For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Then he observed, through time, after subjecting pigeons to this torture for some time -it might be not approved by--it's not really torture, it's like dieting or something, you've all lived through that, right?

随着时间流逝,他还观察,在这酷刑实施了一段时间后,也不能真的说是酷刑,其实有点像节食之类的,你们很多人也节食过,对吧

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It might be like a single, a single mother, you know. She might not get home from work until like 6.

也有可能是个单亲母亲。她下班到家可能要6点之后了。

哈莱姆的变迁 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB, will not respond to any of those drugs but might still be treatable.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

We are honoring instead the integrity of what they're saying without thinking about whether or not it might be true.

我们事实上反而在,尊重他们所说内容的真实性,却从未想过这到底是不是真的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But spending cuts in the eighty-five billion dollar budget might still not be enough to solve long-term problems.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

In Crane, the emphasis is not on what is lost in modernity but what is found or what might be.

在克莱恩看来，重点不是现代性丧失了什么,而在于新的发现或可能性。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Then hospitals might not be able to care for other patients who really do need help.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

So obvious and so easy to be quench't And not as feeling through all parts diffus'd That she might look at will through every pore?

如此显露，如此易受损伤,为什么不像触觉，分布在全身各部,可以通过每一根毛细管去自由观看？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

She suggests that pullers might not be able to earn enough to pay back a loan for the current high cost of a Soleckshaw.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

Will not even philosophers, one might ask, given the possibility of absolute power ? be tempted to abuse their positions?

难道哲学家，有人可能问到，如果他们拥有绝对的力量时,难道不会想要滥用职权吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

What some workers might consider bullying by another worker or a supervisor might not be true.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

What I am talking about today, I will not be testing you, but maybe you might pay attention because about a month from now we will ask you a few skill testing questions about it.

我说的是今天，我等会不会测试你，但是你可能会重视了,因为一个月之前,我们问了你关于一些测试的技能。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

During the second orbit, one of these signals warned that the heat shield might not be locked firmly to the bottom of the spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

So since that's the easiest scenario, you can probably be sure it's not going to be too frequently that you're just given the energy, right, that might be too easy.

所以既然那是最简单的情况，你可以确信只给你提供能量值的,这种情况不太可能发生太多，对，因为那太简单了。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

This month's announcement did not say how long he might be away or give a reason.

VOA: special.2011.01.28

Even though film is a visual art, might it not also be a literary art, and then how can that be the case.

即使电影是视觉艺术，难道它就不能同时是文学艺术吗，那怎么可能呢。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

The idea is that lenders will be more responsible in making loans if they might not be able to pass off risky mortgages to investors.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Now, in some countries and in some jurisdictions the law might not be entirely clear on that; they might say there are other stakeholders.

但在某些国家及法律体系中,法律对此的规定并不明确,他们会说还有其他的股东

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Not everyone would agree. Some people might be considered more intelligent than rocket scientists.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

So it might not be as rewarding in terms of financial aspect.

也许这在经济方面来说,回报并不丰厚。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

She has said that she will not be making a record every six months, so she might as well work with as many experts as she can.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Even if I was to ask you on a sheet of paper, you might deny it because you might be afraid that it's not anonymous.

即使我叫你写在一张纸上，你也不会写真心话，因为你害怕,这不是匿名的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

They might not be able to read, or they simply have no access.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

That might not be a primitive step.

这可能不是一个基本的步骤。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

What was best for one part might not be best for another.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Extrapolating from the fact that there are different things which people take into account, not everyone closest to 6 might actually vote for 6, it might be coincidence.

考虑到人们关注的东西都不一样,这个实际情况,每个最靠近立场6的人,未必把票都投给选择立场6的候选人了,这可能只是巧合

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

However, researchers have not identified just what those causes might be.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Whatever the details might be, we could describe lives and say, whether or not their life was good as a whole, what the future holds out for them is negative.

不管详细情况是什么，我们可以把他们的生活形容为，不管他们一生的生活是否美好，他们的未来都是不容乐观的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

As you move later in their history, you find you can guess that there would be councils that were not purely of nobles but might be of wealthy people, but they would always be a minority and come from the upper class.

随着你们进一步了解希腊的历史,你们能轻易猜想到议会组成人员中,不仅仅只有贵族,还有富人,但他们都是来自上层阶级的少数人

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选