"I think they've probably done as good, if not better job, of that than almost anybody and explored the possibility of some of the Yemeni detainees coming through that system,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

Soon we'll know. First of all, we'd better say, as is already clear from what we've been quoting, language is not quite Saussurian.

我们很快就会知道，首先，从引文中很容易看出，语言不是索绪尔式的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, ? Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?

为何不像他人一样，在树荫下玩弄喇叭花，或是尼哀若的发卷？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

We can often better understand the dialogues by seeing Socrates as putting forward certain positions that he does not think are altogether adequate.

通过了解那些由苏格拉底提出,但他自己也觉得不充分的观点,我们可以更好地理解这些对话作品

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The other weapon was a short sword that he kept at his side, which presumably he would not use so long as he had a spear, which was a better weapon.

另外一把武器是别在腰间的一柄短剑,当有矛在手时,可能就不会用到它,因为矛的杀伤力要比它强

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

All officials from the chancelleries that he had created and all of the officers were obliged to attend this torture scene as a way of warning them that, "You'd better not mess around."

他所有的内阁大臣和官员们,都被迫出席拷打的场面,这么做是以儆效尤,"你们最好别到处惹是生非"

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