In the United States, the force of a tornado is judged by the damage to structures.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

I walked away from the accident, and the damage to my car was rather minimal.

我从事故中走了出来，而我的车受到的损坏也相当小。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The world would suffer because the damage is substantial and it reduces our ability to produce.

世界仍然会受到损伤，因为破坏巨大,它降低了我们生产的能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Experts at the National Institutes of Health in the United States say the damage to the lungs cannot be repaired and there is no cure.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

But the main point here to think about is that feeling of damage.

因他自己也想这样做，但是最重要的我们得想到他的被破坏感。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

In recent years, environmental experts have learned about the damage to the Everglades.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

There are other cases like Phineas Gage, cases where people have had damage to that same part of the brain, parts of the frontal cortex.

还有类似菲尼亚斯，盖奇的其他例子，这个人受到伤害的大脑部位,与他相同，部分大脑皮层。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Mahmood Shah says although some militant leaders have been killed, they have not been worth the damage to public opinion.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

For women, the good news is that that fat below the waist tends to do less physical damage than the fact above the waist that men more often have.

对女性来说,好消息是,腰以下的脂肪堆积对身体造成的损害比,男性的腰以上的脂肪要少

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Geophysicist Julie Dutton says she expects the damage to be severe, in part because many buildings are not designed to withstand earthquakes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

but the people who suffered most from the damage in the lowland areas in the city who happen to be people in color have nothing to do with the decisions made on these wetlands.

但在这场灾难中,生活在城市低地处的人们,遭受了最为严重的损失,而这群人又恰好是,对湿地有关决策,无从置喙的有色人种。

普林斯顿公开课 - 领导能力简介课程节选

"The moral effects around the planet, the increase in morale of the radical jihadists and the damage to western civilization will be incalculable.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The reason is that because of the ways that different microorganisms take the ways the different microorganisms reproduce and damage cells and tissue within your body, you need different ways to respond to them effectively.

因为不同的微生物以不同的方式,以不同的方式繁殖,和损害体内的组织和细胞,你需要多种有效的免疫反应来对付它们

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

It's not clear how extensive and long-term the damage to Gulf seafood will be.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

There are exceptions, but the exceptions come about due to some sort of brain damage.

也有些例外,但只是由于某些脑损伤,这些例外才得以出现

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

as telephone service from abroad has been disrupted. Geophysicist Julie Dutton says she expects the damage to be severe, partly because the region is not accustomed to major quakes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

To some interesting sense, there's some sort of damage resistance built in to the brain that allows different parts of the brain to take over if some parts are damaged.

从某种程度上来说,这就像是在大脑中建立起了某种损伤防护,如果某些脑组织受到了损伤,那么这种防护可以保证其他脑组织,担负起损伤组织的功能

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"This is a tragic thing," "We came into this crisis without the authority and the tools necessary to contain the damage to the American economy posedby the very severe pressures working through the financial system."

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

A patient who had damage to part of his brain and can only say one word, "Tan," and the person would say, "Tan, tan, tan, tan," and everything else was gone.

一位大脑遭受部分损伤的病人,这位病人只会说一个字,"叹",说起话来这样的,"叹,叹,叹,叹",其他的词全都无法说出

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

They warned of serious damage to the American form of government if the president was removed for political reasons.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

For one thing, the brain is highly resistant to damage.

一方面,大脑并不容易受到损伤

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The researchers said turmeric has been shown to reduce evidence of damage in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

And what a case like this, where somebody is in a coma, is without consciousness as a result of damage to the brain, is a stark illustration of the physical nature of mental life.

想象一下这样的情况,某人正陷于昏迷之中,由于脑部损伤而失去了意识,这是心理活动的生理属性毫无修饰的图解

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

For example,she noted that crops designed to resist damage by glyphosate need fewer pesticides that are more toxic to the soil.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

Other disorders that we'll discuss later on include acquired psychopathy, where damage to parts of your brain, particularly related to the frontal lobes, rob you of the ability to tell right from wrong.

稍后我们还将讨论些其他的障碍,包括,后天性精神紊乱,该病症是由于大脑特定区域遭受损伤,特别是额叶部分,会使你失去分辨是非的能力

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The goal of the project is to examine in detail how tornadoes are formed and the kinds of damage they cause.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

The issue of psychopathy, of people who, either due to brain damage or because they are born that way, have no moral understanding, can help us cope with questions of free will and responsibility; of the relationship or difference between mental illness and evil.

比如那些精神病人,不论是因为大脑受损而造成的,还是先天性的,并没有道德观念,可以帮助我们研究自由和责任的问题,或是研究心理疾病与邪恶的关系或区别

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

They said turmeric also has been shown to reduce evidence of damage in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

And the logic is if you find somebody-- Crudely, if you find somebody with damage to this part of the brain right here and that person can't recognize faces for instance, there's some reason to believe that this part of the brain is related to face recognition.

这里的逻辑是这样的,比如说,如果你发现某人,大脑的右边这一部分受到了损伤,他无法进行面孔识别,那么就有理由相信,大脑的这部分是与面孔识别有关的

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The study found that many farmers have better harvests, better weed control and fewer losses from insect damage compared to traditional crops.

VOA: special.2010.05.18