Kusugak says that the Inuit symbol used to represent the Vancouver Winter Games serves a special purpose in his culture, illustrating that his people were in the region, where to find food or whether there is fuel for fire.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

I never met anybody who seemed more like an author than this person, and yet he's raising the question whether there is any such thing, or in any case, the question how difficult it is to decide what it is if there is.

我从来没有遇见过比他看起来更像作家的人，现在他提出了一个问题，问无论如何，如果有这么个东西的话那么决定它是什么有多难。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

You could use the "Is there" pattern to find out about whether there's a party and hopefully, you can receive an invitation.

你可以用“Is there”句型来确认是否有这样一个派对，希望自己能够得到邀请。

Is there 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But the evening really kicks into high gear after the scientist's presentation ends, when the audience gets to start the conversation: "Is it still a question as to whether there is a lot more plant diversity in the Andes versus the Amazon?"

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

This raises a question. Whether the relation between contemporary political science and liberalism is merely accidental or whether there is some intrinsic some necessary connection between them.

这导出一个问题，当代政治科学,与自由主义的关系仅是偶然,或之间，有些本质的,一些必然的,连结介于两者之间。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

There should be some sense by the end of the year,he says, whether or not serious progress is being made.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

But in our collective cultural consciousness, if there is a such thing, whether we like him or not we tend to think of John Milton as powerful.

如果说我们有一种集体文化意识的话，在这个意识里，不管我们喜不喜欢米尔顿，我们都会认为他是强大的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

There is a debate about whether or not swimming burns as many calories as other forms of exercise.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

Of course, it's contested whether or not there is really any merit in talking about texts that way.

当然也有人质疑,那样去谈论一部作品是否真有必要。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

There is debate over whether releasing too much information might cause more harm than good.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

What I care about is whether there'll be somebody that's similar to me in the right way in terms of my personality.

我在乎的是不是有一个人,带有和我人格方面的一定相似存活。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Macpherson says there is also no way of knowing whether there could be another eruption that could cause a similar ash cloud.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Whether they arrived there after an exodus from Egypt is not of course indicated.

他们是否在逃离埃及之后到达此地,文中并没有暗示。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"There is no extra charge whether for regular checkups, for treatments or for prescription medicines."

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

The big question for American now is whether there will be light at the end of the tunnel after more than 8 years of war there, after all that life lost and fouture spent.

现在对于美国一个重要的问题就是,是否有曙光的出现,8年的战争中，美国政府花费了大量的金钱，很多人也因为战争也失去了生命。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The question now is whether there will be enough jobs so Haitians can support themselves, or whether the country will again face the dilemma of food aid.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

And also, discuss the debate over whether such cases are true or not; whether they could be taken as a real phenomena or a made-up phenomena, which is--there is a matter of a lot of controversy.

同时也讨论一下,这种现象是否真实存在,我们应该将它看作是真实的心理现象,还是人们主观想象出来的,这个问题存在着许多的争论

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"My door is open but irrespective of whether or not any Republicans , and I do think there will be , I am going to move forward anyway,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

But even if you do survive-- let's the ground floor-- even if you do survive, you would lead a life of constant frustration-- refusing to accept something that is there whether you like it or not.

即使你幸存下来-,比如你在一楼-,就算你真得幸存下来，你的生活将是处处受挫-,拒绝接受现实事物,不论你喜欢与否。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"Whether or not they blame Karzai for that personally, I think that there is a general sense among significant parts of the population that it may be time for a change.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

What we don't get here is a sense of whether there really is an alternate secret postal system that serves a sort of underground of private networks.

在这里我们所不明白的是，是否真的存在一个,提供地下的,私密的通信服务的，秘密邮政系统。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

On Sunday,Emanuel said the main question now is whether there will be a credible Afghan government to help provide security and government services, if foreign troops are able to reverse recent Taliban gains.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Because you won't want to do everything from scratch yourself, you want to be able to look at what is being created by somebody else and understand what is inside of there, whether it works correctly and how you can build on it This is one of the few places where plagiarism is an OK thing.

因为你们不会想无论做什么事情,都由你们自己亲自上阵，你们希望有能力读懂,别人创造的语言,并了解其中的内涵，运转的正确性和如何在其基础之上继续发展,这是为数不多的,合理的作弊行为之一。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Mr.Major says it is imperative for the inquiry to determine whether Blair's cabinet knew that there were serious doubts about whether there actually were any weapons of mass destruction in the weeks and months ahead of the invasion.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

There may be a little uncertainty about whether the pizza place is still going to be open late at night when you get hungry.

就是当你饿的时候,不能确定批萨店是否还营业

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"God only knows what he wants," "There are all kinds of discussions, whether this is about succession wanting his son to succeed him, and whether or not he is looking for respect, whether or not he really wants a nuclear capability to threaten the region.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

I'll let you read Siegel and his discussion of this possibility, ... but I think that-- what I want to get now is not necessarily any agreement on whether you believe that there's such a high excess return for stocks.

我会要求你们读西格尔的书,以及他对这种可能性的讨论，但是我认为-,你们并不需要,同意炒股的收益,远远高于其他的投资方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Or whether it is really even a wave." Hawkings says Democrats say there is no upcoming Republican "wave" which will sweep scores of them from office, pointing to a special election for the U.S.House seat for the late Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Then there are some who say the real problem here is the lack of consent, whether the lack of consent to a lottery, to a fair procedure or, Kathleen's idea, lack of consent at the moment of death.

还有人认为,真正的问题在于，没有征得同意，不管是没有征得同意抽签，用公平程序进行,或者是凯思琳所说，没有征得派克的同意杀他。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

So this is a subtle thing because you think about the current election, there's a debate about whether Hilary Clinton, for example, can choose right now to be at the center of the democratic party given her past history of votes, for example, on the Iraq War.

这是个微妙的事情,因为你联想到现在的选举,举个例子,关于希拉里·克林顿能否选择,作为民主党竞选中间派参选就颇有争议,考虑到她的参选记录,例如在伊拉克战争中

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选