Conservation groups criticized the move, saying the cut is not big enough to support the recovery of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean.

VOA: special.2010.12.14

These kind of natural and spontaneous arrangements are not global, they're not big enough and important enough.

这种自发性的商议,并不是全球性的，它们的规模不够大，也不那么重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I think the reason why triathlon is not so, so big is just because it requires a lot of time.

我认为铁人三项运动之所以不够普及，
是因为它需要大量的时间。

对体育项目的热爱 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"I'm not big on Michael Jackson and his music. I mean,I'm just not.

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

But let's not try and figure out what's going on with this big, big example because we'll get really tired.

但是我们不用去想,这个超大的例子是怎么运行的,因为那太累人了,哦实际上，在我们这么做之前。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

He apparently did not feel at ease playing with a big band, even one that followed his own musical ideas.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

I mentioned to you in the website that this is not the big opportunity you've been looking for to be a star.

我在网上也跟你们提到过,这不是一个你期待已久的,成为大明星的机会

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

But professors at big schools say there is not enough time to write evaluations for each student in large classes.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

That space is about 20 to 40 nanometers, it's not a very big space, but it's a significant space.

这个空间距离大概有20到40纳米,不是很大 但是意义重大

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Not officials,locals." Oliver Williamson has studied big companies and found that they often are better than markets at doing complex jobs.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

And what's striking about these is--it's not-- these are not just sort of big, screwy problems of messed up people.

而更加惊人的是,这些并不是只疯子们,才会拥有的严重且古怪的心理问题

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The other big problem with using human blood for making these blood agar plates is that they're actually not accurate."

VOA: special.2009.08.03

one of the big causes of companies not filing financial statements on time was if they had backdated the stock options.

公司是否按时发布财务报表的,一个很重要的原因,是他们是否有追溯期权。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

If you do not see any big animals near the river, Mist can tell you about birds instead.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

But, anyway, this poor guy's not doing very well up there and becomes this sort of big spectacle.

但是这个可怜的人在这上面肯定不好受,还成为众人的焦点

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Big armies were costly, and many people left because they did not want to pay the high taxes.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

They came formatted or blank so not such a big deal.

它们被格式化了或者是空白的这并不重要。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

"The mainstream media does not usually cover poverty or homelessness too much, unless someone dies or there's a big rally or something."

VOA: special.2011.02.25

Another side effect if you take too much lithium is death, so that's no good to have in sodas either, and it might not have been as big a deal back in the 1920's, but you can imagine with supersizing today, this might be a bigger problem.

另一个副作用是因为摄入锂过量而死，这更说明在汽水里放这种东西是不好的，这在二十世纪二十年代可能没什么大问题，但你可以想象在如今这个什么都超标的时代，这也许会出更大的问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Wrestling competitions were held not only in big cities, but also at country fairs and traveling shows.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

But actually, the thing I want to think about is a crude pun there, a "fairy" tale. Proust is himself gay. One of his big subjects is homosexuality, and Nabokov's reaction to this is really homophobic. This is not just about Nabokov's personal prejudice.

但事实上，我想说的是这里的一个粗糙的双关语，一个“童话“故事，普鲁斯特是一个同性恋，他讨论的一个,话题就是同性恋，但纳博科夫对此是相当反感的,这仅仅是因为纳博科夫的个人偏见。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Or he missed them. He had decided he did not like the music of the big bands.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

I've seen an episode. I thought it was okay. I'm not as big a fan of it as seemingly everyone else is.

我看过一集。我觉得还可以。不过我不像其他人那么着迷。

就业很难 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Mike Banner chose not to return to Georgetown, a top school in the Big East sports conference.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

Why not my big brother Aaron, he's a much better public speaker?

为什么不是我哥哥亚伦，他是更优秀的演讲家？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Young Paul grew so big that his parents did not know what to do with him.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Gadamer acknowledges this, even insists on it as I say, but he doesn't lay stress on it because the gap that is implied in the need to be pulled up short is not a big one.

葛达玛承认，甚至坚持这点，正如我所说的，但他并不强调这个,因为“突然停下“所暗含的缺口,并不大。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Not much for such a big company, notes business expert Fariborz Ghadar at Penn State University.

VOA: special.2010.01.15

Either there will be nobody there or more likely there will be not a very big population, and it's not very tough, and they could be easily brushed aside.

所以要么那个地方没有人烟,要么就是人口稀少的部落,并不是很顽强,很容易就能被军队驱逐

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

What he suggested is "Manhattan-Project-type attacks upon what I consider to be the truly Big Problems of our time, not only for psychology but for all human beings " with any sense of historical urgency".

他表明“曼哈顿计划“反驳了,当时最大的问题，这不仅是对心理学，甚至对所有人类都,带来了历史紧迫感。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选