Unemployment in March stood at more than 15 percent, a dramatic jump from just over four percent a year earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

Now for generations the Apology has stood out as a symbol for the violation of free expression.

几个世纪以来，《苏格拉底自辩篇》,象征着对自由表述的侵害。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The idea that America stood for some kind of progress, that America meant a prosperous future was just common coin.

那种美国代表了发展进步,代表了繁荣未来的想法是双方共有的

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

President Ahmedinejad, flanked by speaker Larijani, stood alongside his new ministers and read off a list of goals for his new cabinet.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

The main sacrificial altar with a large ramp stood in that courtyard as well as a basin that was there for ablutions.

庭院里有一个大祭坛和一个坡道,以及一个用于沐浴的水池。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In the first nine months of 2009, capital inflows stood at just $12 billion one fifth the level of a year earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

In fact, there is a pillar there of high purity zinc that stood for the duration.

事实上，那有一个高纯度锌的柱子,存在于整个时期。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"This is a decision that we have to make as a nation. Stand with those judges who stood against that dictator Mr.Musharraf, or should we stand with the other ones, who actually defied and violated the constitution and the law,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

You saw that in the way he stood bobbing his head, always looking down, nodding like a young boxer to instructions to make you think he was listening to every word, throwing in a thousand "yes"es and "that's right."

你看他站着摇头晃脑的样子，总是朝下看，像年轻的拳击手听指令时一样,那样晃着脑袋，好让你觉得他在听你说的每个字，一边不断附和着“是““对“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I could see a thousand stars. As I stood there I turned my eyes to a large red star.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

From its very beginnings philosophy and the city philosophy and political life have stood in a sort of tension with one another.

从一开始，哲学与城邦,哲学与政治生活，彼此之间,即处于一种紧张的关系。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"Well, all through his studies, I stood by him, with the feeling a mother has for a disabled child.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

If a person on the right stood, so let's just try it again.

如果右边有人参选,我们来试一下

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

A young girl who stood behind the counter asked her if she wished to examine the silky leg coverings.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

He had done a terrible thing and there he stood forever with his feet in the water below, and above him a tree with grapes hanging down, and dying of thirst.

他做了坏事,被惩罚永远站在水中,头上是一棵挂满葡萄的葡萄树,他口渴异常

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Well,all through his studies, I stood by him, with the feeling a mother has for a disabled child.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

The abandonment of such a study or its adulteration for current political purposes would be a terrible loss for all of humanity, and at the base, at the root of that civilization stood the Greeks.

如果出于政治的目的而对此段历史,视而不见甚至完全摒弃,这对全人类,将是一个巨大的损失,追根溯源,这一切都根植于希腊文明

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He stood farther away from the pitcher than most players, and used a heavier bat than most players.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

A man was smiling at me as he stood in front of one of the little houses.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

I stood up and argued about silly things, in a high voice and with violent hand movements.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

But natural selection has stood the test of time as a basis for the science of biology.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

He stood two hundred thirty-one centimeters -- tall even for a Dinka, some of Africa's tallest people.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

As they stood talking, a man dressed in a long black cape came down the street.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

The day was very hot, and Taylor stood for a long time in the burning sun.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Facing Cemetery Hill, the Confederates stood shoulder to shoulder in a line almost two kilometers long.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

As I stood watching him, a rifle fired in the distance, then another and another.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

She often stood for hours with her hands on a piano while it was played.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

The house stood unoccupied for a while, then government agencies used it for offices.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

He hears a noise at the window: Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there wondering,fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;

VOA: special.2009.02.02

The roofs were also mud. A wagon repair shop and blacksmith barn stood nearby.

VOA: special.2010.04.26