Would it not be better for him to die quickly, and go to wait for her in that blessed place of the future?

VOA: special.2009.04.18

It better not be that everyone does everything alone, because--in whatever the relevant sense of alone turns out to be-- if everyone does everything alone, then of course that might be interesting.

而不是说每个人都是孤独地做着每件事情，因为不管孤独的定义是什么-,如果每个人都在孤独地做着每件事情，这说法固然很有趣。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And sometimes, you know, not knowing a word, it helps you learn it better

有时候，不知道一个单词，却能够帮助你更好地学习它，

紧张是学英语的敌人 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than to improve it.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

So that means that we assume that it's better to have limbs and functioning limbs than not to have them.

这意味着，我们默认，有正常的四肢的生活,要比没有四肢的生活好过。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It helps them better understand not only how dinosaurs looked but also how they behaved.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

She'd think he did it! It would be better to be the boyfriend, and act outraged, and tear the funhouse apart. Not act; be.

她还会以为就是他干的呢，当那个男朋友就更好了，可以做出受了侮辱的样子，把开心馆闹个天翻地覆。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"I do not regret it." he said. "It is better to be defeated battling for an honest idea, than to win by a cowardly trick."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, ? Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?

为何不像他人一样，在树荫下玩弄喇叭花，或是尼哀若的发卷？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But it may not be to better effect, says the psychologist.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Better to have not had any of it, better to have not been born at all, say the pessimists, than to have this combination package of life followed by death.

最好还是什么都不要有，最好是根本就别出生，悲观主义者如是说，以免有生后即是死这样一个组合。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Critics said it was not one of their better efforts.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

And in terms of doing this for your homework, I actually want to mention that in the back page of your notes I attached a periodic table that does not have electron configurations on them. It's better to practice doing electron configurations when you cannot actually see the electron configurations.

关于你们的作业，是在你们讲义的后面的页,我附上了一张,没有给出电子构型的周期表,最好联系一下做出电子构型,当你们实际上看不到,电子构型的时候。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

This study shows that not only is it better for the person who is infected, but it helps that person from transmitting to the person that's their sexual partner, heterosexual partner."

VOA: special.2011.05.18

I declare a variable called n. I'm not giving it a value yet, so I had better be careful.

我申明一个变量n，我先不给它赋值，所以我最好小心点。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

So the system is not foolproof." "But overall,it is in our view, the better system than anywhere else in the world because it gives average citizens an opportunity to listen to the evidence and make independent judgments the government is not part of."

VOA: special.2009.08.31

I would've thought, given the evidence of what Bogdanovich says in that documentary, for instance, if the 4 to 5 minutes has not been cut, it might have been better than Citizen Kane, and maybe one of the few greatest movies that he ever made, maybe the greatest movie, who knows.

举个例子，通过博格达诺维奇,在纪录片中的讲述，如果那45分钟,没有被剪，它可能会比,《公民凯恩》要好，也可能是,他最好的几部电影之一，也可能是最好的，谁知道呢。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Residents say they are sleeping better. But if Sderot residents are enjoying the relative peace, some fear it may not last.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

It would be a terrible-- it would be a problem all over the world because the damage would extend around the world; but, you'd be much better off if you were on the other side of the world, not where it hit.

那将很严重-,那将是世界范围内的严重问题,因为破坏范围可能扩大到世界各地;,但是，如果你在世界的另一边,而不是撞击地点，就会好得多。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"You may say that you're not touching the patient, you're not talking to the patient, but it's all the more better.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Would it be better for people to be able to see everyone and maybe not feel like this is a secure environment in which they can share their interests and what they thought and what they care about?

我们可以选择,将用户信息全部公开,但在这样一个网络环境下,分享自己的所见所闻,所感所想,总会让人觉得不可靠？

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

So we decided it would be better not to settle a camp and leave these refugees to settle by themselves,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

That does not assume I'm running a search it wants, which one's better?

哪一种更好呢？,未排序的，你们已经考虑到我想说的了？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"The attitude in these states is certainly different than it use to be, and not for the better,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

So it's not the case that top always beats-- it's not the case that top always does better than bottom, or that bottom always does better than top.

也就是说选择上并不总是最优的,上并不总是优于下,或者下并不总是优于上

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

"And every person in America needs to make better choices and obviously not to buy it.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

He looked at their maths scores, because English is not really objective and you know maybe it was the teachers who thought they were better than they were really.

他查看他们的数学成绩，因为英语不够客观,也许是老师们,觉得某些学生英语更好。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"Know this: I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than to approve it."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

People who have seen this before, done it before, lived through it, and now you can count on them not to run away, better than you can on a fresh recruit who's never done this before.

有经验,杀过人,亲历过战争的人,往往可以靠得住,不至于临阵脱逃,从没参加过战斗的新兵蛋子一般都不怎么靠谱

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So if we want belief in a soul to help us leave open the door to the possibility that I survive the destruction of my body, it had better not be that the body is an essential part of me.

因此如果我们相信灵魂,可以帮助我们在幸免一死的,问题上打开一扇窗,那么必须是肉体不是我的重要组成部分

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选