He was the first American to hold that position.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

So Sarna and other scholars hold that the patriarchal traditions are not entirely fabricated retrojections from a later period.

所以Sarna和其他学者相信，族长传统,不完全是后世臆造的产物。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So hold that thought a second, we'll come back to is it Clara Elise, is that right?

先保留这个说法,我们稍后再做讨论,这是克莱拉?埃莉斯的理由

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

"We do not have enough forces right now, between the Afghan security forces, trained and in place, and ISAF to be able to clear out the insurgents and then hold that so that development and reconstruction can occur.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

And let's say you can't hold that.

而且假设你坚持不了。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.

VOA: special.2011.05.29

And most of these commands you don't actually need but this little caret symbol means control, so every keyboard these days has a control key so you hold that and hit X for instance to exit the program.

这里大多数命令你们都用不着,这个小插入符意味着控制，每个键盘都有一个控制键,譬如，当你敲入X时，就退出这个程序。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

Then there's a formula that dictates how much Tier I capital and how much Tier II capital they have to hold.

还有一个公式可以计算出,他们必须持有,多少一级资本和多少二级资本

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Scientists have long believed that Earth's satellite lacks the ability to hold water near its surface because it has no atmosphere.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

You might hold up the photograph and I might say, "Gosh, that really doesn't look very much like Ruth does it?"

你拿起照片,我可能会说,这一点都不像露丝

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The mold is made of small squares of wire that hold the shape and thickness of the paper.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

It is just in general that's going to hold true, and that's what I want you to see.

这就是我想讲的，好，让我们来看看最后的这个例子。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

If that is the case, it may be possible that the moon could hold enough water for future explorations or even colonies.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

Look at line 119: Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A Sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful Herdman's art belongs!"

看一下第119行：,妄言之口！他们甚至不知如何掌控,愚钝之人，从未经受过学识的洗礼,文艺只属于虔诚的牧人！

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Recent observations had suggested that 2 of the 4 spiral arms hold most of the older stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

However, for dietary intake, there have been fewer advances like that because it's such a difficult thing to get a hold of.

然而,对于饮食摄入量,和那些比则进步要少,因为这很难把握

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

When they have removed all the dirt, they are down to the brass tacks, the copper pieces that hold the boat together.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

OK, so here is just an engine like what we've already seen, and I'm going to specify that this is a Carnot engine which is to say all the results that we just derived hold for this case.

这一个热机,跟我们以前见过的差不多，我们把它确定为,卡诺热机,所以我们之前得到的结果都对它适用。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Bill and his men had so many cattle that they needed all of New Mexico to hold them.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

In terms of cost to institute this, the upfront cost to build classrooms, to accommodate this kind of structure, we need two classrooms that hold 170 students a piece to do this.

关于建这个项目的成本，最主要的就是搭建教室，使之适应这种教学模式，我们需要两间能装170人,的教室来上这种课。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

Two years later, in seventeen fifty-seven, he produced a small clock that he could hold in his hand.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

People who hold constrained vision of human nature, believe that human nature cannot be changed; it's immutable-- we have certain instincts, we have certain inclinations.

认为人性受约束的观点的人，相信人性无法改变;,它是永恒的，我们有一些本能，有一些欲望。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Banks hold one and a half of the three and a half trillion dollars in debt that supports the commercial real estate market.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

What kind of a friendship are these bonds of affection that he says hold the city ? together and that make it a regime?

这些感情关系属于何种友情,能像他所言,能将整座城市团结起来并形塑出一个政体？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Experts say Japan and Switzerland are the only other countries that hold some kind of judicial elections.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

On the inside are the rungs or the struts that hold the ladder together.

梯子内侧是梯阶,也可以说是梯阶把梯子连接在一起

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

She demanded that Nate give her the lamp to hold so that he could have all the light he needed to help Maudie.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

It's a fact about our minds that doesn't hold true for many other creatures.

它是我们心理营造的事实,对其他的生物并不适用。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The answer is that he can, and actually does, hold property in his fellow, all over the world, in a variety of forms, and has always done so."

但是事实上他可以,他完全有权利,把他的奴隶当作财产,甚至在全世界范围,不管以何种形式,他一直是那么做的

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选