There's a certain pragmatic element behind this, basically we want to make sure that every human being has a dignified life.

这后面是有实用的因素，因为我们想确保,每个人都过上有尊严的生活。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And the top answer that was 82% was the Internet, something like 60% said they thought the availablity of guns was a significant factor in the Columbine's shooting.

高达82%的人认为是因为网络，约有60%的人认为,枪支的使用是一个重要因素,造成了这起枪杀案。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

So, numbers count, but it's not an easy one-to-one question, various issues will determine who comes out ahead.

所以,人多力量大,但这不是简单一对一的问题,很多因素决定了谁将更胜一筹

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

It was my first trip outside the United States and really helped me understand my identity as an American was probably the most significant aspect of my identity.

是我第一次离开美国,它使我明白了,“我是一个美国人“，估计是我,身份中最重要的因素了。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So to get this slice, this next slice here, I need rationality; as some of you know that's widely criticized in the social sciences these days.

要剔除这个范围,需要理性因素,可能有些人知道,这一点最近社会科学界广受质疑

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Although most of you would probably say "well it's--all these things are involved, at least to some extent,"society defaults to certain assumptions about what's driving food intake and there are some people that default to an environmental explanation of this.

尽管你们大部分人可能会说,"和以上这些因素都有关系,至少有些关系",社会共识,某些原因造成了我们摄取过多垃圾食品,一些人把这归咎于环境原因

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Wouldn't natural selection favor the people who take introductory psychology, come to my Valentine's Day lecture, listen carefully to the big three and the more interesting four, ? and then go out there and put them into practice?

自然选择会不会青睐,那些学习心理学导论，在情人节来听我讲座，专心致志听我讲影响吸引力的三大因素,和四个有趣因素，然后在生活中应用这些知识的人？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So nonetheless,the desire for a good commercial opportunity might well have been one of the elements that these people who were leaving their home cities sought.

但是,对于贸易机遇的渴望应该是,驱使古希腊人背井离乡的,一个重要因素

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Serfs who are compelled to work the land, or in some places even slaves, well, they have no incentive, put aside the question even of capacity, to invest capital for the purpose of improving the size and quality of the their crops, their trees, their vines.

那些被强迫耕种土地的农奴,或者是那些在其他地方直接成为奴隶的人,刨除能动性因素,农场主们,没有任何理由投资钱财,去改善他们农作物,果树和葡萄,的种植规模和品质

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选