It also found that the children's ability was not dependent on the amount of time they had spent in child care.

VOA: special.2010.11.30

and I really liked, you know, the material and I felt like I had the natural ability for it,

我很喜欢课堂上接触到的那些会计知识，而且我感觉我在这方面有天赋。

为什么是会计学呢？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

What is literacy? Literacy is more than the ability to read and write and some of your competition skills.

何为文化素养？,文化素养远远不止一个人的读写能力,以及一个人的某些竞争技能。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

He was honored for his art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new kinds of characters.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Electron affinity is actually the ability of an atom, or we could also talk about an ion to gain electrons.

电子亲和能其实就是一个原子，或者我们也可以讨论离子获取电子的能力。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The viruses appear to harm the bees' ability to use their genetic material to produce proteins needed to fight infections.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Now I have the ability to say, I've got a new class, I can create instances of a line segment, and it's elements are themselves instances of points. OK?

这就是我们要讲模块化的地方了，现在我可以说，我创建了一个新类，我可以创建线段的实例了,这些实例的元素？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Earlier findings showed that happiness, obesity and the ability to stop smoking can also spread like infections within social groups.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

It's because man alone has the faculty of speech and the ability to distinguish good from bad,and right from wrong.

这是因为人类有演讲的才能,也有能力,明辨是非,分辨正误

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He proposed a new civil service system that would let ability -- not politics -- decide who got government jobs.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

If we were recreating an ability to provide some part of what we do, or what we'd like to do, how would we do it?

如果我们再创造一种能力,做我们在做的事，或我们想做的事，怎么办？

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

The viruses appear to harm the bees' ability to use their genes to produce proteins needed to fight infections.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

But you do have the ability to affect public policy to an extent that it will be sensitive to the needs and issues of Muslims face.

不过你却有能力,在一定程度上影响国家政策,使其对穆斯林的需求与问题更加敏感。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He says identifying human antibodies that will stop the ability of the virus to reinvent itself is the first step.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

Milton even claims that poetry is equal to preaching in its ability to move people, to get them to do something, to make things happen in the world.

弥尔顿甚至声称诗歌,就其打动人心鼓舞人和促进事务发展的能力而言，是和宗教平起平坐的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"Dopamine is considered a neurotransmitter that is crucial for our ability to perceive rewards and to be motivated in our behavior."

VOA: special.2009.09.16

Around seven years of age going up through puberty, the ability to learn language starts to go away.

大约七岁的时候开始,一直到青春期,学习语言的能力逐渐减弱

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

People who have lost their ability to do many things are sometimes able to regain some of these abilities with treatment.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

Well, a smile is just a way of talking about the ability of the body to do something.

笑就是我们表达,肉体某项能力的一种方式

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The disease especially affects the ability to see, the sense of touch and the use of the arms and legs.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

So they are all he's found perceptions which can make about the technical ability, even great artist.

所以他们都有某些领悟力,让自己拥有某方面专门的技能，最终成为伟大的艺术家。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Experts say the ability to take up lead is reduced when the pH level is above six and a half.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

They can only be moral if there is some semblance of human choice or will expressed in the relationship, our ability to do otherwise.

它们的道德性只存在于,人类在关系和,去做其他事情的能力当中，选择或者表达意愿的时候。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But the population of the animals known for their ability to travel far without much water has fallen sharply.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

not just our imagination-- they stretch our ability to understand when and where change is possible.

不只延伸了我们的想象，还让我们能理解,怎样的时间和地点，有可能产生变化。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

During that time, Branch Rickey tested Robinson's ability to deal with racial pressure he would face in the major league.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

The world would suffer because the damage is substantial and it reduces our ability to produce.

世界仍然会受到损伤，因为破坏巨大,它降低了我们生产的能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But she points out that the success of the treaty depends on the ability of nations to enforce it.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

So far our ability to de-differentiate cells or find out how to do that is limited.

迄今为止,我们令细胞去分化的能力,和技术方法还相当有限

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

This quotation: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

引文“各尽所能，按需分配“

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选