"The banks that came closest were Citibank, Bank of America and if those had not been supported by the government, I think it might have caused a cascading crisis that would have been much worse than the one we actually had,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

She gave up presently as if a cloud had approached the sun or the smog thickened and so broken the religious instant, whatever it might have been.

现在她放弃了，就像乌云蔽日,烟雾笼罩,这个宗教瞬间也破碎了，不管它之前是这么样子。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I think the application deadline was November 1st, it might have been October 30th.

我觉得申请的截止日期是11月1日，或是10月30日。

关于早期入学申请 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Peyroux says the song shows that a person might have troubles, but it is always possible to survive and carry on.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

So, I don't know what she grew up hearing about when she went to her grandparents' house, but it might have been wave function squared.

我不知道她小时候,在，她外祖父家里，听到了什么，也许她听到过，波函数。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The epidemic might have been even worse had it not been for the father of the actress Glenn Close.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

Alternatively,it might have been that Righty woke up, but Lefty doesn't wake up,doesn't survive the operation.

或者是，醒来的是小右，而小左没能熬过手术，再也没醒来。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

It might help some get into a top college, but only if they have above-average scores in the first place.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The Times of London is one of the most venerable newspapers in the world and it was losing money fast; it might have disappeared if Murdoch hadn't taken over.

泰晤士报》在世界上受人尊敬,但它亏损很快,假如默多克没有收购它,可能已经消失了

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Still,doctors say it is possible that such events might cause symptoms of Parkinson's to appear earlier than they would have.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

I actually thought it was hard to understand, just what was happening, the action part of the story. It might have been that I read it too quickly. Uh huh. Harder than "Menelaiad" to understand? No.

事实上，我认为它很难理解，就是到底发生了什么，即故事中的动作部分，也可能是我读得太快的缘故,所以不太理解罢，比《梅尼洛斯》更难懂吗，不是的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Publishers who chose that business plan might regret it now, but they might not have had much choice.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

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

He said,"I think I have written a lot and sent it off to be printed before I realized strangers might read it."

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Three ounces of meat might have x calories or it might have y calories depending on what the meat is, how much salad dressing gets thrown on a salad, how much of this gets or that gets put in a food will vary its calorie content a lot.

三盎司的肉也许有x卡路里,也许有y卡路里,取决于肉的种类,色拉中放了多少色拉酱,在食物中有多少这个或那个,也会导致卡路里含量的差异

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

It was not a problem that he might already have a wife and family, or that he might have chosen to marry another woman.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

It's because the programmer or programmers that wrote that software might have been pretty specific but not specific enough.

这是因为程序员写的软件,可能已经相当具体,但还是不够具体。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

President Obama said it was not a limit on what the company might have to pay.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

In very severe cases, it can even defile some common objects, and in those cases, the source of impurity might have to be isolated or excluded if necessary.

在一些非常严峻的情况中，它会玷污一些普通的事物，在这种时候，不洁之源,也许只能被孤立，严重的话需要驱逐。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

A white wine might be almost colorless, or it could have a deep golden color.

VOA: special.2010.10.20

Freedom was threatened in early modern times by the emergence of monarchies that might have been able to crush it.

自由权利在近现代初期曾因为,君主制的兴起,而处于被毁灭的边缘

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But then if it's like during the summer and I'm really bored, I don't have anything else to do, then it might be a little longer."

VOA: special.2009.09.14

I'm going to throw it, or raise it, to use the right term to somebody in case they can handle it, but it's a particular kind of exception I might do something like, remind you I have test.

编译器就要抛出他或者提出它,用正确的描述给某个人来处理,但他的确是一种异常,我来做些类似的事情，告诉你我有些测试。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

It might also interfere with sleep, he says, and that could have an influence.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

It's folly to think that we have about us protective spirits who might actually keep us from harm.

认为真的有神灵在周围,庇佑我们不受伤害是愚蠢的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It first appeared that he might have a clear path to the White House.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

And finally, it might be hard to mesh the mechanistic notion of the mind with the idea that people have spiritual value.

最后,将心理的机械论观点,与人类拥有精神价值的观点,相联系也是非常困难的

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

If you have a question, we might answer it in a future program.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

n And these are known as anions. It has the n, which might conjure up negative, or anion and minus both have five letters.

这些就是负离子，有，能让我们想起，负，这个字，或者负离子和负号都是5个字母。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

It's as if they might have maintained their beauty had they only refrained from it.

好像她们避免政治,就能永葆美丽似的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选