更有可能成为律师，犹太人或者西班牙裔，什么样的人会长得更高，日本人，或者瑞典人，人们会给出这样的答案。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"And we think the issue for black women is they are more likely to be obese and have chronic illnesses, like high blood pressure, which put you at higher risk for complications during pregnancy."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

That there's a lurking variable which is just that people are more likely to be born in June.

人们的研究对象之中有一个隐藏变量,那就是大多数人都是在六月出生的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Whereas If our engine is large, we are much more likely to get up that hill, and to do it gracefully with relative ease.

但如果我们的引擎够大，要上那山就容易得多，不费吹灰之力就能做到。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选