They studied the pictures for signs of AMD and to see whether smoking influenced the womens chances of developing the disease.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

and they haven't really thought long and hard about whether they want to be a lawyer.

其实，关于将来愿不愿意当律师，他们自己也没有仔细考虑过。

拿全额奖学金 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So, here's the syllabus: two big blocks, first block general principles of chemistry, 1 and that's the same whether you take 3.091 or 5.111 or 5.112.

这就是教学大纲，两大块，第一部分是化学的通则，关于这点，我们的课程1,还有，5。111课程以及，5。112课程都是一样的。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Still others question whether the cell and those to follow can really help improve health and make biofuels.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

The Manhattan Project,when they created the atomic bomb and whether or not you agree with the Manhattan Project normatively.

曼哈顿计划中，他们创造了原子弹,无论你是否同意,这计划。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

So you know throw those two together and I'll come running to check this out regardless of whether she cares or not."

VOA: special.2010.07.30

You must love loyal advisors and servants, whether they be foreigners or our own people, and spare no effort to serve the common good."

你一定要热爱俄国那些忠诚的大臣和臣民,不管他是来自外国还是国内,同时你也必须不遗余力地为公共利益服务"

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

"I want a grandchild.I'll be seventy in July, and I just -- whether they get married or not, I want a grandchild."

VOA: special.2011.05.23

We want to figure out if the harmony is changing, and if it is changing whether it's changing at a regular or irregular rate.

一是判断和声是否发生了变化，二是如果发生了变化，和声的变化频率是规则还是不规则的。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

The pilots are paid less, and there are questions about whether they get enough training or rest.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

In another sense, they're more willing to entrust the money back to the board of directors to decide on when and whether to pay dividends.

换句话说,他们更放心,把钱交给董事们管,让他们来决定什么时候或发不发股利

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The goal was to test whether Internet stations could be set up, how much they would cost, and how long they could operate.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

So we'll discuss whether the same thing is happening with food and the tobacco industry.

我们会讨论发生在烟草工业的事情,会不会在食品工业上重演

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated,can long endure.

VOA: special.2011.02.07

So, a natural product is something that is made by nature, and often natural products, whether it comes from a plant or a marine organism have some really good, useful properties. And so, one particular compound has anti-tumor properties. So, again, along this line of cancer research.

天然产物是在自然界中生成的,通常一个天然产物，不管是来自植物或者海洋生物,都有些非常好非常实用的性质，其中的一个特殊的化合物,可以治疗癌症,再一次我们又来到癌症研究上。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Miz Strully noted whether the subjects were employed and then looked at their health eighteen months later.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

If you're pure, not only are meats and viands pure , but all kinds of knowledge, whether of good and evil.

如果你纯洁，不只是肉和食物，肉和酒会变得纯洁，所有的只是，无论善恶都会变得纯洁。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

I really have no idea whether it's a fact, and it's not important in My Fair Lady whether it's a fact.

我真的不知道这是不是真的，但是它在窈窕淑女里面真实与否并不重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The other study explored whether punishment leads to greater cooperation among groups and individuals.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

It's nothingness that is the mystical state rather than everythingness. And it's interesting to think about whether those two are really opposites.

虚无比万事万物更为是神秘,很有趣的是，想一下,这两个是否真的相反。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The first,and perhaps most important, is whether to bury the body or cremate it.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

He only insists that sovereign power remain absolute and undivided whether it belongs to a single person, a few, or the many.

他所强调的是,无论国家权力是掌控在个人手里,还是少数人或是集体手里，它都应当是绝对而不可分割的。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Whether we talk about a ramp or whether we talk about a doorway or a handrail, things like Braille on elevators and signage and things like that."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

So, I just want to write a few examples down with a few values for delta u or delta H or delta S, and see whether we can get any clues from what we see.

我先写一些例子,例子包含一些内能，自由焓和熵的变化数值，然后看从中,我们能不能得到一些启示。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

"One of the absolutely key, most important variables as to whether or not a forest survives and continues is whether local people monitor each other and its use.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

I don't know whether any of you have ever thought about this, and anything like this way.

不知道你们是否考虑过这个问题,或者以这种方式考虑问题

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Here is some of the Gettysburg Address: "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation,or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

We're considering item 1 and we're trying to ask whether we can put it in.

我们考虑1号物品1,我们将要问我们,能否把它装进去。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

I then want to take the time to consider whether or not we should believe this and how well it fits with our modern science.

接下来的时间我想来和大家讨论一下,弗洛伊德的理论是否可信,以及弗洛伊德的理论,在多大程度上是符合现代科学的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选