It then made Massachusetts the most stable state or essentially the most stable state in the country and it was widely-admired.

那时，它使马萨诸塞州成为了美国最稳定的州,或者说本质上最稳定的州,并广受好评与赞赏。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The universal state will never allow for or does not allow for the kind of self-perfection that a small, self-governing polis will have.

万国之城将永不会允许,或说不会允许一种自我完善,那只有在小型，自治的城邦中才行得通。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

This material is a theologically oriented account of Israel's history from the conquest of Canaan, or what is represented as the conquest of Canaan, to the destruction of the state by the Babylonians in 587-586 BCE.

这些内容是以神学为基础对以色列历史的记叙,从征服迦南，或者说是显示出的对迦南的征服，到公元前587到586年被巴比伦人攻陷城邦。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选