But Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday that the evidence is "quite clear" that humans are the main cause of temperatures rising faster than expected.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

As we expected, it's less than one, and of course if we build an engine, we want it to be as high as possible, as close to one as possible.

就像预先期待的一样，效率小于一，当然如果我们建造一台热机，我们希望效率越高越好，尽可能接近一。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

So it's harder and... But I mean, exams themselves are not much harder than what I expected them to be.

所以这难一点……但是考试本身没有比我想象的难多少。

来自西班牙的留学生 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The decrease was less than expected, and much less than at the start of the year.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

2% You could say, I think my portfolio has an expected return of 12%-- that would be better than if it had an expected return of 10%.

如果一个投资组合的预期收益率有-,那就比一个只有10%的投资组合要好。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The estimate for the next ten years, however,is higher because the recession was deeper than expected.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

I've gone on longer than I expected.

我说的比预期中的要久一些。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

This week Intel reported that its results for the past three months were better than expected.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

In fact, I don't quite know what he is saying" and struggled more than you're expected to because you anticipated what I've just been saying about the setting and about the role of Foucault and all the rest of it, and were possibly more confused than you might have expected to be.

事实上，我也不太清楚他在说什么“,然后你发现这比预想的更难理解,因为你预想了我给你们设置的背景,以及福柯和其他人的角色，然后可能会发现比自己预想的更困惑。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But insurgent attacks have increased and progress has been slower than expected in the south.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

As much as we know about tobacco in the United States and the fact that there are only half the number of people smoking than used to be the case, it's still expected to rise by 45% worldwide By 2030 the deaths attributed to smoking will increase from four to ten million.

就我所知美国的烟民情况,在美国吸烟的人数,只有过去的一半,在世界范围内仍有预计45%的增长,到2030年,死于吸烟的人数,将由四百万增长至一亿

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the amount of money was greater than expected.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

I'm going to drop more than the independence assumption, I'm going to assume that the assets don't have the same expected return and they don't have the same expected variance.

我还想做出一些改动，即这些资产的预期收益率,是各不相同的,方差也是不同的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Officials say Iran has made slower progress than expected in developing long-range ballistic missiles.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

You should see that the blue line is better than the pink line because, for any expected return, the blue line is to the left of the pink line, right?

可以看到蓝线比粉线好,原因是对于任意的预期收益率，蓝线都在粉线的左边，对吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Prime Minister George Papandreou won more support than expected for his proposals.

VOA: special.2011.07.01

Last month more Americans than expected lost their jobs.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, a sign the job market may be starting to recover.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Secretary Gates says a re-evaluation is particularly appropriate because security has deteriorated more than expected in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Voter turnout was lower than expected, especially in the troubled south, in part because of Taliban threats to disrupt the balloting and retaliate against voters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The U.S.economy grew at a faster than expected rate at the end of 2009, up nearly six percent in the last three months of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

And so this will only come as confirmation." A just-released nationwide survey of Afghans finds them more optimistic than expected, but still concerned about corruption and insecurity.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The number of patients suffering depression was about 8 times greater than expected.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The win was Canada's sixth gold medal - perhaps fewer than expected - but Canadian officials say more gold medals could come before the Games close Sunday night.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

He says military operations are continuing longer than expected.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

NACE's latest survey in March found that employers expected to hire twenty-two percent fewer graduates this year than last.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

There was some good news this week, including better-than-expected reports on spending by Americans in January and February.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

They also used a new,lithium-ion battery that is expected to last longer than batteries in current hybrid cars.

VOA: special.2010.11.17

Late next week, leaders from more than one hundred countries are expected at the talks, including President Obama.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

On Tuesday, policy makers at the central bank said economic growth so far this year has been "considerably slower" than they had expected.

VOA: special.2011.08.12