But its lack of action did not stop the rise of a labor organization that had been formed a few years earlier.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

You might think that its function is to make you more - a better cyclist but that's not its only function.

你也许只知道它的作用是--,使你成为一个更好的自行车手,但这并不是它的唯一功能

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

All right. The creativity argument may not work, but there's something that sort of immediately comes on its heels.

这些关于创造力的观点或许行不通,但是有些东西,随之而来

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Such problems had led Air France to begin replacing older sensors on some of its Airbus planes, but not the one that crashed.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

But to do that is I recognize not without dangers often severe dangers of its own.

但一旦这么做，我要坦言，不是没有风险,通常还会是来自其本身的巨大风险。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

This frame was load-bearing, meaning that the steel skeleton would support the building's weight, not its walls.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

And there are theories who say that by its definition film is not literary but it's a visual art.

也有理论家认它的定义说明,电影并非文学,而是一种视觉的艺术。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

That has not happened. But the Obama administration has made its general goals known for some time.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

It has its own purpose, which is not a purpose that has any bearing necessarily on anything else.

事物自己存在的目的,与其它无关。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Pumps that were used to keep the mine dry have not been in operation since its closure.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

In fact, this poem's power lies, I think, in its -not only its inability but its unwillingness to specify the content of that revelation.

实际上我觉得这首诗的力量，我想，在于,它不着重写启示的内容,也不愿意去写,启示的内容。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

What that novel did not do,however, was sell one million copies the day of its release.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

But, we know for example that magnesium, when it reacts, it reacts with both of its electrons, not just one of its electrons.

但是我们知道，拿镁来说，当它发生反应的时候，并不只是，某一个电子反应，而是两个价电子都发生反应。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Opponents of the Sherman Anti-Trust Bill said its purpose was not to destroy trusts, but to make the public believe that trusts would be destroyed.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Because I was taught good style, I'm giving that variable a name that conjures up the idea of its role, which is thankful or not.

因为我们学习了好的格式风格，我将给那个变量起一个,能使我们联想到它的角色作用，它是满意的或不满意的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But even his extraordinary skill could not save the South from the industrial power of the North and its mighty armies armies that were well-fed and well-equipped.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

And the claim that psychoanalysis proves itself by being- by its tremendous success in curing mental illness is also almost certainly not true.

对于精神分析,通过在治疗心理疾病方面获得的巨大成功,证明了其理论的正确性,这个观点当然也是不对的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The Council explains on its Web site that early tall buildings were generally measured from the ground floor to the top of the building, not including flagpoles.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

Genesis 9:4-6, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

创世纪》第9章第4-6节中写到，惟独肉带着血，那就是他的生命，你不能吃。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The study found that the main shoot grows the best of all not because of its position at the top of the plant, but mostly because it got there first.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

She touched the edge of its voluptuous field, knowing it would be lovely beyond dreams, simply to submit to it, that not gravity's pull, laws of ballistics, feral ravening promised more delight.

一个死亡愿望就能达成，她经历过骄奢生活的边缘，知道如果一向它投降，就会有种超越梦境的快乐，野性的掠夺能够带来更多的欢乐。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Finally,here is one piece of advice that all the experts can agree on: Any charity that is unwilling or unable to share its financial records is a charity not worth giving to.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

We are not in a country that mandates theology in terms of its constitutional law or its governance, you never gonna have the institutionalization of 5 daily prayers and things like that, people would be penalized.

我们所在的国家并没有将宗教,写进宪法或者法律法规里，你永远不会将每天五次祷告之类的事情,形成制度规范，这对人们不公。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He proposed that no more slaves be sold in the District of Columbia for use outside the federal district, but also proposed that slavery should not be ended in the district unless its citizens and those of Maryland approved.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Now, I've been saying kind things about Western civilization, but I would not want to deny that there is a dark side to the western experience and its way of life.

我刚刚一直说的都是西方文明光辉的一面,但我是不得不承认,西方文明,也有它黑暗的一面

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

according to Al Baghdadia TV. One demonstrator complained that the Iraqi government was "not doing enough to protect its citizens."

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

So, one that perhaps does not reproduce in such high numbers that you create an overwhelming infection, but one that still goes through its lifecycle but is limited in its effect.

因此,一方面这些病毒不会大量复制,从而不会导致暴发性的感染,另一方面,它依旧在进行生命周期循环,只不过对其效用进行了限制

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But they say that does not mean the Obama administration can lower its guard and stop working toward achieving that.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

There is nothing saying that that sodium, its positive charge has not been neutralized.

什么也没有，钠的正电荷没有被中和是。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

That is to say its purpose is not knowledge for its own sake.

这也就是说,其目的并非单纯仅为知识本身。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选