David Kramer was a former senior State Department official in the Bush administration He also sees the U.S.position moving towards the Russian one.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

Not even the muse Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, was in a position to avert a human tragedy like this.

即使是缪斯之一克莱俄帕，掌管史诗的女神，也不能避免这样一场人间悲剧。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It was the ideal embraced by priests and nuns, and it was the ideal to which all Christians theoretically at least were in a position to aspire to.

这是牧师和修女们所拥护的理想，这也是基督教徒们理论上,至少是理应渴望的理想。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He said his position was based, in part, on a World Health Organization report that outlined the many health problems facing South Africa and other nations on the continent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Once a week we assembled the homeland security team which meant in the later part of the administration The Secratary of Homeland Security, 911 which was a position was created in the year after 911.

每个星期,还会组织一次国土安全组的人开会,意味着会议的第二部分,会见国土安全部部长，这个职位是在,之后的一年才创立的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The U.S.position on developments in Pakistan was a major topic at Wednesday's State Department briefing, where reporters pressed spokesman Robert Wood about Washington's view of Thursday's planned demonstration and the government crackdown.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

El According to Canaanite mythology, Baal defeated El, and assumed his position at a certain point as the head of the Canaanite pantheon, so there was a switch in Canaanite mythology, from El to Baal becoming supreme.

根据迦南神话，Baal打败了，在某一时期担任了职务,作为迦南万神庙的首领，因此迦南神话中有一个转折，从El至高无上的地位到Baal的无上地位。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I know he would do the same if I was in that position, so I was purely driven by love and understanding that I can still live a normal life after this."

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

With the success of The Dark Knight we were in a position where the studio was prepared to put a lot of faith in us and trust us to really do something special."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

(Talking) Wilson was a member of the Appropriations Committee in the U.S.House of Representatives, and used his position to help buy Afghan fighters weapons, including Stinger missiles, that inflicted heavy damage on Soviet gunships.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11