Farmers may not be able to prevent natural disasters, but they can at least try their best to reduce losses.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Now, the reason why I skipped it is I'm not sure this is the best way to look at the question.

我之所以没讲是因为,我不能肯定这是考虑这个问题的最佳方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

This was my best attempt at hitting zero and not having the graph go down there.

这是我最好的尝试,使它接近零但又不掉下去。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The study found that the main shoot grows the best of all not because of its position at the top of the plant, but mostly because it got there first.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Individual freedom may be at best a desirable byproduct of the Aristotelian mixed regime but individual freedom is not its defining or principle goal.

个人自由充其量,仅是附加于,亚里士多德式混合政体的产物,而非其所要定义,或首要的目标。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Valeriy Gabisov of the independent Civil Rights Committee noted that corruption exists everywhere and can at best be minimized, not eliminated.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

So it's probably not as final line as you might think, at least in my experience and in what I think is the best in government is make your policy choices first and then work out the politics.

所以可能并没有,你说的底线至少在我的经历中没有,我认为对政府最有益的是,先选择好政策,然后再谈政治。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Both the author and the editorial writer suggested that looking at volume of surgery alone may not be the best way of predicting surgical success.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

Later in the Republic you will see, not that much later even, Socrates will argue that the best city may be characterized by peace and harmony at home, but this will never be so for relations between states.

稍后在《理想国》中就会读到，而且就快读到了，苏格拉底会强调,最优的城市特点是,举国和平与和谐，但永远不存在于,国际关系之中。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"And because small retailers don't have economies of scale to be able to order a lot of merchandise at once, they are not able to negotiate the best prices or offer the best deals to their shoppers."

VOA: standard.2009.12.20