The viruses appear to harm the bees' ability to use their genes to produce proteins needed to fight infections.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Second skill we want you to have at the end of this course is the ability to use a vocabulary of computational tools in order to be able to understand programs written by others.

我们想让你们在课程结束时,掌握的第二个技能,是有能力使用计算工具的语言,用来理解,别人编写的程序。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And I don't know, just like the ability to use what's around you.

运用你拥有的所有表达能力，

教英语 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The disease especially affects the ability to see, the sense of touch and the use of the arms and legs.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

And this is interesting because this suggests that to some extent the ability to use and understand and learn language is part of human nature.

这一点很有意思,因为这表明,从某种程度上来说,语言的使用,理解以及学习能力,是人类本性的一部分

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But now the heart association says everyone should use hands-only CPR unless they feel strong about their ability to do rescue breathing.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The fact that I have one, you know, five hundred thousandth of the vote for one representative in congress is not the same thing as my having the ability to decide for myself how to use my property rights.

事实是，我只有一张选票，50万选民才票选出,一位国会议员,这与我能自己决定如何行使我的财产权,是两回事。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Experts say use of cigarettes and alcoholic liquids also reduces the body's ability to use oxygen.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

But they say this is more a reflection on the nature of the message then the writer's ability to use language correctly.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

"And whatever tools I am given, I will use them to the best of my ability.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29