On May fifteenth, just seventeen days after leaving New York, Captain Creesy wrote this in the Flying Cloud's log: "We have passed the Equator in two days less time than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

In general, less volatile stocks have done better over time than more volatile stocks, which is somewhat inconsistent with the notion of efficient markets.

一般来说，波动小的股票在长期内比波动大的股票,表现要好，一定程度上,这和金融市场有效论的观点是相悖的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

that's a long time ago, more than... well, about a hundred years, but I think,

那是很久以前，多过……嗯，差不多一百年了，但是我觉得，

以爱因斯坦为榜样 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

At that time,researchers studied more than seven hundred American soldiers who had had their spleens removed because of battle injuries.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The second half of the book turns in somewhat different, certainly equally important directions, but would take us much more time than the time we have allotted to deal with.

巨著的后半篇幅,转向不同，但绝对同等重要的方向，可所需花费的时间,将远超过我们课堂所订的时间。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"In the major time-share developments, the major fractional developments or full ownership, more than half of those purchases are from Americans."

VOA: special.2011.06.13

However I do that, I know that should inherently take more time than it takes to compute the average age of all the EECS faculty.

然而我得这么做，我知道,这比计算所有EECS的教员的,平均年龄要,占用更长的时间。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The group says less time passes for an earthquake shock wave to reach a measuring instrument than in the past.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

In that case, we understand it as a sequence of cross-sections rather than something that somehow organically changes through time.

这样，我们就是在学习一个个语言的横截面,而不是语言自然的变化过程。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

To some people,they are nothing more than a harmless treat or a guilty pleasure to enjoy from time to time.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

And so as we add heat here, that was even quieter than last time.

因此我们在这里加热，怎么比刚才还安静啊？

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

They created more than fifteen thousand paintings and sculptures designed to lift the spirits of Americans during a difficult time.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

So I think that it's more like how you spend your time doing stuff to have an answer than like something that I've learned specifically from college.

这事的关键就在于,如何支配时间,而不在于习得的具体技能。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

At the time,more than one hundred ninety countries agreed to reduce or halt biodiversity losses by twenty ten.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Everybody's good at it, gay people are better at it than straight people, and, again, you don't need much time.

大家都很擅长判定性取向，但同性恋者比异性恋者更擅长，而且不需要太多时间。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And he did it faster than the world record time Phelps set last year at the Beijing Olympics.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

And two, to give you a better sense of design especially as your programs get a little more involved and they play or they run for more than just a few seconds time.

另一方面，使你们对设计更有感觉,尤其是你的程序要适用于更多的应用环境或,要运行不止几秒钟时间的时候。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But,in his words, "A smart entrepreneur should spend his time developing the business rather than the business plan."

VOA: special.2009.06.26

I've got to tell you that I realized fairly late in life they are more subtle than I imagined the first time.

我得告诉你们,我是很晚的时候才意识到,它其实比我之前想象的要精妙得多

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

He spent at least two-thirds of his more than, about three-quarters of his time in the northern states.

他至少花费了他旅程的三分之二,可能不止,应该是他旅程的四分之三时间,周游于北方各州

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Most people at that time thought it was not important for young women to learn anything more than to read and write.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

He was so much bigger than everybody else, so people really were not taken aback, because this was a time when physical imperfections were commonplace.

他虽然比普通人个子大很多,但人们并不会感到惊异,因为在那个时代有生理缺陷极为寻常

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The two time periods tested whether people were more likely to act differently in the short term than in the long term.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Easier picture than the one we constructed last time.

这比上一讲的图要简单

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Fewer than one hundred thousand American troops are in Iraq for the first time since the invasion seven years ago next week.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

More than any time in America's history.

这种现象美国历史上从未有过。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

By the time of her death in nineteen seventy-six, the yard had more than three hundred statues of animals and imaginary creatures.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

How many know about the studies that cheerful example that yoga practice diminishes significantly, more than any other interventions that they tried, the likelihood of second-time offenders when they practice it in jail?

有多少人知道下面这个让人欣慰的案例,瑜伽练习，比任何试过的干预措施都有效，犯人在监狱里练瑜伽,会降低他们的二次犯罪率？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

But over a lifetime, I think I would think almost a complete majority here would agree that they would rather be a human with higher pleasure than be that rat with intense pleasure for a momentary period of time.

但是就一生而言,我觉得，在场绝大部分人都会同意,他们更愿意做拥有更高级快乐的人,而不是只图一时快乐，做那只享受一时快感的鼠。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选