He also wanted to create what he called a hit factory, an idea he got from working for the Ford Motor Company.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

Well, it's on one hand a very large idea to take in, particularly I think if one's working in a university.

这是一个很大的话题，不容易理解，对于在大学中工作学习的人尤为如此。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

and then invest it in a company or an idea that has a very high chance of not working.

然后投资一家公司，或者等待一个良好的机会。

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She suggested the idea at an international conference of working women in Copenhagen.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

The idea of working in an office, pushing papers 70 to 80 hours a week, although as lucrative as it might be, wasn't something I felt I will be really using my own personal skill set to benefit people on a mass level.

在办公室里一周做，70到80小时的琐碎工作，虽然会很赚钱，但是这并不是,我能真正用自己的能力,去造福大众的工作。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Oxford's technology transfer company is working with the inventors to market the idea.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

But what she's working off of here— we're not going to listen to the whole thing-- is this idea of a blues scale.

但她处理这段曲子的方法,我们不是要全部听完,是布鲁斯音阶的理念

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Paul recalled working on the idea in his home recording studio.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

So, it would be working parallel but their job would be to represent the consumer and that sounds like a good idea to me.

这样这个新的机构就能,但与其他机构不同的是他们的工作是保护消费者,对我来说这是个好点子。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

If the very idea of soul that we're working with here under the dualist picture is the soul as an immaterial substance, it's not made of ordinary atomic matter.

如果关于我们正在讨论的,观点是建立在二元论的基础上,即灵魂是非物质实体,它并非由一般的原子物质组成

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But the keys to study this exception and for practical idea is to come together and to say "what is working? Let's study the best; " let's study what works and then apply it."

但研究这个例外的关键是,大家坐在一切,说“什么是可行的？我们研究最好的吧;,研究可行的事，将它应用到生活中“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The idea is Player I directly contributes profits to the firm by working, as does Player II.

说明了参与人I努力工作对公司有利,同理可知参与人II

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选