In his description of that first trip west, Waterman Ormsby explained why the station was called "the Pinery."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

And these rings are indicative of the crystal structure of nickel and can be explained only by invoking wavelike properties of light.

这些光圈,表明了了镍的晶体结构,而且只能通过,光线中波的特征来解释。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Why do people become firemen, policemen, soldiers, freedom fighters, all activities that cannot be explained in terms of self-interest alone?

不可能只用拿工资的理由，就能完全解释为什么总有人愿意做,消防员，警察，军人和争取自由的斗士？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Democrat David Obey,chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, explained why he could not support the measure.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

The most altruistic behavior of all, giving your life to help another, can be explained in cold-blooded evolutionary terms.

最利他的行为，就是为他人牺牲自己，这也可以用毫无人情味的进化论来解释。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

At a meeting of the National Negro Business League, Madam Walker explained that she was a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Well, what it is is easily enough explained despite the sort of difficulty and thorniness of the word.

虽然我们遇到过很多困难和挫折,但这个问题很容易解答。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Fuller explained the word dymaxion as a method of doing more with less.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

Bond allocations had increased by more than could be explained by the increase in bond prices over the course of the year.

同时资产配置中的债券投资比重,以高于当年债券价格上涨的速度,有了显著增加

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

One week after Clay spoke, Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi explained his position.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Maybe there are certain supernatural things about communication from the dead or near-death experiences that need to be explained in terms of the soul.

也许有某些超自然的关于,亡者或是弥留之人的交流,或是,濒死体验,需要借助灵魂才能解释得通

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Glenn explained later that at times it helped to be free of gravity.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

I think the picture he paints of farming reminds us of the picture that Homer pays of human condition as explained in the pot-- the two jars of Zeus.

我认为他构建的这幅农业图景,让我们回想起荷马买到的,刻有人之本质画面的,两口宙斯的陶罐

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He explained, again, the kind of bank he would accept.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Now, some of you may be sufficiently cynical to say, "That could be explained in other ways.

有些不信服的同学可能会说，“这可能是有别的原因。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Other books explained sure methods of finding gold.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

these things are explained in terms of cognitive systems that we're not aware of.

我们无法觉察到的认知系统,予以解释。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

We explained the work of school nurses.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Maybe they didn't write down the binomial distribution, but they explained the idea of insurance and it didn't sound right to the typical nineteenth century American woman.

也许他们并不会给客户写二项分布函数,但会向他们灌输保险的理念,但这看起来对19世纪的美国女性,并不奏效

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

When asked about the dour title, Slaid explained that some of the songs on the album were inspired by a new exercise program.

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

And to what extent are they best explained in terms of an interaction?

在多大的程度上这些区别,可以从相互作用的角度得到最佳的解释

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Roberta Elias, with WWF explained "Since the 1970s, the western section of the stock, which is the US portion, has declined 82 percent."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

I've explained my embarrassment about using terms that I really have no absolutely no idea of the meaning of except that I'm told what the meaning of them is in the books that I am reading, which are the same books that you're reading.

我已经解释过了，用这些我完全不知道什么意思的词,真的很尴尬，除非有人告诉我他们是什么意思,就像这本书里说的那样,而我读的这本书，也就是你们现在也在读的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"And I was like, 'Where are the downhill runs? Where's the chairlift?' She explained to me that this is a different kind of skiing."

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Are there things that need to be explained that we could explain if we posited the existence of a soul, an immaterial object, above and beyond the body?

有没有这样的事物,只有假定灵魂,这种凌驾于肉体之上的,非物质实体存在,才能对其进行解释

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Climate change expert Konrad Steffen, of the University of Colorado in the United States, explained the impact of climate-induced sea level rises to coastal areas.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

I think the simple fact of the matter is we don't know enough about consciousness yet to know whether or not it can be explained in physical terms.

一个简单的事实就是,我们对于意识了解甚少,还不知道是否能使用物理的方式对其进行解释

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

It explained that I am an enemy of Russian people, that I support terrorists.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

The style of warfare that emerges in this period, apparently for the first time, is what we call the hoplite phalanx and each half of that needs to be explained.

显然,这个时期第一次出现了,一种独特的战争形式,那就是重步兵方阵,我来给大家分别解释下这两个词

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Presumably, these are activities that are all engaged in risk taking behavior of one kind or another that seem not to be able to be explained by Hobbes' law of nature alone.

大体来说，这些活动都,与冒险的行为有关,而这些行为并不能仅仅为,霍布斯的自然法所解释。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选