They were concerned that the Supreme Court would require a test of some kind that could limit what can be patented.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

They're focused on beyond that and all the materials and all of the things that could dramatically change the world.

而关注于很久以后,所有的材料,以及所有可以极大程度改变世界的事物。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

Because he saw that could, everything that can be taken away from him, you know,

因为他看到他可能会失去一切。

美国和美式足球 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Years of worry that the same rockets that could take people to the moon could also bring nuclear war to Earth.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

It's interesting, and you can see that's a very persuasive argument, but you can also see how that could be abused.

很有趣，可以看出,这是一个很有说服力的观点，但也能看出这个观点是如何遭到滥用的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So far,their findings have included pieces of a brick that could be from building materials used in colonial times.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

So, that was a naturally occurring attenuated virus that could be produced into a vaccine that didn't cause the disease.

因为天花病毒存在天然的衰减病毒,这种衰减病毒可以用来,直接生产不致病的疫苗

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

They found that running shoes create more stress that could damage knees, hips and ankle joints than running barefoot.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

One problem is that they're not always accurate and there's a couple of factors that could lead them away from accuracy.

其中一个问题就是它们并不总是准确的,有几个因素,能减低它们的准确性。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He wanted to make an instrument that could play a note longer than notes played on a traditional acoustic guitar.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

But remember that you do have recitation on Tuesday, so that could be very helpful with the problem-set, so be sure to go to recitation on Tuesday, and have a great long weekend.

记住，周二有习题课，这对做课后题很有帮助，所以周二一定要来上习题课，周末愉快！

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The students use the mixture to fertilize the soil instead of buying chemical fertilizers that could harm the environment.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

So woven curtains hung from wooden frames that could easily be assembled and disassembled.

编织窗帘从木框上垂下来,非常容易拆卸和组装。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He promised to spend his remaining years in search of designs that could make human existence on Earth easier.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

The endowment at Yale is something like two million dollars per student now that's just sitting there as money that could be spent.

耶鲁基金总额目前折合下来是,每个学生两百万美元,这笔钱就放在那里,随时可以折现花掉

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

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

These are bads of life that could presumably be avoided if only we knew how much exactly we had--how much longer we had.

生命中的一些坏处可以被认为是可避免的,只要我们知道我们到底还有多少，还有多少时间。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The Treasury Department would buy the silver with new paper money that could be exchanged for silver or gold.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

For example, by the way, the compulsion to repeat nasty episodes, - to revisit trauma, and to repeat the unpleasurable-- well, that could just be called masochism, couldn't it?

举个例子，强迫性地重复那些凶的片段，去重温创伤，重复不愉快-,不正是一种性虐待吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And robotic submarines are being used to try to stop the leak -- a process that could take weeks.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Milton has shown so much promise. He possessed so many obvious talents that could be poured into the profession for which he was so clearly suited the profession of the ministry but Milton was remaining at his father's house in what seemed like a perpetual state of humiliating self-infantilization.

弥尔顿表现出了很大的决心,他拥有那么多,这个职业需要的天赋,例如牧师,而弥尔顿却选择呆在他父亲的房子里,像是一种永远羞耻的不成熟状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Supporters of slavery wanted to organize a constitutional convention that could put Kansas into the Union as a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

So it's important to realize the role of ceramics; they need to make storage jars that could be sealed very well and preserve the stuff for a very long time, and indeed, they did that.

从中希腊人意识到陶艺的重要性,他们需要烧制可以密封得很好的,可以用来长久保存食物的陶罐,他们也的确这样做了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They also must provide detailed information about nearby water and environmental issues that could cause wildlife to gather near an airport.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Changing the diet of populations is a pretty good idea and it's the kind of thing that could help individuals certainly lead healthier, happier lives, but also could change things like healthcare costs for a whole country, so these are big, big factors.

改变大众的饮食是个很好的想法,它不仅可以让人们过上更健康幸福的生活,还可以改变整个国家的医保费用,所以饮食是个非常非常重要的因素

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

They searched for germplasms that could keep plants from weakening and wilting during hot, dry summers in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

NULL If a get string returns null, that pretty much means something went wrong and there are a few things that could go wrong.

如果GetSting返回，大致上表示的是出错了,这里有几种出错的地方。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Soon,people began to use the word hedging to describe steps that could be taken to protect against financial loss.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Thing I've got a little procedure that could do that, but you know the simplest thing I could do is to say well, gee, wait a minute, why don't I just check to see if these are the same thing?

这两个点是同一个点么？,我已经写了一小块代码，可以提供这个功能,但是你知道的我可以做的，最简单的事情就是说好，嗯？,等等，我为什么不直接去看看,这两个东西相等不相等呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

What's a physical mechanism that could lead to differences between these two cells at this very early stage of development?

什么样的生理机制导致细胞,在发育伊始就产生这些差异

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选