But despite the fact that it's modest, if everyone in the US would give according to that scale, it would yield 500 billion dollars.

尽管每个人的捐款不多，如果在美国，每个人都根据这个标准表捐款，那将会是5000亿美元。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It may seem crazy but-- it may seem like a modest innovation but it actually was-- it was an important innovation.

这看起来也许有些疯狂,它看上去只是一个小创新,但实际上...,这是一个很重要的创新

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Modest container theories, that is, say there's a value to being alive, but it can in principle be outweighed.

保守的有价值容器理论认为，活着有一定的价值，但是按道理它可以被超越。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The force may taper off, the force may not be given by a straight line, but for modest deformations, every spring will have a linear regime in which the force is linearly proportional to the stretching.

它产生的力可能会渐渐消失,力的曲线可能不是一条直线,而有轻微的弯曲,每个弹簧都有一个线性区间,在这一区间内,力和伸长量是线性关系

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

But even in those moments when I'm drawn towards valuable container theories, it's always the modest version.

但即便是在那些时刻,即便是在我赞同有价值容器理论时，我赞同的通常是保守价值的说法。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So, those are modest theories-- positive value for life, but it can be outweighed.

所以，这些是保守的理论-,活着是正数，但是它可以被超越。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选