Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."

VOA: special.2009.05.24

If I want to create a set or a sequence representing these things, I simply insert into that list.

如果我想创建一个集合,或者一个序列表示这些东西，我只要简单的把它插入列表中。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

So if you want to go there with your girlfriend or a date, or just one other person,

所以，要是你想跟女友去，或去约会，或者一个其他人的话，

I've already 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

One drink equals a bottle or can of beer, a medium glass of wine or a very small glass of liquor.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

So in the textbook, you'll sometimes see the term a strategy profile or a strategy vector, or a strategy list.

你会看到有的课本中称它为,策略组合,策略向量或者策略列表

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

For example, a person who speaks and reads fifteen languages, or a medical doctor who operates on the brain.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

A perpetuity is an asset or a contract that pays a fixed amount of money each time period, forever.

永续年金是一种财产或者合同,规定在每一时间段内,支付一定数量的货币,直至永远

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

To some people,they are nothing more than a harmless treat or a guilty pleasure to enjoy from time to time.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

So we can have, if we have the final quantum number m equal plus 1 or minus 1, we're dealing with a p x or a p y orbital.

所以如果我们有,磁量子数ｍ等于正负１,我们讨论的就是ｐｘ或者ｐｙ轨道。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

He said she believed all human action was the result of a physical health issue or a moral one.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

There is no better time to start a new company or a new idea than a depression or recession because a lot of the management teams were being asked to leave.

金融衰退和大萧条是,建立一个公司或是发展一个新想法的最好时机,因为很多管理团队都被辞退了。

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

Failing to report an injury like this,can be dangerous if a patient,or a medical worker, has an infectious disease.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

And so this is not like a math problem set or a physics problem set. Or, like a high school physics lab, where we all know what the answer should be, and you could fake your lab results anyway.

或是物理问题集合,又或者是高中的物理实验室，我们对这些问题都有确切的答案，或者你可以把你的实验结果改成正确的，有些事情是不能明确界定的。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And,that it applies universally, it doesnt matter what ones faith is, it doesnt matter whether its a man or a woman.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

I'm not talking about, wouldn't it be interesting ? to try it out for a week or a month or even a year?

我的意思不是说,难道尝试一段时间不会很有趣吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Post war prosperity also led Americans to replace outdated home appliances, buy a new refrigerator, or a television set.

VOA: special.2011.07.21

Similarly, he says, a wife or a parent cannot be coerced to accuse a loved one.

与此类似，霍布斯认为妻子父母,也不能被迫去指控他们所爱的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Non-native English speakers take the test to demonstrate their English skills when seeking a new job or a promotion.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Step 5, now this is an example of what we'll henceforth call a condition or a branch because it's sort of a fork in the road.

步骤五，这是一个关于我们调用一个条件,或者分支语句的例子，因为这是一个岔路口。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Getting a grade like a B-plus or a C-minus adds or subtracts a few tenths of a point.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

People either rented the land from a large landowner or they were hired help who got nothing except a salary or a piece of what they did.

人们可以从一个大的农场主那里租种土地,或者农场主雇佣那些除了有点薪水,或者手工艺品之外一无所有的人

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And it will extend protection to those victimized because of their gender or gender identity or a disability.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

One offer of one more idea which is to take a figure who we all know about, but who we view as, maybe a civil rights hero or an African-American hero, or a Christian hero, or an American hero and turn into a global interfaith hero.

再给大家提供一个重要观点,那就是选择一位众所周知的人物，但是我们可能将他视作民权运动英雄,或是非裔美国人英雄，或是基督教英雄，或是美国英雄,然后转变为一位全球跨信仰英雄。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Sometimes on television crime dramas you might hear a police officer or a suspect say someone was "eighty-sixed,"

VOA: special.2010.01.08

And also, discuss the debate over whether such cases are true or not; whether they could be taken as a real phenomena or a made-up phenomena, which is--there is a matter of a lot of controversy.

同时也讨论一下,这种现象是否真实存在,我们应该将它看作是真实的心理现象,还是人们主观想象出来的,这个问题存在着许多的争论

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The shoe is small -- a European size thirty-seven, or a women's size seven in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

And when they started encountering these Northerners, whether they were from Massachusetts or Ohio, who started talking about a politics of conscience, or a politics of law, they're not always talking on the same page.

当他们数落北方人的时候,不管他们本身来自马萨诸塞州或俄亥俄州,他们开始讨论对良知,或者政法的时候,他们总是牛头不对马嘴

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Clay becomes very hard when it is put in a fire or a special oven called a kiln.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Of course you guys are savvy enough to know this, but a lot of people get fooled because many people believe that a serving is what's ever in a bag, or a bottle, or a box, and they don't look and see how many servings are actually in it.

大家很聪明,当然看得懂,但还是很多人搞不清它的含义,因为很多人认为所谓一份食物就是指,一包,一瓶或一盒内的食物总量,而没看清整个包装内实际上有几份食物

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

So, it's more effective because it's a live virus but it's a little bit more concerning because it's a live virus as well, in that you trust that it's attenuated but could it convert back to a virulent form or a form that caused a disease.

因此,口服疫苗更加有效,因为它是活性病毒,但又是因为这一点,人们也存有更多顾虑,当它处于减毒状态时你会信任它,但是它会不会转变回,强毒壮态或者致病状态呢

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选