For example, he begins by borrowing the Russian formalist distinction in trying to explain what fiction is between plot and story.

举个例子，他开篇在解释那种文体介于情节和故事之间时,借用了俄国结构主义的特点。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

and so our organisation is trying to get as many medals as possible for the Olympics, for UK athletes.

所以我们的组织努力地为奥运、为英国运动员争取尽可能多的金牌。

正准备奥运会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And in very stark ethical terms, I think that very helpful for everyone who is trying to live a life of integrity and morality.

从严格的伦理角度来讲，这可以帮助人们,活出一个完整而道德的人生。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I'm just trying to give you an idea of the variety of different canons for different churches in different regions.

我只是想让你了解一下,不同地区不同教会的各种正典书目。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

But they represent for us a direction That the research lab I direct is trying to hid in.

但他们给我们指出了一个方向,我所在的研究实验室就朝着这个方向努力。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

The president that I work for, I always saw him trying to get first to the best policy based on his principles.

我辅佐的这位总统，我总会看见他努力根据自己的原则,规划出最好的政策。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

So any time I draw these molecular orbitals, I do my best, and I'm not always perfect, yet trying to make this energy different exactly the same for the anti-bonding orbital being raised, versus the bonding orbital being lowered.

所以我在画这些分子轨道的时候，虽然不是很完美，但我总是尽量,让反键轨道引起的，能量升高和成键轨道。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Now, how many agree with that argument, agree with the libertarian argument that redistribution for the sake of trying to help the poor is wrong?

有多少人同意自由主义者的这一驳论，认为为了帮助穷人,进行财富再分配不对？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

And, what they were trying to do was imagine a new world which would be less centralized; but, for the socialists, they wanted more centralization.

他们留下的目的就是,能生活在一个没有中央集权的社会中,但是,对于社会主义者来说则正相反

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

I'm just trying to solve out for the equation of this point.

我刚才就是为了解方程

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Here are two stories not having to do with death per se that may help us get a feel for the oddity of trying to disregard these facts.

下面有两个和死亡本身无关的故事,可能会让我们感觉到,试图无视这些事实的奇怪之处。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

As we went from a company with $300 million to $3 billion to $60 billion, we had to put processes in place, for sure, to deal with the complexity of what we were trying to accomplish.

我们公司的资产由3亿美元,增加到30亿，600亿，所以我们应该有套程序，来处理这么复杂的情况,实现我们的目标。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

especially as I am trying to develop my own thoughts and my own research questions for my future career.

尤其是就我未来职业方面，我正在尝试形成自己的观点，提出我的研究问题。

有印象的教授 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Yeah. I'm trying to be a film director, movie director for major motion pictures.

我在努力成为一名电影导演，一名动画电影导演。

要成为导演 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And I'm trying to suggest that Milton's composition of this poem is actually doing something for him, that it gets him somewhere, and that it's functional in a genuine sense.

我试图设想弥尔顿的这首诗,实际上是在为他做一些事情，使他，能够真正的发挥某些作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I'm trying to write these two unknowns in terms of these two knowns and you can solve for them.

我会试着将这两个未知量,用这两个已知量表示出来 这样你们就可以求了

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选