The exact type of stimulation that an individual uses is not as important as being intellectually engaged."

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

So this application is not as important as soccer, but it's a bit more Economicsy, so I can justify it under the Economics title of the class.

虽然接下来的案例不如足球那么重要,不过它们都是经济学案例,所以我们可以用经济学的知识来解读

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But for now all you need to know is - that these four different kingdoms-- one was where we now have Greece, another one was where Syria is, another was Egypt, and then there was another further north, but that's not as important for us.

不过目前你们只需要知道,这四个不同的王国-,一个是当今的希腊，一个是当今的叙利亚，一个是埃及，还有一个在更北面的地方，不过对我们来说不是很重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

When you are out in nature it is important to speak softly so as not to frighten the animals away.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

Well, we all think accomplishment's important, but it's not as though any old accomplishment is important.

我们都认为成就是很重要的，但不是所有旧的成就都是重要的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"One of the absolutely key, most important variables as to whether or not a forest survives and continues is whether local people monitor each other and its use.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

It's not just behavior that is important for understanding as well as improving life.

不能只靠行为观察，改善人生。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

This is important because this molecule here, deoxyribose, is not the same upside down as it is - it's not symmetrical upside down and right side up, it's different because the 5' carbon's either pointed up or pointed down.

这很重要,因为对脱氧核糖来说,不都是像这样自上而下的,不是对称的自上向下或全部向上的,长链不同是由于,5'碳向上或者向下的指向不同

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Think of that, that where the law is silent, we have the freedom to do or not to do as we choose, very important to the way we think of liberty today in a modern and you might say liberal democracy.

仔细想想，在法律所认可的地方，我们可按自己的选择去做或是不做，这对身在现代自由民主时代的我们,思考何为自由至关重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

What has been found over the last 10 years and a little bit longer is the most effective way of actually dealing with a rising levels of depression in our culture, with individual depression or anxiety is actually not to that is important as well.

过去10年多时间的研究发现,处理我们不断增加的抑郁病例,个体的抑郁或焦虑，最有效方法是,这点也很重要。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选