The army and police rushed to the area and determined that there were no injuries or serious damage.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

However, if you do happen to be an English or a literature major or someone who's just very serious about reading at that level, you will find plenty to chew on here.

然而，如果你刚好主修英语或是文学,或是任何以主修的水平很认真阅读的人，你将会在这里发现很多值得咀嚼的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The harm shouldn't be so serious that it elicits strong negative emotions like fear, grief or pity.

但这种伤害不会很严重,不会造成消极情绪，如恐惧，悲伤或怜悯。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But Michael O'Donnell says the number of serious bird strike incidents has remained at or below two hundred each year.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Is he joking or is he serious?

他是认真的还是开玩笑“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

There should be some sense by the end of the year,he says, whether or not serious progress is being made.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Plato seems to believe that each of us must choose somehow, must choose between one or the other of these two contenders for the most serious and worthwhile way of life.

柏拉图似乎相信,我们每个人都应选择，必需在这两种竞争概念中,做出选择,以求得严谨及值得过的人生。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But the report lists one hundred eight-four species that are considered in danger because of limited habitat, serious threats or falling populations.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Cobain had a serious case of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine,as a child.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

"So if you have hoarseness with tobacco or alcohol use, that would be a significant risk factor for cancer or other problems of the throat that could be serious.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says the situation is extremely serious and there are concerns the death toll could rise to 50 or more.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

He added that no other outbreak of serious or infectious diseases among pilgrims occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.11.29

"Iran is trying to gain nuclear weapons. And if nothing serious, nothing dramatic will be done by the West,it will get there in a year or two,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Anyone who has ever had to recover from surgery or a serious injury was probably grateful for the powerful narcotics doctors prescribed to help ease the pain.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"What was told in Tbilisi,I think, that as far as it is not connected to any real moves made by the Obama administration it is nothing serious or the Kremlin."

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

"For the health sector, it will be to be ready to cope with a disease, which will spread in areas where they do not spread or which may become more serious,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

And,there is a serious problem when you use the term 'regime change' that you might encourage people to demonstrate,or to act in ways, where we can do absolutely nothing to protect or encourage them."

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

"The EPRDF has discussed with parties that seem to approve or endorse its lines, not the serious parties that do challenge the EPRDF and do have serious issues about the political space in the country,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

"It seems that more clarity is likely to emerge about who did what to whom and whether or not war crimes, crimes against humanity and other very serious human rights abuses were committed by one or both sides,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

"Either this regime gets serious about reforming itself and about playing its part in taking on violent jihadists and extremists or else it seems to me we have got to consider pulling our troops out and fighting the threat of terrorism in a different way,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"I think that there will be a refocusing of how the UK can operate within Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also there will be some serious questions about whether or not the UK can maintain this expeditionary role" TV debates, a first in British politics, have thrust the outsider Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats into the role of kingmaker in a close election.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

But no matter where the conflict is or what it's about, if you're serious about peace, you can't take as final the first 'no,' the second 'no' or even the hundredth 'no.'" In her statement, Secretary Clinton promised an "unwavering" U.S.commitment to a two-state solution, based on 1967 lines with agreed land swaps, that will create an independent and viable Palestinian state and an Israel with secure and recognized borders.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25