It means instruction, way, teaching, and that refers to the first five books that you see listed here, Genesis through Deuteronomy.

这个词其实有指示，方法，教义的意思，它也指,这边列出的五经，从《创世纪》到《申命记》

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But there is the opposite possibility, in the Beatitudes we read, "Blessed are the poor in spirit."

但是也有另一种可能性，《八福词》，里圣人讲，“虚心的人有福“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So, here are at least three examples of canceled children, and you can use that phrase, I think, to characterize Lolita. She is a canceled child.

那么，这里至少有三个被忽视的孩子的形象，我想你们,也会用这个词去描述洛丽塔，她也是一个被忽视的孩子。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Surely this word prevent also has a little bit of its modern meaning.

阻止这个词很显然也有一点现代的意思。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It's more of a cultural sense, but it also has a class sense.

这个词更多的是一种文化上的概念,当然也有一定的阶级含义

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

I think the answer is to be found, or at least one answer-- the truth is there are many answers-- in that they are just terribly interesting, but that's very much of a-- what's the word I want, the opposite of objective subjective observation by me.

我想这不难回答,至少也能举出一个理由,当然实际上我们有太多的理由,那就是古希腊太有意思了,不过这个答案显得太,那个词是什么来着,客观的反义词,显得太主观了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

I have two thoughts, one is that in Hebrew the word yare, both the word for fear and the word for awe.

我想说两点，一点是希伯来语中yare这个词，这个词既有恐惧的含义，也有敬畏的含义。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选