Or it could have been used to hold the shape of the shoe while it was not being worn.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

+4 Because this could be three plus four, 3 times five, or it could be three, plus four times five.

因为这可能是，然后乘以5，也可能是，加上4乘以5。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

that it could be blown out of proportion and misused by the principal or by third parties.

那么事态可能会扩大，安乐死的做法会被主要相关人员和第三方滥用。

对于安乐死的看法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Or the writer could show how the subject may be understood better or in a different way than it has been.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

And the bigger lesson from that is that entropy, unlike energy u or enthalpy H, we could define an absolutely number for it.

热力学第三定律的一个更重要的推论是,与内能和自由焓不同，我们可以给上定义一个绝对的数值。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

But one possibility, he says,is that it may take time away from sports or other activities that could help prevent depression.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

It's not a social role in the way that she could be granddaughterly or motherly on those other occasions.

这不是一个她可以像孙女,或者母亲一样的社会角色。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

It could be information-oriented, it could be a dialogue, it could be some kind of tools, a request function or dictionary or computing request.

可以是信息导向的，也可以是对话，或者是一种工具，一种对功能的需求，比如对字典，计算的需求。

斯坦福公开课 - 百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选

If it is compromised, then the bees could not defend themselves against pesticides or fungal infections or bacteria or poor nutrition.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

It could mean "Shoot him, let him have it," or it could mean "Give him the gun, let him have it."

可以是说"开枪吧,给他一枪",也可以是说"给他吧,把枪给他"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But it also has to be careful, or people could start to worry about an invasion of privacy.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

It's not as though the number two is something that you see or hear or taste or could bump into.

数字2不是,你能看到或听到或尝到或遇到的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

If that is the case, it may be possible that the moon could hold enough water for future explorations or even colonies.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

Maybe it could refer to either the poet or the sun throughout the entire line, if you think of the mantle blue as being the actual sky that the sun is able to twitch over his shoulder.

或者两者皆可,从整句的行文看来，如果你们把蓝色的丝巾看作是真实的天空的话,那么太阳的确是能够在他的肩上轻轻颤动。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It could mean the soldier himself. It could mean things given to soldiers when they joined the military such as weapons,equipment or clothes.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

So, whether or not the email is addressed specifically to you in like the two field or if maybe you were BCC'd or it's a big email list of which you're just part, that could signify that this is in fact useful for you.

所以，不管这个邮件是不是,单独发给你的,或者这个邮件有一个大的邮件列表,而你正在其中，其实这也暗示了,这个邮件对你是有用的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

If it becomes a madrasa or a college of inculcation only, that could be hugely problematic."

VOA: special.2010.08.05

You could make a long list but it might include things Like the capacity for language and higher thought or abstract thought, conscience, self-control, free-will.

你也许能列出一个长单子，它可能包括以下东西,比如语言能力，高级或抽象思维能力，良心，自控力和自由意志。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

People could use it to quickly remove a list of contacts from a phone or computer.

VOA: special.2011.06.27

Suppose you are starting a business with somebody-- it could be at any time in history-- Babylonia or something--this must have happened.

假设你要和某人一起做一笔生意...,可以在任何一个时代...,例如古巴比伦或者其他时代...肯定发生过这种事

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

A white wine might be almost colorless, or it could have a deep golden color.

VOA: special.2010.10.20

Or it could be uniform, where every value was equally probable.

还有均匀分布，每个值都有相同的可能性。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Or it could be less. Or it could be more, if the jury wants to punish the losing party and set an example for others.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Some words that are useful in this discussion, a 'host'. A host is the organism that you're interested in defending and it could be you or me or some typical person.

讨论中会用到一些词,宿主 宿主是,你对其免疫反应感兴趣的生物体,可以是你我,或者其他人

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

An individual could keep the object or donate it as part of a group project.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Once it became true that people could raise food or gather food, or produce food for more than just themselves or their families, meant that people were free to do other things.

这些成为现实之后,人类不仅仅能为他们自己或家人,种植,收集或制造食物,也就是说人们可以有空来做别的事情

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

It could be sawdust or agricultural waste like grain hulls, cocoa or coffee shells.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

So you don't want to put in a negative energy, that's not going to help you out, you need to put in positive energy to get an electron out of the system. So that's why you'll find binding energies are always negative, and ionization energies are always going to be positive, or you could look at the equation and see it from there as well.

因为这对电离没有帮助,你需要一个正的能量,使得电子脱离这个系统,这就是为什么你会发现,结合能总是负的而电离能总是正的,或者你们看这个方程也可以发现这一点。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Maybe you want to argue it and we could have a discussion, but it might mean that American democracy, or democracy of any kind, helps to produce a particular kind of democratic soul.

也许你想争辩，果真如此,我们可以另作讨论，但那也许意谓着,美式民主，或任何一种民主，协助产生了,特定种类的民主灵魂。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选