She is the only poet to have received two Pulitzer nominations in a single year.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

He only insists that sovereign power remain absolute and undivided whether it belongs to a single person, a few, or the many.

他所强调的是,无论国家权力是掌控在个人手里,还是少数人或是集体手里，它都应当是绝对而不可分割的。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Well, I mean the definite article "the", you use when there's only a single specific item that you're talking about.

当你谈论一个特定的项目时，就用定冠词“the” 。

经常犯的失误 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But not a single child and only one woman was saved.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

The Crito, on the other hand, is a conversation between Socrates and a single individual, only one person.

另一方面来说，《克里托篇》则是一场,介于苏格拉底与单一个体之间的对话，就只有一人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It wasn't easy for a young, single mother with only a high school education to provide for her family.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

So I actually don't need the curly braces because I only have a single line of code.

所以我实际上不需要那个花括号,因为我只有一行代码。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

That cabin is a 14-ton spherical steel capsule only two meters in diameter, with a single,half-meter-wide circular plastic window for viewing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

That makes sense because we know that every single electron has to have its own distinct set of four quantum numbers, the only way that we can do that is to have a maximum of two spins in any single orbital or two electrons per orbital.

那个讲得通,因为我们知道每一个电子,都有它自己独特的量子数,我们能做的唯一方式是,在任一单个轨道中最多有两个自旋电子,或者每个轨道有两个电子。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But not a single Republican voted for the package in the House of Representatives and only three voted for it in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

So far we have looked only at the formation of single bonds.

到目前为止，我们还只是,看到了成单键的情况。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

In a sprawling slum in the Indian capital, has only the most basic amenities in his one room tenement a single electric bulb,and a fan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Passengers are being encouraged to check ahead with their airlines, to arrive an hour earlier than normal and to bring only a single carry-on bag with them.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

The National Mining Association refused to single out Massey during the hearing, saying only that the mining industry wants to improve its safety record across the board.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

Congress recently passed Mr.Obama's $787 billion dollar economic recovery plan without a single Republican vote in the House of Representatives and with only three opposition-party votes in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20