His theory of Martian life became so complex that he made maps of cities and waterways on the planet.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Well, there are three things that most modern states do that on the libertarian theory of rights are illegitimate or unjust.

大部分当代政府所做的三种事,在自由主义理论看来是不合法,不公正的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

He says, "I dispute the pretensions of any theory which sets up an imaginary standard of justice not grounded on utility."

他说，我反对任何理论,不以功利为基础，虚构公正标准“

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He developed the theory of evolution that life on Earth developed through the process of natural selection.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

And on this theory, of course, the secret to being the same person is having the same body.

当然，这个理论认为，成为同一个人的秘诀在于,拥有同样的肉体。

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On stage,Milner tells the story through music. Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection inspires some tunes,and episodes in his life inspire others.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

The theory of the forms, the image of the divided line and so on and so on.

形式的理论，分隔线的形象等等。

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What that means ultimately is that evil lacks inevitability, Depending on your theory of human nature, I suppose, And it also means that Evil lies within the realm of human responsibility and control.

它最终要表达的是邪恶并非不可避免的，它是依你的人性论而定，我想，它还说明,邪恶就是人类的责任与控制力领域。

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And it focuses on the theory and the application of positive psychology in various professional domains.

教学重点放在,积极心理学理论,及在各行各业的应用。

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The important thing about Saussure and the discipline of semiotics is the incredible influence that it has had on virtually every form of subsequent literary theory.

索绪尔和其他符号学家都很关注的一件事就是,符号学对于,任意一种文学理论的影响。

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What finance theory is based on-- and much of economics is based on-- the idea that people want to maximize the expected utility of their wealth.

金融学理论建立在,并且很多经济学的都是建立在,人们希望能使自己对,财富的期望效用最大化这一基础上

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On the other hand, the psychological theory of behaviorism has had a huge impact and I think a lot of people's ways of thinking about criminal justice and criminal law has been shaped by behaviorist principles.

另一方面，行为主义理论拥有巨大的影响力,许多人对于刑事司法,和刑事法规的看法,都是在行为主义原则下形成的。

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This is the pulse of music and music theorists ever since the late fifteenth century from music theory Francinus Gafurius on we could go all the way back then have said that the pulse in music is basically at the same tempo as the human pulse which comes out to be about oh, we'll say seventy-two beats if you will, pulses, per minute.

这是音乐的脉搏,从十五世纪晚期到现在的音乐理论家们,像弗朗西斯·加福瑞,我们回到那个年代,那时就曾说过,音乐的律动,和人类的脉搏节奏基本一致,就是说相当于,我们说如果是你的脉搏的话,每分钟七十二下左右

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Now, the most natural thing to suggest would be, well, you get clear on your favorite theory about the value of life, whatever that is.

现在，提出的最自然的事情就是，你弄明白你最喜欢的,有关生命价值的理论，不管是什么。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

In the spring, our courses focus, not so much on the theory, but now move to the application of positive psychology since it's a master of applied positive psychology.

春季，我们的课程，不再以理论为焦点，而是转向积极心理学的应用,因为这是应用积极心理学硕士学位。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

If you look at John Geanakoplos's course on Financial Theory, his mathematical concepts are central to his outline of the course; but this being a Financial Markets course, I'm dividing it up more in terms of markets and institutions.

如果你们听约翰·吉纳科普洛斯的,金融理论课,他的大纲中心部分,是金融学中的数学概念,而我们这是金融市场课,于是我从金融市场和,金融机构的角度来划分这一课

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The problem is Freud had a very sort of hydraulic theory of what goes on, and some of this stuff slips out and it shows up in dreams and it shows up in slips of the tongue.

问题在于,弗洛伊德用所谓的液压理论,解释了发生的事情，有些受到压抑的欲望,会通过梦境和口误而表现出来。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

At this level of abstraction, plainly there isn't all that much incentive to apply thinking of that kind, but on the other hand undoubtedly theory does exist for the most part to be applied.

就这门课程中理论的抽象程度而言，没必要把它,用于实践，但是在绝大多数情况下,理论无疑都是为了实践而存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

That's a little bit of a tricky question but-- So, do the best you can on it and think-- try to think about what this kind of theory would imply for gambling behavior.

这个问题有些难度,但是...,尽力思考这个问题,思考下这一理论,该如何应用到赌博行为上去

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There are lots of things to be said against it, on the other hand, which I don't want to pause over now because I think a course of lectures on literary theory will inevitably show the ways in which paraphrase is inadequate to the task of rigorous interpretation.

另一方面，有很多反对这个的言论，我不想在此,停下来讲,因为我觉得一门,文学理论上的课不可避免地,会包括一些释意所无法，充分解释的方面,一个严苛的评论家克林斯。

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