But he believed that the people of a territory had the right to make their own decision to accept or reject slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

I mean, if we make a decision today, then we'll be able to move it forward.

我是说，如果我们今天就能定下来，那我们就可以继续推动合作向前发展了。

Would you 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This decision is also hard to make because when you are a backend technology provider, it's like selling a piece of commodity.

之所以这是一个困难的决定还因为,当作为后台技术提供商时，就像出售一件商品似的。

斯坦福公开课 - 百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选

America's third party at that time -- The People's Party -- had a difficult decision to make.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

And so they make a decision essentially to allow the child to die through non-treatment.

所以他们会作出决定,放弃治疗，让孩子自然死亡。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

They promised to make a fair and honest decision on the guilt or innocence of Andrew Johnson.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

In cases where you have a hard decision to make, you know you're not racist.

假如你碰上一个难以抉择的情况，你知道你不是种族主义者。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Cassatt had to make a decision: Would she paint in a way that received public approval or in a way that she found interesting and exciting?

VOA: special.2009.07.12

That's a decision of the management of the company and we have to understand how they make that decision and what that means to people who are valuing stocks.

这是公司管理层的决定,我们必须了解他们,是如何做这个决定,以及这个决定对股评家的意义

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The commander of federal troops at Fort Sumter had a difficult decision to make.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Let's say that you and your co-workers are trying to make a decision about whether to put a plan forward.

假如你和你的同事正在讨论是否需要推进一个计划。

It depends on 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He said,"It has been my decision since becoming a candidate to make no speeches.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

And your workout routine is getting in the way of your job. You have to make a decision.

但是你的健身计划开始影响到工作。你不得不做一个选择。

There is no 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This had been a difficult decision for Tyler to make.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

And we're data junkies, so we like to get a lot of data before we make a big decision like that.

我们是数据控，所以一般先收集很多数据,在做重大决定的时候。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

President McKinley had a difficult decision to make.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

And that would often actually the right answer to take, is to not just compromise among your advisers, but use your own principles to make a decision.

而且通常情况,他的观点是对的，并不是向智囊团的意见妥协，而是根据自己的原则做决定。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

She says she does not understand why weeks of meetings are needed in order for the U.S.government to make a decision.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

What you see is a bump up in activation in this nucleus accumbens in this area right when people see the product long before they are going to make a decision which continues.

这张图是受试者在见到商品之后,这一区域的伏隔核活动骤然攀升,而这种情况早在受试者作出决定之前,就已经发生，而且持续了下来。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

The president has been reluctant to make a decision while Afghanistan's political future was in doubt.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Language has powers that are entirely unpredictable, that can't be harnessed in precisely that deliberate way: by making a decision to take someone's words in the wrong way, or by telling a story to make a moral point, as the mother does.

语言的力量无可估量，绝不是单单使用一下那么简单：,而是通过假意遵从，以及勾起人性良知的方式表达的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"And I am grateful for their decision as well as all the Democrats who have worked so hard to make this reform a reality."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

since I have, um, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 years to really make a decision about that.

因为我还有五到九年的时间考虑我的决定呢。

哥伦比亚大学的教程 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"It is a lot easier for firms to make the decision not to lay someone off than it is actually to decide to take someone on,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Or, for that matter, where a loved one of mine is unable to make the decision,

或者，在某种情形下，我的某个亲人无法做出这个决定，

对于安乐死的看法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"For me,this will be a difficult decision to make.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

And I mean, at a certain point, you have to make a decision and I'm sorry for the minority but sometimes, it's for the general, for the greater good.

有时，你必须做出选择,我对少数表示遗憾,但有时，这是牺牲小我，成全大我。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"This is a decision that we have to make as a nation. Stand with those judges who stood against that dictator Mr.Musharraf, or should we stand with the other ones, who actually defied and violated the constitution and the law,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

You need to make a decision, dear.

亲爱的，你得快点决定了。

I need 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

What might lead to a commitment, ? a decision to make a commitment to make the relationship last?

为什么作出承诺，决定承诺维持双方的关系？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选