He was an important influence in the founding of the American Association of University Professors and the American Civil Liberties Union."

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Jefferson:"Northerners are cool, sober, laborious, persevering, independent, jealous of their own liberties, chicaning, superstitious, and hypocritical in their religion."

杰斐逊说,"北方人冷静,稳重,勤劳,坚毅,独立,珍惜自身的自由,奸诈,迷信,还假装是虔诚宗教信徒"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

I actually, this last summer, I worked in civil liberties and really liked that.

去年夏天，我从事民权方面的工作，并且非寻常喜欢它。

有名的毕业生 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A civil rights group, the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit in 2004 to have the photographs released.

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

But Southerners, he said, "They are fiery, voluptuous, indolent, unsteady, independent, zealous of their own liberties" he changed jealous to zealous there.

至于南方人,他说,"他们暴躁,贪图享乐,懒惰,浮躁,独立,热衷于使用他们的自由,这里他把珍惜改成了热衷

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The American Civil Liberties Union wants to make sure the "cloud" does not rain on people's privacy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

So here too are they taking some liberties.

谈论这些可有些随意。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

This about ensuring we have a set of reasonable constraints to protect people's civil liberties."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

It is not a regime like ours devoted to maximizing individual liberties, but it is one that puts the education of its citizens, the education of its members, as its highest duty.

那不像我们的政体,只专注于极大化个人自由，而是一个,将公民教育，邦内成员教育，视为最高责任的理想国。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Protesters also condemned Iran's crackdown on political demonstrations and the country's restrictions on civil liberties.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

that does civil liberties work and national security.

是从事民权和国家安全事务的。

在哪都可以实习 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The leaked report has prompted the American Civil Liberties Union to call on President Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder,to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate the allegations.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

He's not over: "Zealous of their own liberties but trampling on those of others, generous, candid and without attachment or pretensions to any religion but that of their own heart."

他还没说完,"他们热爱自由,却肆意践踏他人的自由,他们慷慨,直率,崇尚自我,不沉迷于也不虚伪地信仰任何宗教"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Jeanne Baker represents the Miami chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Now we can debate what Jefferson got right or wrong there, or what's held up, but do note how he said both sides were either jealous or zealous of their own liberties.

现在我们讨论下他说的哪些对哪些不对,或者哪些还未有定论,但是请注意他提到双方对于自由态度是,用词的区别,一方珍惜一方热衷

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

and to protect the rights and liberties of every citizen."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

But as many of you know, and certainly you will find out here, they had pretty clear ideas of who ought to have those individual liberties and who would not, who indeed were born equal and who were not.

但是正如你们许多人知道的,当然你们在这里也会发现,他们非常清楚,谁该拥有这种个人自由,而谁不该,哪些人天生就是平等的,而哪些人不是

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The American Civil Liberties Union has said that full body scans amount to a "humiliating" assault on the dignity of passengers that citizens in a free nation should not have to tolerate.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"President Obama has made it clear that the United States will not be defined simply by what we are against, but by what we are for the opportunity,liberties, prosperity and common aspirations we share with the rest of the world,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

"He has improved information-sharing, increased intelligence support to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, upheld civil liberties, and he played a key role in our effort to update and reorient our intelligence community to meet the threats of our time."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

The coalition Civil Society Forum of Guinea says it firmly opposes the candidacy of any member of the ruling military council in the next presidential election, saying only the return to constitutional order and respect for fundamental liberties can maintain peace.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25