The point is to defend the rights of people you don't agree with. That's the idea of a democracy, that all opinions are heard,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The point is simply to recognize that the apples are occult symbols, which is to say they're not apples.

关键是要认识,苹果是神秘主义的象征，就是说它们并不是苹果。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

I think that if a classroom devolves to the point where physical force is required to gain control,

我认为，如果一个课堂秩序十分混乱，以至于要用武力来维持秩序，

反对体罚 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The researchers point out that gene flow between crops and their wild relatives is common and difficult to contain.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

If the sanctuary is not purged of impurity, it can become polluted to the point when God is driven out entirely.

如果圣所没有清除不洁，它可以被污染得直到上帝舍弃它。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

One is based on Scrabble, the board game where players try to form words from letters with different point values.

VOA: special.2011.02.10

For example, sodium in our blood plasma is almost to the point sometimes of 100 millimol or that's very, very concentrated.

比如，钠在我们的血浆中的浓度,有时几乎达到了一百毫克分子,或者说非常非常浓。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

She likes to point out that cooking is not one of the skills that she brings to the family.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

The point is that we both want to be in a place of revelation, where something that neither of us expected to happen will happen.

而艺术创作的意义是，我们都希望得到,启示，希望看到意想不到,的事情发生。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"The point is, that what we are looking for is not just to continue on the same path, we want to leap into the future.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The death of Edward King is really forcing him to question the point of his pursuit of greatness, of poetic fame, and all of his ambition.

爱德华·金的死迫使他询问自己,他这样追求伟大与名望，他这样的雄心壮志到底有何意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He said the goal is to reach the point where the Afghan people can take care of their own security.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

But I would suggest to you that home is absolutely crucial to the production of this desire. And I want to point you to page 26.

但我还是会建议你们家对于追求的成果,是至关重要的，看第26页。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"The point of a counter-insurgency policy is for the U.S.forces and the NATO forces to be able to help protect the Afghan population,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

or the owner could go through several coats, but still at some point, the owner is going to die as well.

或者主人可以穿坏好几件大衣，但是在某一刻，主人依然会去世。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"She is pushed to the point where a decision has to be made in this one;

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

get back to the initial point is going to require some input from outside, like heat or extra work or extra heat or something because you've done an irreversible process.

如果要逆转它,回到初始点，就需要外界的投入，比如额外的功，额外的热量等等,因为你进行了一个不可逆过程。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

The base is home to 2,000 marines and has long been a sore point for Okinawans.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

And if the test is true, it will change the value of this program counter to point to some other place in the memory, some other point in that sequence of instructions, and you'll keep processing.

如果测试结果为真，它会改变程序计数器的结果去,指向记忆存储器里的其他地方，指令序列里的其他地方，然后你会继续这个过程。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Schanzer says the point of the blockade is to prevent Hamas from increasing their arsenal.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Because he makes the point that he,himself,is not going to take money from his churches at that point.

因为他表明,自己不会拿教会的钱。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Third party processing could ensure the material is enriched only to the point needed for civilian purposes, and below the level called for in nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

The point he's trying to make is there are several kinds of regimes and therefore several kinds of citizenship appropriate to them.

他试图讲述的论点是有数种,政体的存在，所以也有数种,适合它们的公民社会。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

At this point, most analysts agree that the race is too close to call.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

So the velocity at any part of the curve is tangent to the curve at that point.

曲线上任意一点的速度,都在该点和曲线相切

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Larry Goodson says that, from the point of view of Mr.Karzai and his advisors, trying to distance himself from the United States is just good politics.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

What do they do? One of the problems that it produces is the more people you have, up to a point that's good.

他们都干些什么呢,其中一个问题是,人越多,产出就越大,这在达到临界点之前是好事

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"But,the point of the international community is that those are not to be dealt with at the end of the barrel of a gun, but,instead,through legal proceedings."

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

The final point that I want to make with respect to security selection actually is a little bit different with the degree of opportunity.

我想说的最后一点是,就证券选择而言,运气也会带来一些差别

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

That's the point that this whole tradition is trying to make.

这才是整篇文章的主旨。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选