There should be some sense by the end of the year,he says, whether or not serious progress is being made.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Well, one possibility would be to say, the question is not whether you are P-functioning.

有一个说法是，关键不在于你有没有人格功能性。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And then, of course, not just whether the reaction will occur but, how fast it occurs is really important.

当然，我们不光要研究一个反应会不会发生,反应速率多块也是很重要的研究问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

There is a debate about whether or not swimming burns as many calories as other forms of exercise.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

But in our collective cultural consciousness, if there is a such thing, whether we like him or not we tend to think of John Milton as powerful.

如果说我们有一种集体文化意识的话，在这个意识里，不管我们喜不喜欢米尔顿，我们都会认为他是强大的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But this question is not about whether people can read, but whether or not they do read.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

And I think if you are outside, whether you are walking or sitting, paying attention as a spiritual practice is really not only seeing, but having all of your senses engaged in what's going on is important.

我想如果你在户外，无论是走，或是坐，作为感受灵性的实践,所谓的注意，并不仅仅是看，而是调动你所有的感官,来感受身边的一切，这才是要点。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But she says the real measure of success is whether or not their music gets replayed.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Realize that there's this wonderful mechanism in place that allows you to put your toe in the water for several weeks no less and then get a sense, and then decide whether or not this is something for you.

要知道这种好的评分体制哈佛也有,在这种机制下你可以先试听几周,熟悉这一机制，然后再决定这是否适合你。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

That argument is whether or not birds came from dinosaurs, as most experts agree.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

Of course, it's contested whether or not there is really any merit in talking about texts that way.

当然也有人质疑,那样去谈论一部作品是否真有必要。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"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

When I talk about the Evening Star, I'm referring to Venus, whether or not I realize that Venus is the Evening Star.

当我说到昏星的时候,我指的也是金星,不管怎么样,我认为,金星就是昏星

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"I believe it is not only possible, but in fact easier to do this without deciding the legal question of whether these states have ever been out of the Union.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Python So I'm using the Python try except to check whether or not the thing is in the memo or not.

所以我将让,去调用except去判断该物品,是否已经在memo中。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"To be,or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?"

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Whether they arrived there after an exodus from Egypt is not of course indicated.

他们是否在逃离埃及之后到达此地,文中并没有暗示。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Whether or not that is the case remains to be seen, but that was the idea behind his resignation,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

It has a gate on it and that gate is in open or close state depending on whether a ligand is present or not.

在这个通道上有个门,这个门是打开还是关闭,取决于配体到来与否

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Smith says it is not known whether or not Hariri's second attempt will be more successful.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

I might not be sure whether the opponent, whether my opponent, is choosing Left or Right.

我可能不太确定,我的对手会选择左还是右

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

He says it is not,however, appropriate to talk about whether a ransom payment was made.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

It is that most of us are really making money for ourselves-- that's what we do with our lives--and whether or not that is moral.

我们绝大多数人,都在为自己赚钱,这就是我们生活的方式,赚钱方式也无论道德与否

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It is not known whether she passed the structure on her way back to Washington.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

So if you're going to discuss whether or not military conscription is equivalent to suppressing people's right to life, you shouldn't approach it that way.

所以如果你要讨论,征兵制度是否等价于压制人们的生命权，你不该这么说。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"The first delay is decision making in the family whether to seek care or not.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

My real cocern is whether majority of Indians would benefit from this process or not.

我真正关切的是,是否大多数印度人能从中获利。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Regardless of whether or not the iPad is the next generation of computing technology, Ryan Brown is just glad to finally have one of his own.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

There is this social context of race relations whose grammar he is also learning, and I would just remind you of the passage where he starts to ask his mother about whether his granny is white or not.

一种来自家庭无可绘状的影响,当时社会的种族对立，对他学习的语言也有很深的影响,各位看一下当他问母亲,祖母是白人还是黑人？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Again whether you agree or not with the project is beside the point,it was the greatest,positively speaking, scientific project in history where the minds got together.

无论你是否同意这计划,积极来说，它都是最伟大的计划，聚集起了最优秀的人才。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选