Exactly how the differences in bacteria might make vaginally born babies less prone to allergies and asthma isn't yet clear, but it does point to a difference that researchers can look at going forward.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

This is by the way--just because one can make this claim and, I think, make it stick in certain cases, doesn't mean that the proposition is any less outrageous.

还要指出的是　就算有人提出了这种理论，有些情况下甚至能说通，并不说明这种说法就能让人接受了。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The "is it okay" question pattern is something that you can use to make your speech a little less formal.

is it okay”问句能够让你说的话不过于正式。

Is it okay 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But Art Cashin says Wall Street remains wary. "The concern down here is it may intimidate some of the financial institutions, and therefore make credit less available and less likely and hurt the recovery."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Eh, it really is, first of all, government of all institutions can make health care less expensive.

嗯，确实是这样，首先，所有政府机构,都有能力降低医疗费用。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

And the glitch that doesn't make sense just through periodic trends, is that it turns out that the ionization energy of boron is actually less than the ionization energy up beryllium.

仅仅考虑周期性规律,是无法理解这个问题的，这里显示硼的电离能,实际上比铍的要小。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

For example, if it's more convenient should you change the environment to make the unhealthy food less convenient and make healthy foods more convenient?

举例来说,如果是因为方便,那你改变外部环境,会使得健康食品比垃圾食品更容易获得吗

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Does it make sense to think we could do this in less than linear time? You know, it takes a little bit of thinking. What would it mean do I see a hand way at the back, yes please? Thank you.

你要稍微想一想，这意味着什么？,那儿是有人举手么？后面的,请你来回答吧,谢谢你，小伙子,你让我体会到我上课的价值。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

So, these are an important list of factors as to the factors that can make somebody less likely to bring it up to the killing level.

这些都是很重要的影响因素,它们能使电击者,进行致命电击的可能性降低。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

g has to be less than r for this to make sense because if g--if it's growing faster than the rate of interest, then this infinite series will not converge and the value would be infinite.

必须小于r才行得通,因为如果g比利率涨的还快,那么这个无穷序列就不会收敛,价值就是无穷了

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选