A person should help his family or close friends before helping others.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

So that at least,they claimed for some that through these texts that they wanted apostolic authorship or close to apostolic authorship.

所以至少有些人认为,这些书需要是使徒所著,或者亲近使徒的人所著。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Or just relatively close in the past.

或是刚刚发生的。

I was 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In everyday speech, holding your cards close to your vest means not letting other know what you are doing or thinking.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

you could characterize them in terms of how they're gated, -- and basically how they open or close -- that's one way to talk about different types.

你可以通过闸门的类型来描述它们，这基本上也就是看它们是如何打开或关闭的-,这是一种讨论不同类型的方法。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

"I'm at home,digging in the dirt, or doing something that is very close to the Earth, because that's where I know how to survive."

VOA: special.2009.06.07

It has a gate on it and that gate is in open or close state depending on whether a ligand is present or not.

在这个通道上有个门,这个门是打开还是关闭,取决于配体到来与否

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Keeping a person on a short leash means keeping him or her under close control.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

This was no Saint Francis with enough time to knock out a few canticles or to preach to the birds or do any of the other endearing things so close to Franny Glass's heart.

圣人弗朗西斯没有足够的时间去,来唱颂歌或者向鸟儿告解或者做任何,其他讨喜的事情，正合弗兰尼的心意。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But if any schools do have to close, then the hope is to keep children learning for example, through phone calls or over the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

He says: I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses.

他说：,我曾在黄昏时遇见他们,他们离开柜台或写字台,脸上带着生动的表情,从18世纪灰黑的房屋里走出。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

For example,a W.H.O.statement urged nations not to close their borders or limit trade and travel.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

And I believe this game is covered in some detail in the Watson textbook, or something very close to it is, if you're having trouble.

我记得在沃森写的教材里介绍过,或者就是类似的内容,如果你没听懂可以回去看课本

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The report shows that in two thousand seven, seven out of ten children lived in developing countries that had met or were close to meeting that goal.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

So, we have a certain mode of talking about things that we own or things that are close to us "My arm, my heart, my child, my car."

我们对我们所拥有的,或是与我们有关的事物,有着特定的表述模式,比如,"我的胳膊,我的心脏,我的孩子,我的爱车"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

This year,none of the major Muslim holidays are close to Easter or Passover.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

Or in many kinds of gas refrigerators where you push a gas through a nozzle close to room temperature, what you find is that the gas coming out on the other side under lower pressure is cooler than the gas that went through on the other side.

或者在很多种压缩气体式冰箱中,你让气体通过接近室温的管口,你会发现从压力低的一边,出来的气体比通过,另一边的气体更冷,真正的冰箱实际上通过。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

They felt the proposals were too close to socialism or communism.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

And why the claim of the utter destruction of the Canaanites when evidence points to close Canaanite origins? This practice, which I mentioned before and is known as herem or the ban, is not unique to Israel. I know some of you have studied it in sections you looked at the inscription of King Mesha, King Mesha of Moab.

那为何要声称迦南彻底的毁灭呢？,当证据指出了迦南的起源，这一习俗，也就是我之前提到的禁忌或祭祀，并不是以色列独有的，我想你们也已经学过,你们看摩押米沙王的题词，摩押的米沙王。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

much like a dog on Earth. I walked close to the creature and began speaking in much the same way I would speak to a dog or other animal on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

You want to use "it is important to" to emphasize or to make note of something that you hold close.

你使用“it is important to”来强调或说明你认为很重要的事情。

It's important 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The political analyst believes Cairo would be better off to focus on issues close to home, whether successful or not.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

The first is this the z effective, or how much charge is actually in the nucleus that's felt, Z or the I guess we would say the z, how much the charge is on the nucleus that holds it close together.

第一个是有效核电量，或者说实际感受到的核电荷量，又或者我想我可以说就是，使它们保持在一起的,原子核的电荷量。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

"Whenever there is an operation close to the border area where there is a possibility of either exchange of firing or crossing.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

Or, there's a mike close by.

她旁边就有一个麦克风

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

"More often than not they are closely related to them or are close friends of the family."

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Because they're trying to, they're competing for voters who happen to be close, or running out of gas at those moments, and by crowding together they avoid being out competed by each other in terms of position.

因为他们试图,他们都为了拉拢附近客源或是那些,刚刚耗完汽油的顾客而相互竞争,它们通过挤在一起,避免自己因为选址的问题而被淘汰出局

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

For serious action fans, this convention is as close as some will get to meeting their real-life super heroes - or just acting like one.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The presence of both Mars and Venus suggests you want to box everything into a neat, ordered, structured way but keeping a piece of jade or carnelian close will help you keep in touch with your fun side."

火星和金星的同时出现表明,你想把东西整洁有序地打包好,随身携带一块翡翠或玛瑙,会使你获得愉悦的心情“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He noted the United States is in the process of moving millions of pieces of equipment from Iraq, and continues to close or turn over military bases to Iraqi government troops.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02