Many people felt this was unfair, because the Sears Tower's tall antenna was not included in the official height measurement.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

As I see it, the official function of this simile is to give us a sense of the size of Satan's shield and thereby to give us a sense of the size of Satan himself.

在我看来，这个比喻的正式的作用,是要给我们展现出撒旦的屏障的规模,因此来展现撒旦自身的伟岸。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Then there is larger issue of course of national sovereignty The Parkistani government as a position, the official position that they don't allow this to happen.

还有就是更大的问题-国家主权,巴基斯坦政府作为一个政府,不允许这个发生。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

This powerful form of creative expression usually involves art made outside the limits and rules of official culture.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Now what you might do about this, let's say that we--that you're the Surgeon General or you're the top health official in some country and you agree with this poll, that people are eating too much junk food.

那我们现在要怎么做呢,假设,你是卫生部部长或者你是,某国的卫生部门的高官并且你认可,人们摄取了过量垃圾食品的结论

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Organizers say more than one hundred countries and territories have promised their official support this year.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

This has become the official mantra in many ways of the AA movement: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can change; " and wisdom to know the difference."

它已成为AA运动的正式圣言：,“主啊，请赐我安详，接纳我不能改变的事物;,请赐我勇气，去改变我可以改变的东西;,并赐我智慧去认识这两者的差别“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Also this week, the Obama administration named a former Justice Department official as so-called border czar.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

The official name for this famous prize is the Academy Award of Merit.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

This week, President Obama made his first official visit to Latin America.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

The top official of an American city recently had this experience.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

This is an official spokesperson.

VOA: special.2011.06.26

The U.S.official faced large hurdles this week, with all sides far apart on the key issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

When the South Korean defense ministry originally announced this exercise, its official said the American aircraft carrier would go into the Yellow Sea -- between the Korean peninsula and China.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

But this is no reason for complacency. Our figures for 2009 and 2010 will decide whether Europe meets its target of official development of 0.56 percent of gross national income by 2010."

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

British official refuse to say on what grounds this was done, but media reports suggest his application to study at another institution was turned down because the course work there was deemed to be bogus.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"Through our collaborative efforts, and year-long investigation, this public official pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana into the United States, while at the same time receiving more than $5 million in bribe payments."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11