He vetoed a number of programs that he thought interfered with rights given to the states by the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

The word "property" is really important to connect the concept of property with something fundamental in the make-up, in the constitution.

特性这个词真的很重要,将特性的概念和,组成和构造里主要的部分联系起来。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

You know of course that this is absolutely crucial to the study of the law to this day: what are the grounds for understanding the meaning of the Constitution, for example?

你们当然知道,今天这些问题对于法学研究很关键：,比如，理解宪法的,根据是什么？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So the controversy is how do you do that." He says the current debate has deep roots in the Constitution.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

So I would say the tradition goes back to the 18th century not even to the constitution.

我认为这个传统可以回溯到,十九世纪，甚至在宪法出现之前。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

In exchange for this, Sherman said the president would recognize state governments in the south which promised to support the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

There's some rule in the Constitution, but never mind, let's pretend that's not there.

宪法里面有规定,但没关系,我们假装没有那个规定

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

One of the demands of the Muslim Brotherhood is to change the constitution to involve parliament in appointing prime ministers.

VOA: special.2011.02.05

In 1875 there's an amendment to the Constitution that essentially- voted by one vote,or approved by one vote, by the Assembly--that essentially transforms France into a Republic.

875年有个宪法修正案,本质上--,它在一次议会投票表决中,得到了支持--本质上把法国变成了共和国

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Yet the passage of these three amendments to the Constitution was still a historic step in making blacks full and equal citizens.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

In a letter in late 1861 from the front, "Will indeed settle the question, for some years at least, as to whether union or secession, the Constitution or rebellion, shall triumph.

在一封1861年年底来自前线的信中,"会解决问题,但至少需要数年,不管是联合还是独立,宪法抑或是起义,终将有一方胜利

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The First Amendment of the Constitution supports religious freedom and places religion outside the reach of the government.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

All right, July, 1913, blow this up, so On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules by N. Bohr, Doctor of Philosophy, Copenhagen, asterisk here, and I've blown up the bottom of the page, communicated by Professor Ernest Rutherford, F.R.S., Fellow of the Royal Society.

913年，六月，发表了，波尔博士,建立了原子分子模型，哥本哈根，星号这儿，我通过和恩内斯特卢瑟福的交流，被这页底部的所震惊了，英国皇家学会会员。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

It must agree to an amendment to the constitution that would return political balance to North and South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Take our founding documents " the Declaration of Independence the Constitution all men are created equal that we are endowed with inalienable rights that all legitimate government grows out of consent and the like.

举我们的建国文件,“独立宣言,“宪法“来看，所有人生而平等,我们与生俱来不容剥夺的权利,这是所有合法政府,都认同的概念。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

They said they wished to live in peace under the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

It's subsequently seen as one of the precursors of the First Amendment to the American Constitution.

后来它被看作是美国宪法,第一修正案的前身。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He said: I think the Constitution gives the commander in chief special powers under the laws of war.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

That's not what the American constitution is about, but it was what the Greek constitutions were about.

美国宪法并非如此,但希腊史上的宪法制度却是如此的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They said the Constitution did not give the president the power to violate the property rights of citizens.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

It has its statutes, sort of the mock constitution, and its rituals that involve basically getting wasted.

他们有自己的规则 一种仿宪法的章程,还有基本上是腐败挥霍的仪式

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

She won a four-year college scholarship, the top prize nationally in a public speaking contest on the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

When you create a corporation, you write up a contract, which specifies the rules of the corporation; it's like a constitution for the corporation.

创建公司时,你会起草一份协议,其中规定了公司的条款,就像公司的宪法一样

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It would violate the Constitution and the ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence: the idea that all men are created equal...

VOA: special.2010.07.22

I just believe in a very limited form of democracy whereby we have a constitution that severely limits the scope of what decisions can be made democratically.

我只是支持有限民主,通过宪法来严格限制,可以由民主决议的事项范围。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Some delegates,however, knew that Congress would not approve statehood for Kansas unless the people voted on the constitution.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

But to bring it to United States and talk about our majority religion, we're gonna talk about Christianity and we're gonna talk about people who for religious reasons would like to see an amendment to the Constitution banning gay marriage.

讲到美国，讲到我们的,第一大教，就必然涉及到,基督教，必然讲到一些人,出于宗教原因而希望看到,宪法阻止“同性婚姻“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It was his personal opinion. But he did not believe that the Constitution gave him the power to free all the slaves.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

And that's why I would've voted against the Constitution, I encouraged people to vote against the Constitution, and I know almost nobody, except professors in Paris and Lyon, who are for that Constitution that was defeated a year ago May twenty-ninth-- so,there.

这就是我为什么投票反对欧盟宪法条约,我鼓励人们投反对票,我知道除了那些巴黎和里昂的学究们,几乎没人支持,欧盟宪法条约,而他们在一年前的五月二十九日落败,就是这样

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Each of you, who is above 18 and is an American citizen, and was born in America above whatever it is, whatever the rule is, whatever the Constitution says), each of you can potentially stand up now and say you're going to run for president.

你们中每一个到了18岁的美国公民,并生在美国,大于不论几岁,不论规定是多少,不论宪法怎么规定,你们都可以站出来,参加总统竞选

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选