It started out playing progressive rock and producing concept albums.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

Now, the concept of ritual impurity was a central and integral feature of most, if not all, ancient religions.

现在，仪式上的不洁已经是大部分宗教,主要的，整体而言的特点。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So two totally different things but, I think it's, it's a cool, cool concept and obviously amazing program, company.

虽然这是两个完全不同的行业，但我认为他的概念非常好，是个非常出色的项目、公司。

适合创业的旧金山 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The concept of journey works out very well.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

It allows you to define the concept of a thermometer. You have three objects, one of them could be a thermometer.

从热的物体流向冷的物体,由此我们可以定义温度，我们还可以用它来定义温度计：

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

VOA: special.2010.06.06

As every time we introduce a new programming concept, we'll relate it back, as we have been doing consistently, to defensive programming.

我们每次介绍一个,新的编程概念的时候，就会和以前讲的联系起来，就和我们介绍防卫性程序设计一样。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"When Darwin first proposed his theory in eighteen fifty-nine, he had no concept of a gene, no concept of a chromosome, no concept of mutation, and certainly no concept of things like DNA and RNA."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

The concept he calls a "signified" and the sound image he calls a "signifier."

事物被称为所指,声音形象被称为能指“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Consideration of a minority patient's language, customs and beliefs by virtue of their heritage is a concept known as cultural competency.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

We use the concept of conservation of states and the Aufbau Principle.

我们利用该状态的概念,和构造原理。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Esme French, of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center, led a pilot study to test the feasibility of the concept.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

That's another invention of the 1600s, by the way-- the thermometer. And they learned that concept-- perfectly natural to us--temperature.

顺便说一下,温度计也是十七世纪的发明,那时候的人才刚刚开始理解温度的概念,虽然对我们来说这是个很自然的概念

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

(SAYING) The concept of short lessons that can be played over and over again attracted high school senior Bridget Meaney.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

If you go to the course website there is a sample concept sheet that you'll be able to read.

如果大家去课程网站,能看到一份示例,供你们下载阅读

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

He is marketing the concept to small developing markets that do not have deep-water ports, or the budgets to engineer them.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

We're continuing to evolve not just as a human rights concept but certainly as nations and our ethical understandings of what is appropriate.

我们在发展，不单单是人权的观念,我们的国家，道德观念,都在向前发展。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The cause,says Abbas, is the misinterpretation of the concept of jihad, or the struggle for Islam, by radical leaders and many clerics.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

The second rhythmic device that we have to be aware of in music we frequently encounter is this concept of the triplet.

音乐中第二个需要知道的节奏符号,就是我们经常遇到的三连音

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

The South Africa-based restaurant chain,Nando's, created the concept and will sell the bracelets at its 1,000 outlets in Africa and around the world.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

The second question that you might think we'd want to get clear on is, "What's the idea, or what's the concept, of surviving?"

第二个你要,弄清楚的问题是,活着的概念是什么

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan emphasizes a concept it calls 'gross national happiness,' rather than GDP.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

I just wanted to talk about one last concept and that has to do with cell proliferation.

我想说的最后一个概念,就是细胞增殖

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Before the award ceremony, he told reporters that he hopes the Medal of Freedom award will help spread the word about the micro-loan concept.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

The common good became a real concept and one that, unfortunately, some of his successors didn't some of his successors didn't take terribly seriously.

他使追求公共利益真正成为深入人心的理念,不幸的是,他的接下来的继任者并不把这当回事儿

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Under U.S.pressure, Mr.Netanyahu reluctantly endorsed the concept of a Palestinian state last month, but with tough conditions that were flatly rejected by the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

They are, therefore, going to have an extremely different point of view from at least Abolitionists in the North on this concept of equality.

关于平等的概念,他们还持有一种,非常极端的相反的观点,至少来自北方的废奴主义者是这么认为的

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"Since the very beginning, I have been advocating the rather unpopular concept that communism was not defeated, that it collapsed or simply melted down .

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Where else are we? Today we're going to continue the state of nature, Hobbes' most famous discovery, his most famous metaphor, his most famous concept.

我们今天讲什么呢？今天我们要继续讲,自然状态，即霍布斯最著名的发现，即他最著名的隐喻和概念。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Now incidentally, in a for-profit corporation-- this is how to understand this, this is a concept that is enshrined in law.

顺便提一下,在一家盈利性公司中,我们需要这样理解,这是个在法律中明文昭示的概念

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选