A Christmas tree, in other words, is a sign that can only be understood intelligibly in terms of a certain cultural understanding.

也就是说，它仅仅用于，也仅仅在一定的文化背景中,才能有意义，被理解。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It was only when we started to study those that we actually understood how we can best help that population.

只有当我们开始研究这些,才能了解如何帮助到整体。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

A phalanx understood in this way only makes sense if you imagine very close order.

而只有在士兵们站得非常紧密的情况下,方阵才能有实战意义

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They were very often associated with blind forces of nature with no intrinsic moral character, he says. And the god of Israel was understood to transcend nature and his will was not only absolute, it was absolutely good and moral.

他们与自然的力量相关,没有内在的品德，而以色列的上帝,被认为是超越自然地存在，他的意愿不仅是绝对的，而且是绝对正确和道德的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

You've got to show not only have you understood the ideas that have been put forward in the readings and in the lectures and so forth, but you see how to sort of put them together in the paper in a way that shows you've got some aptitude here.

不只是表现出你们理解了那些概念,那些阅读中的课堂上的及其他的内容，你们还得想办法在论文中把他们组合起来,要显得有点天分。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选