Obama's got a problem with the Democrats. He's got a different kind of problem the Republicans, and I think there is every reason to think that Obama would like for the build-down to be meaningful."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

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

We're going to build up this taxonomy if you like, but the reason it's relevant is, associated with each one of those types is a set of operators that expect certain types of input in order to do their job.

我们将会建立这种分类，但是这相关的原因是，对于每种类型都有,和之对应的一个操作集,这个操作机对一些输入,做出规定的操作。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Mr.Bani Sadr argues the Iranian people have good reason to be upset with the results of the election: He insists that for a population that wanted to express itself and vote, this kind of fraud is unacceptable and thus people have taken to the streets to protest.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

Good question. I think part of the reason for more blacks low reading skills is, to do with the history of being heavy slaves.

好问题,我认为黑人阅读能力差的部分原因是,他们经历了较长时间的奴役史。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

And it's precisely for this reason that at least the soul, belief in the soul, combined with the soul theory of personal identity holds out the possibility of surviving my death.

就因为这个原因,至少灵魂，相信灵魂，在加上灵魂理论的人格同一性,建立起我不死的可能性。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

that expresses the will of the majority, the will of the greater number be rendered compatible with the needs of philosophy and the claims to respect ? only reason and a better argument?

众人意志的民主，及大多数人的意志,能够兼容,哲学需求,及尊重理性,及进阶辩论的诉求吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

You can be a product of the Enlightenment, with a faith in reason, and not become a Romantic who begins to believe in the possibilities of man, or even the perfectibility of man.

你是启蒙运动的产物,带着对理智的信心,而不是相信一个,相信人类无所不能,甚至人的完善性的浪漫主义者

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

You'd be hard pressed to identify what the meter of that is so that's one reason, and of course what--where am I going with the next important point about what's happening in this music?

你会很难确定其中的节拍,这也是原因之一,当然这也是我将要讲解的下个关键点,关于在这类音乐中的情形

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

And what the Republic tries to do is to offer us strategies, maybe we might even call it a therapy, Thumos for dealing with thumos, for submitting it to the control of reason and helping us to achieve some level of balance, of self-control and moderation.

而《理想国》尝试做的是,提供我们策略，而我们甚至能称之为疗法，用以处理，让它接受理性的控制,并助我们达到某种程度的平衡，介于自控与节制之间。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Far from having a sort of rational actor model of politics, he operates with an irrational actor model. He assumes that it is not reason but our passions that are the dominant force of human psychology, our desires, our aversions, our passions.

没有一个政治上理性的典范,他就着手塑造一个,不理性的典型，他假设,感情，而不是理性,是统领人类心理，欲望，厌恶和情绪的主要力量。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选