"This is our 41st year. Each year is different. Whether it be comic book publishers, toy manufacturers,or whatever.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

specifically for the duration of the project whether it be a TV series or a one-off project,

特别是项目实施期间，无论是电视连续剧还是一次性项目，

英国的影视产业 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

We are honoring instead the integrity of what they're saying without thinking about whether or not it might be true.

我们事实上反而在,尊重他们所说内容的真实性,却从未想过这到底是不是真的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"Fishing is going to go on whether it be on the west side of the river or the east side of the river."

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

whether it be music or sports, although you know, my specialty would be sports.

无论是音乐节目还是体育节目。不过，我最擅长的还是体育节目。

广播人员怎么样？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Finding themselves safely at home, it would be of no importance whether they had ever been away."

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Right? That would be an entirely different matter, wouldn't it, because you would have absolutely no idea whether the question was rhetorical or grammatical, right?

对吧，那将会是一个完全不同的情况，难道不是吗，因为你就会完全不知道,这个问句是修辞型的还是语法型的，对吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Instead,it will be based on a simple principle: whether a state is ready to do what works.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

So we have four choices in terms of initial and final energy levels, and also what it means - in terms of the electron -- whether it's gaining energy or whether it's going to be emitting energy?

我们有这四个选项,各有不同的初始能量和末能量,它都是按照电子来说的,不管是失去能量还是得到能量？

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Americans debate whether it should be lowered, or whether young drinkers would only drink more.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

He would be consumed with the consideration of whether to bury it here or whether to bury it there -- or should he bury it two feet under, or maybe he should bury it six feet under?

他会一直想把它埋在这里还是那里,或者埋两英尺还是，六英尺？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"And no matter where you are in the world, that is a very important thing, to be proud of who you are and be able to let people hear what you have to say, whether they like it or not.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Common objects can be pure or impure; it just depends whether or not they've been in contact with a source of impurity or not. Alright?

普通的事物可以是纯洁的或者不纯洁的;,原因只取决于它们是否,和一些不纯洁的来源有接触，对吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt said it is yet to be seen whether Madoff will cooperate in the investigation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

It comes from personal experience that raises a question at least about whether all values can be translated without loss into utilitarian terms.

是亲身见闻所引起的疑问,是否所有的价值都可以完好无损地,转换为功利主义的形式。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

They need to be independent," "They need to have full vested powers that are given them, whether it is of investigation or prosecution.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

If you focus on some of the minutia of a site like this, you know, it's useful to be able to jump to a particular date whether in the future or in the past.

如果你关注像这样一个网站的一些细节，你会发现，若能跳转到,不论过去还是将来的一个特定日期，那将是很有用的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The admiral said it should be clear pretty quickly whether President Karzai is willing and able to take the steps necessary to fight corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

This is wonderful to see,wonderful to be here, whether it's Harvard,whether it's America-- a real privilege.

能来到这里是件美好的事，无论是在哈佛，还是在美国，真的很荣幸。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Smith says it is not known whether or not Hariri's second attempt will be more successful.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Whether that's right or not depends on just how bad would it be to be immortal.

它是否正确,取决于永生会有多糟糕。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"I know some question whether we can afford to act this year. But the unmistakable truth is that it would be irresponsible to not act.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

It is a much scarrier idea than saying I have this, I'm going to do it, I'm going to put it down there as opposed to being open to what may come and being uncertain whether that would be something good enough.

这和，我知道了，我要做这个，我想写这个，这种确定感相比,对可能的结果保持一种开放的心态，不知道,期待能否满足的未知感相比，更挑战一些。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"I'm very happy about it." "I don't know whether this will be my main stopping point or not, but it certainly does give meanother option."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

It's an open question whether you'll believe it when this class comes to an end, but I'd be surprised if many of you believe it now.

即使到课程结束时,能否接受这个观点,依然是你们的自由,相反,你们要现在就能接受,倒是会让我感到很奇怪

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Whether or not it will bear as much fruit remains to be seen.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

One might have to do with where it's from and how it's made so that might tell us a little bit about whether something should be defined as a food.

一个是关于食品源自何处,怎么生产的,这会给我们一些参考,去判断何为食品

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Health officials did not know how deadly the virus would be, who would be most vulnerable, how quickly it would spread and whether it could be contained.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

whether it'd be, like what I said, time management, or just discipline and

不论是我说的时间管理，自律，还是……

时间管理很重要 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So we're talking about an experiment when you generate-- Each experiment generates both an x and a y observation and we know when x is high, y also tends to be high, or whether it's the other way around.

这里说的是由试验产生的,每一次试验可以获得一组x与y的观察值,当x值大的时候,y值可能也大,或者相反

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选