He was influenced by Thomas Malthus' work, "An Essay on the Principle of Population" written in seventeen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

Cummings actually boldly experimented with this principle and he attracted the attention of the linguists, particularly a linguist named Dell Hymes.

对此，卡明斯做了一个大胆的试验,吸引了语言学家的注意，特别是德尔海默斯。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

There's the primeval fresh water, fresh water ocean, Apsu Which is identified with a male divine principle, a male god Apsu.

有原始的淡水，淡水海洋，它与男性神道有关，这个男性神灵叫做。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Instead,it will be based on a simple principle: whether a state is ready to do what works.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

But there's another form of the Peter Principle, which is that the job grows faster than the person.

但是彼特原理还有另外一种形式，那就是岗位成长的比个人还快。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

but that,by our frame of government, that principle has not been made one of legal obligation;

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Not on the basis of simple filling in ascending order, but a modified rate of filling as according to the Aufbau Principle.

并不是以简单的升值分布为基础，而是一个修改的填充方法,根据构造原理得到的填充法。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

All legislation,all government,all society is formed upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness,and courtesy.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

In other words, the reduction of excitation is obviously something that the pleasure principle is all about.

换句话说快乐原则关注的不就是,减少兴奋吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Another principle supports competition. This week,in a speech, F.C.C.Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed two more.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

In principle, this value, this efficiency, can approach 1 as the low temperature approaches absolute zero.

这个值，效率，当低温热源的温度1,是据对零度时可以达到一。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

"We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle, that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health care."

VOA: special.2010.03.24

The other thing that we took note as is what happens as l increases, and specifically as l increases for any given the principle quantum number.

另外一个我们要注意的是,ｌ增加时如何变化，特别是对于某个给定的,主量子数ｌ变化时如何变化。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

that negro slavery is violative of that principle;

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Modest container theories, that is, say there's a value to being alive, but it can in principle be outweighed.

保守的有价值容器理论认为，活着有一定的价值，但是按道理它可以被超越。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"We have now just enshrined, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comesto their health care."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

So what this line of reasoning brings us to is the fundamental principle that underlies the libertarian case for rights.

这些推理把我们带回到,自由主义的权利主张,所隐含的基本原则。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Pyongyang agreed in principle in 2005 to scrap its nuclear program, including weapons, in return for aid and diplomatic benefits.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

But when they apply for federal funds for social programs, we expect them to run their programs according to the Constitutional principle.

担当它们申请获得联邦基金施行其社会项目时，我们期望它们根据,宪法的原则推行那些项目。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"It's there.Same like Indonesia, we have hundreds of languages and we live under the same principle unity in diversity."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

In a help session what he might do typically is solve between four and eight problems that illustrate the key principle being talked that week.

在帮助课程中他一般会,解决4到8个问题,来阐明那一周教的关键原理。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

So I am not just talking about agreement in principle but concrete results regarding spending and solidarity,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

I don't know quite how Alex managed it but that's what they say, but the principle is established.

我不太清楚亚历山大是怎么塞到枕头底下去的,但他们确实是这么说的,准则就是由此建立的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"I have agreed in principle to a new British force level of 9,500, which will be put into effect once these conditions are met,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

The problem is that while the principle of risk-sharing is very simple and obvious the practice requires technology.

问题在于,尽管风险分摊原则,听起来浅显易懂,但是实践仍然需要技术支持。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He says that everyone agrees in principle that rearmament is necessary, but he raises various questions: how and what; with the West,or against the West;

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

He might spend an entire afternoon deliberating on which principle of categorization he should apply to files.

他可能花一整个下午研究,他应该给文件用哪种分类方法。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The journalist says he is not a hero, but rather a man of principle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

In principle, you could bill your clients for fractions of a second or fractions of a minute.

原则上,你可以按分钟或者按秒钟,从你的客户那里收取费用

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

I would suggest that in the context of Beyond the Pleasure Principle we could re-title Tony the Tow Truck as The Bumpy Road to Maturity.

我建议我们可以在《超越快乐原则》的基础上,将《托尼的拖车》改写为《通往成熟的颠簸之路》

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选