He's a standard literary device that you see in fables of this period, and later--the kind that you find for example in the fables of Aesop.

它只是当时在传说中，不可缺少的角色，你可以在随后的伊索寓言中，找到类似的例子。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Every risk management device relies on a design and the design is usually complex and has-- it all has to work together.

每种风险管理工具都是基于某种设计,而这种设计通常都是很复杂的,需要各部分相互之间的配合

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

No, instead we have to click other amount at bottom right there, when we have to input 4-0-0 in this screen 4-0-0 after consulting visually the little cheat sheet on the device itself it tells you in a very long chart how much one pass costs so we multiply and type in 4-0-0, we hit enter.

不，然而我们必须点击,右下边的这个，当我们需要在这个屏幕上,输入0,通过咨询那个设备上小说明,它在一个很长的图表上,告诉你，每一站需要多少钱，我们加起来,输入了4-0-0，点击输入。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

That's a brilliant market timing device that-- I think enlightened people thought that those prices were getting high-- and also made some play on credit spreads and now on real estate, he said.

这个决策的市场时机非常正确,有见识的人都觉得,那时网络股的价格太高了,他们也参与了信用利差交易,现在又转向了房地产

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选