But they also made it clear that they are willing to act alone, if necessary, to pass a health care bill.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

We have the capacity to think morally, we have the capacity to act morally, and to be altruistic or benevolent.

我们能够以道德的方式思考，我们也能够做有道德的事，我们可以无私奉献，可以乐善好施。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He's going to act in it. And my other roommate is named Christine Kwon.

他会参加演出。另外一个室友叫克里斯汀·权。

有趣的室友们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

To be a king, one need merely put forth one's regal state, one simply needs to act kingly.

欲称王，只需要有帝国的疆域，言行举止好似一个王就可。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

As part of the agreement, Hayes promised not to act aggressively to support the civil rights of black southerners.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

And, it follows from him that political liberty means the freedom to act where the law is silent, as he says.

而他的政治自由意味着,我们可以在法律所认可的范畴内,享有充分的行动自由。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

W.H.O.special adviser Keiji Fukuda said last week that the virus has continued to act in some ways like seasonal flu.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

However, the question is, how do I choose to behave, to act as a result of it?

问题在于，我要选择怎样的行为，去表达情感？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

During the early weeks of eighteen ninety-eight, President McKinley waited for Spain to act on its promises to Cuba.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

It won't be long before we're using these same kind of devices to both record--to test what's going on-- and to act in the right way and response.

相信不久以后,这个装置就可以同时记录和反馈,大脑的信号,并做出相应的回应

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The puppeteers train for many years to move as one in bringing the puppet to life to act in complex theater productions.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

It rankles, but on the other hand, these regulations survive because the reality is that people are victimized all the time and we can't just allow companies to act in secrecy.

这让人不爽,但是从另一个角度,金融监管制度之所以长期存在,是因为现实中,大众一直都是牺牲品,我们不能任由那些公司在幕后操纵

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So he thinks it makes a lot of sense for today's barbers to act as "health care extenders" by sharpening their skills.

VOA: special.2010.10.27

On the other hand,when he, even Oedipus himself, when he understands and he relents,and in a sense he apologizes for what he's done,but more importantly,he ceases,of course, to be powerful and to act in that way,wisdom comes to him.

另一方面,即便是俄狄浦斯自己,当他对他的所作所为开始反思,悔过,更为重要的是他选择了让步,他变得强大,智慧再次降临到他的头上

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

In this way, the case could be settled without deciding on the power of Congress to act on slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

So it's going to be-- it's like one of the reality shows where things are going to be as they are and hopefully after a while we'll learn to act and behave normally and not worry about its presence.

因此,这就像...,就像某种真人秀节目,你在节目里要假装和平常一样,但愿过一段时间以后,我们能表现得很自然,完全忽略那部摄像机的存在

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

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

You're going to want to act like you own the place,

你要表现得好像那里就是你自己的地盘，

如果想去俱乐部 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

She said she did not have to act like a white woman that Hollywood hoped she would become.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

And deception defined broadly is simply to act or be in some way that fools others into believing or thinking or responding to something that's false.

而广义上的欺骗是以愚弄的方式,使他人相信虚假之事,认为虚假之事是真实的,或是使他人对虚假之事做出反应。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Wilson wasted no time. He immediately called a special session of Congress to act on Democratic campaign promises to reduce import taxes,or tariffs.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

To do any other kind of manual labor is to act like a slave."

从事其他任何体力劳动便是自贬为奴隶"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

With orders from President Obama to act in such a situation, they opened fire, killing three Somalis.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

certainly to act as good attorneys in the future

将来成为好律师的能力，

不平等的入学基准 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The aim was to get people young and old across the United States to act locally in solving environmental problems in their areas.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

In my experience, decisions moved with the process of risks, mitigation like malaises When the Taliban arrived in the village, it takes 96 hours for an army commander to obtain necessary approvals to act.

以我的经验来看，决定的执行是有一定的风险的,当塔利班分子进入到村子后，一个军队指挥官要花去96个小时来获得必要的批准才能行动。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

President McKinley, without waiting for the Senate to act, ordered the American military government in Manila to extend its control throughout the Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

It had come to a kind of crescendo with voter registration drives and the Voting Rights Act of 1964.

随着选民登记的进行，和在1964年通过的投票权法案,这样的事愈演愈烈。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The semiotician's answer to this is it never could have happened simply as an act of agency, as an act of will.

符号学者这样解释,这不是一己之力的结果。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选