We have sought in word and deed for a new era of engagement with the world."

VOA: special.2009.09.26

There's no language in the world that has a rule that says the fifth word has to be a verb.

世界上并没有语言规定,说第五个词必须是动词

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Most languages around the world have a different word for luck and risk--or luck and fortune.

世上的大多数语言,对运气和风险,或者说运气和机遇,都有另一种表达方式

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Millions of people all over the world use the word OK.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

Nature also is not divine. It's demythologized, de-divinized, If that's a word; the created world is not divine, It is not the physical manifestation of various deities, an earth god, a water god and so on.

自然是没有神性的，它是没有神话色彩也没有神性的，如果可以这样说的话，被创造出来的世界并不神圣，它并不是众神实体的显形，是一个土地神或者水神或者诸如此类。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In the business world, entrepreneur is another French word.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

But for the Greeks, as I think for quite a few other people in the ancient world, death was nothing in the worst sense of the word.

而对希腊人而言,我认为同时对很多其他的,古代人而言皆亦然,死亡是最恐怖的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

We have sought in word and deed a new era of engagement with the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

in fact I want to use the word stitched together, because in the Ancient Greek world the people who sang, recited, created the poems of the Homeric epics were called rhapsodes, and that means stitchers of songs.

事实上,我想使用"串联"这个词,因为在古希腊,那些歌唱,朗诵,和创作《荷马史诗》的人,被称为吟诵者,就是说把诗歌串联在一起传唱

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But Asian markets Monday were up, following word Sunday that the United Arab Emirates' Central Bank in Abu Dhabi would step in to help Dubai World.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Internet connection speeds in Iran are also reported to be extremely slow, amid word the government is again trying to hamper communications between Iranians and the outside world.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

"It's an astonishing feat to get six predictions in a row. I am told people are walking into our shops and saying 'I will have what the Octopus predicted.'" But before taking Paul's word for this World Cup, it might be worth checking out the competition, because Paul isn't the only animal making predictions on this World Cup.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09