It is a symbol of their belief in waiting until marriage to have sex.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

by Montgolfier in the late eighteenth century, and the balloon becomes a sort of symbol of perhaps liberty.

在十八世纪末发明的,而从此热气球也成了某种自由的象征

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

It's very hard not to see it as a symbol. What kind of symbol is it?

我们很难不去思考它的标志意义，那么，它究竟象征着什么呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"The Lost Symbol" takes place in Washington,D.C., over a period of just twelve hours.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

The conflict was given the features of religious conflict, just like the crusades were given the name of symbol of Christianity and came to the near East with these values.

这个冲突有宗教冲突的特点，就像十字军东征被称作是,基督标志,他们带着这些价值观来到东方。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And Theodore Roosevelt was a conservationist and symbol of the progressive spirit of America.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

The Magi here are, again, an image, a kind of visionary symbol, an image available "in the mind's eye" at all times.

这儿，三圣贤又是个意象，一个幻想出的标志，时时存在于大脑中的一个意象。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

One of the birds they can see is America's national symbol, the bald eagle.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

The rainbow is set up as a symbol of the eternal covenant, a token of the eternal reconciliation between the divine and human realms.

彩虹，作为契约生效的标志,标志着神与人之间的永久共存。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

To grown-ups,he is a special symbol of good will and selfless giving.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

Now for generations the Apology has stood out as a symbol for the violation of free expression.

几个世纪以来，《苏格拉底自辩篇》,象征着对自由表述的侵害。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Book critics have been mixed in their reviews of "The Lost Symbol."

VOA: special.2009.10.09

It allows for this map between a symbol, say a spoken word, and any sort of thought we want to use.

语言允许在符号,比如说出的一个词,与我们想要使用的任何想法之间,存在着这种映射关系

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And it remains the internationally known symbol of the city.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

And, so, this is an entry path to see this, to see this thing brought down as a symbol of centralized oppression.

这正是观察集权压制,走向末路的一个切入点

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

This year, the city of New York will also celebrate the opening of part of an important symbol of America that has been closed to the public for the past eight years.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

We have the convention of music of writing this symbol indicating the beat-carrying unit of four so I'm writing a four underneath each of these.

我们有一个约定俗成的书写格式,来表示四拍一单元,所以我在每行这里的下面写上一个四

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Tay says Mr.Obama's participation in the APEC meetings is a strong symbol of the United States' commitment to the region.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Steamboats became the romantic symbol of this great transportation revolution and all of this movement.

蒸汽船成了浪漫的象征,代表着伟大的交通革命及其所有运动

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The new status symbol of the country's affluent class is no longer jewelry, but expensive mobile phones, Ipods or designer labels.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Let's make the red light the symbol of 'go.'" And now with the ecological movement it would be very difficult to make the green light the symbol of "stop," and in any case all sorts of complications would arise. Right?

我们来假设，红灯的意思是出发“,那么难道,绿灯的意思是停止吗？,这样会引起各种不必要的麻烦？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Marysville became a symbol for the destruction of the Feb.7 bushfires, a once vibrant community reduced to dust.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

c How come the speed of light has the symbol c?

为什么光速会有符号？

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

So at the very least, he can once again present himself as a symbol of hope for reconciliation between Islam and the West.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

And most of these commands you don't actually need but this little caret symbol means control, so every keyboard these days has a control key so you hold that and hit X for instance to exit the program.

这里大多数命令你们都用不着,这个小插入符意味着控制，每个键盘都有一个控制键,譬如，当你敲入X时，就退出这个程序。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Many see Astrix as the ultimate symbol of France and the battle of many French to preserve their culture and way of life.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

So, the two most elementary ideas you learn are what is the average velocity of an object, as then ordered by the symbol v-bar.

你们学过的两个最基本的概念是,物体的平均速度,用"v拔"表示

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

For Indonesians, he says the U.S.President remains a symbol of America's promise of inclusion and equality.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Well, it's a God symbol. It's even got that typical children's book iconography of the curls and the white beard. Okay.

这象征着上帝，它甚至与典型的儿童,插图中的卷曲状和白色胡须状一模一样，好了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I will say that Milgrom has also argued that the dietary laws of Leviticus are similarly part of a symbol system that emphasizes life over death.

米尔格罗姆认为,饮食教规和一个象征系统是相似的,那个系统强调生存是超越死亡的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选