Because very often,with very good intentions, we may fall short of what we are capable of doing, or in some situations,even hurt more than help.

因为很多时候，即使有很好的意愿，我们的能力还是有限，或在某些情况下，我们带来的伤害多于帮助。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

You wait a short amount of time, it goes to a new location, What can that be?

过了一小会儿,它到了一个新的位置,它等于什么呢

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

I think with all the problems in here and what's going on there, maybe the short sides of 10 years is what we looking at.

考虑到阿富汗现存的问题,以及阿富汗现在的情况，不到10年时间。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Okay, well the interesting thing is, you guys in a very short period of time generated a number of ideas about what this could be.

好,有意思的是,大家在很短时间内,猜出了很多种东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The New York Times says the legislation falls far-short of many European governments and many environmentalists said it needed it What does Thomas Sowell has to say about the cap and trade legislation?

纽约时报评论说这项立法,远远比不上许多欧洲政府，“,许多环保人士说需要的额度,托马斯，索尔对此,总量控制与交易立法以为何如？

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

But the Florentines, being what they were, rejected this idea and the rule of Savonarola was short-lived.

但佛罗伦萨人的自我意识很强，所以拒绝接受这种想法,当然Savonarola，的统治也就相对短命。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选