This means a place that is fun and not serious, and maybe even out of touch with reality.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

It simply means that one cannot enter the holy sanctuary, God's realm, when impure through contact with death or sexuality.

这就意味着如果和死亡或者性有关，人就不能进入圣所，上帝的领域。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

We understand irony only, he means, to the extent to which we are in agreement with the other person.

他的意思是,我们只能在赞同对方观点的程度上,理解讽刺。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And what does that mean? It means I am trained in geology, but with interests in the other planets and Mars in particular."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

A sinking dollar means a poorer nation and a superpower with a sinking currency is a contradiction in terms."

美元疲软意味着国家的衰落,而美国本身又是个超级大国,两者未免自相矛盾“

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

That means it is easier for planes with only two engines to strike a flock of birds and lose power in both engines.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Now this is perhaps, frankly this is really the reason that people tend to get confused with the new piece of syntax because the * means different things in different contexts.

也许，这就是大家对这个新语法,混淆的原因,因为*的在不同的环境中有不同的意义。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Its story begins with a plant whose scientific name, Theobroma cacao, means "food of the gods."

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Who learns better? What types of materials are better types with the particular technology than by conventional means?

谁学得更好了,哪种材料更适于搭配某一特定的技术,以起到比传统方法更好的效果？

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

Graduated means teenagers start with restrictions like on night driving and numbers of passengers.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Energy means, you know, chemical reactions happen, and you end up with something that might be exothermic, that is, the products are more stable then the reactants.

能量表明，当反应发生之后，你最终会得到放热的产物，换句话说就是产物比反应物更稳定。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

And the rate of change means it's very difficult for the classical educational programs to keep up with the demand that's out there in the marketplace."

VOA: special.2011.01.24

So, our detection devices are a little bit limited here today, we're actually only going to be using our eyes, so that means that we need to stick with the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

我们今天所有的探测仪器十分有限，实际上我们要用我们的眼睛来观测，这意味着我们只能看到,电磁谱中的可见光区间。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Children sing with them on the song Ng'Ayer Bukra, which means Change Tomorrow.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

It means that we better get away from these deterministic models where we have a little electron here with its potential energy and its kinetic energy.

它的意思是我们最好远离,这些确定性模型,那里有一个小电子,它具有势能和动能。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

In everyday speech, a green light means approval to continue with a project.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

So, we'll talk a bit about what that means, with the different gods and goddesses, and how you learned all this in mythological courses and English in high school.

我们以后会谈到，不同神祇的意义，以及高中里神话及英语课的教学。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Now it means the opposite, with two recent reminders in the news.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

You know what that means when they're framed there on the wall with their coupons still attached?

你知道吗,当债券陈列在墙上,而息票还贴在上面的时候

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It also means the person must not have interfered with the shark.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

So, that means he's got to make his line unless he comes up with some clever trick, the same size as the other guy.

所以,这意味着除非他想出别的好点子,否则他就必须使他那一排的规模,和对方的一样

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Ghiyath Nakshbendi explains what that means with Islamic bonds, called sukuk.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

I guess this means you ate it with enthusiasm.

我想这说明大家吃饭时充满热情

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

This means talking with a school representative.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

So if what Socrates means by invisibility is the first notion: can't be seen with your eyes, then the argument is not any good, harmony is a pretty compelling counterexample.

所以如果苏格拉底说的无形,是第一个意思：，眼睛看不见，这个论证就不好，和声是个很有说服力的反例。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

She knows that to stay with Edward means she must give up her mortal life and become a vampire too.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

And that means being engaged with the material.

也就是要充分理解材料。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"Any time your name gets up there with some of the greats in the game, it obviously means a lot,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

I can't tell you how many scholars have come up with different readings of what Oedipa's name means.

我说不出来有多少学者,对于Oedipa名字的含义,想出了多少种的解读。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Okay, so expectation with respect to P just means exactly what you expect it to mean.

好了,其实在信念P下的预期,和大家理解的预期意思是一样的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选