Last year I was virtually ready to drop it and then, I kid you not,that very afternoon,I came across a quote.

去年我真的都要放弃这个讨论了，不开玩笑，那天下午，我看到一句引言。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Haven't I taken back the assumption that in order to believe it, you've got to be able to picture it? Not quite.

我不就是放弃了不能相信无法想象的东西，这个假设吗，其实不然。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

This should make sense because if something has a low ionization energy, that means it's not very electronegative, which means it's going to be a lot happier giving up electron density, which is essentially what you're doing -- when you're forming covalent bonds is you're sharing some of your electron density.

这应该是合理的,因为如果某物的电离能很低，这也就意味着它的电负性也不高，那么它就会更愿意,放弃一定的电子密度，而本质上这正是你在,形成共价键时所需要做的,分享你的一些电子密度。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Lent is you give up one thing, so I tend to give up sugar and meat during that month. For the entire time, listen it doesn't compare to Ramadan, where you really have no water.

在大斋期，你要放弃一样东西,因此我在那个月不吃糖和肉，但是这和，赖买丹月无法相比，因为在赖买丹月你甚至都没水喝。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He presents himself, in other words, as a human being of unparalleled piety and devotion who will risk life itself rather than quit the post that has been given to him.

他呈现的自我，换句话说，是极度虔诚敬神的人类,甚至压下自己的生命作赌注,也不愿放弃这个天赐的角色。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

How do I give up my right to do whatever is in my power to secure my person or my possessions, when I have no expectation, you might say, ? that others around me are prepared to do so as well?

我怎么能在我不期望,身边的人会这样做的时候，放弃我保护自身和财产安全，不受侵害的权利？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选