Better understanding of what makes a cow a cow could lead to better milk and meat production.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

And should we look at more broadly in seeing that what makes America, America would make her society.

将眼界放得更宽些，什么造就了美国,美国应该造就自己的社会。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

so there's a lot to offer, and that's, I think, what makes California so great.

很多值得一看的东西，这一点让加州很棒。

加州的魅力 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"What makes her a great teacher?" "She makes me learn letters and she's nice to me."

VOA: special.2010.04.30

The very fact that I need to know it in particular is what makes me need to know it negatively.

认识一件事物需要知道,它不是什么。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Tell us if you have a favorite American blues or folk singer young or old -- and what makes that person's music special to you.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

So what makes him feel close to home, in a way, has to make him feel close to the religion he's trying to reject.

所以，要想让一个人对亲近家，在某种意义上，先得让他亲近他试图抗拒的宗教。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The chemical quality of glass is what makes up its color.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

In the case of Leviathan, I would suggest to you, Hobbes' central question is, ? what makes authority possible?

至于《利维坦》，我要向你们说明，霍布斯的中心问题是，是什么使得权力成为可能？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But what makes July so deadly?

VOA: special.2010.06.16

And what makes it great is that he began with an interesting question.

但它很出色，因为,他以一个有趣的问题开头。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"Part of what makes this film so exciting is how close it is linked to our present and very near future.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

The horn obviously is a brass instrument and what makes the sound is a vibrating column of air.

显而易见的,圆号是个铜管乐器,它通过震动空气柱来发出声音

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

"They are all over the place and that's what makes the Gulf of Mexico such a rich place for fisheries."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Really, all these things are potentially interesting possibilities and the question is what makes most sense?

实际上,上述这些都是可能的潜在原因,问题是哪一个才是主要原因

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"To get to a bare bones budget unfortunately, we had to cut what makes school special, like art,music and library."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

This is what makes cells different, the number and quantity of the genes that they express.

这就是细胞产生差异的原因,即表达的基因在数量和质量上的差异

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"That is what makes it stand out and different than just being a normal genre piece to me,anyway."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

How do we assess what makes a life-- a good life versus a bad life?

我们如何评估是什么,让一种人生是好的或坏的人生？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I didn't understand that until later on. And everyone's unique and that's what makes people exciting to watch."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Point out what makes you be the obvious.

指出使你变得明显的东西。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

"And that's what makes the commercials and the opportunity to advertise on the Super Bowl so special.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

Let's not just study what makes people happy.

我们不但要研究人们因何快乐。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"I don't have one thing. Everything she does is what makes me feel special about her.

VOA: standard.2010.02.13

We don't know what makes us laugh.

我们不知道是什么引起我们笑。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"What makes sense for the Gulf region, what makes sense for Europe, what makes sense for the Pacific, they're not going to be the same.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

What makes it a unit?

是什么让它成为一个时期的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"What makes it so rare is that it is highly endangered in the wild, in Sumatra, and it is so hard to get to bloom in cultivation."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

And uh, I guess that's what makes Columbia special is that,

我想，就是这一点使得哥伦比亚大学与众不同，

介绍好朋友 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The Benthamite utilitarian says everybody's preferences count and they count regardless of what people want, regardless of what makes different people happy.

边沁功利主义者认为每个人的偏好都有意义,不论人们所欲何为，不论其喜好各有不同。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选