Climatologists say that greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide from burning oil and coal, contribute significantly to global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

And if something within psychopathology I thought could contribute to our wellbeing, I took that and used that.

如果我认为精神病理学的内容能对我们的幸福有贡献，我会吸取并利用之。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The way that Muslims are both integrated in and contribute to American life, in our counterparts in Europe I think is a stark example for this.-Right.

穆斯林既融入到了美国生活中,又为美国生活做出了贡献，这都好于欧洲一些国家,我认为这就是一个明显的例子-是的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Houseboats also contribute to the lake's pollution and the development authority says they should install small sewage systems.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Well, look at this footnote: And the history of words after a poem is written may contribute meanings which if relevant to the original pattern should not be ruled out by a scruple about intention.

那么我们就来看一下这条脚注：,在诗产生后，语言的意思也就跟着产生了,这种意思如果和原始的形式不同,就不该有对作者意图的顾虑。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And the committee wants to not only endorse, but contribute to enhancing that kind of international policy and the attitudes which he stands for."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Who were the organisms that would survive those conditions and then contribute to the gene pool?

什么生物体可以在那样的条件下存活,这又会导致基因库怎样的改变

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Some political analysts say the unemployment and economic distress that contribute to hunger helped Japan's Democratic Party win a landslide victory in recent elections.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

And I don't think Game Theory is going to contribute to anything to understanding about leadership.

我也不认为博弈论能够帮助大家,加深对领导力的理解

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

"He was a guy who tried to get people to work on their own behalf, to get things done and to try to have everybody contribute,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

that after Lolita.) But what I mean is that the reader must know when and where to contribute his imagination, and this he does by trying to get clear the specific world the author places at his disposal.

有些人可能就会那样想）,但我的意思是,读者必须知道何时何地需要发挥想像力,这样以看清作者所设置的特定的世界,在这篇小品文中。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The Royal Society is calling for the British government to contribute around $3 billion to fund the research into science that improves crops and sustainable crop management.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

If I'm happier, I'm more likely to contribute to other people's happiness and wellbeing.

如果我更快乐，我更有可能,对他人的快乐和幸福作出贡献。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He says poverty, gender inequality, and conflict contribute to human trafficking, but it is the demand for unreasonably cheap labor and cheap goods that drive this unscrupulous trade.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

How do those differences between cells contribute to the properties of the tissues, which contribute to the properties of the organs, which contribute to the properties of a person and this maintenance of homeostasis?

这些差异化的细胞,是如何构成具有不同属性的组织,这些组织又构成具有不同属性的器官,器官又构成了不同的人,它们是如何维护内稳态呢

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

He says plans by the United States and Russia to resume talks on reducing their nuclear arsenals could contribute to efforts to rid the world of such weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

And then we contribute to this great deception and it is this great deception that leads to the great depression-- the great depression in the ultimate currency of happiness.

就这样我们帮忙壮大了这个大骗局,正是这个大骗局导致严重的抑郁-,严重的抑郁是快乐付出的终极代价。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

UNICEF says girls who are educated can not only contribute to their families and their communities, but are also at lower risk of violence,abuse, exploitation and diseases, like HIV/AIDS.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The ones who would conserve energy, that is they were sedentary when possible, other then when they had to go get food would again not waste their calories but would save them and contribute to the gene pool.

那些保存能量的人,那些能躺不坐,能坐不站的人,除非必须再次寻找食物,否则是绝对不会浪费能量的人,也是对基因库有贡献的

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 said that combined with strong international support from donor countries, supportive non-governmental organizations and an improved security situation should all contribute to a better future for the country's nine million citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Those people would bank their calories, survive the next famine, contribute to the gene pool, and thereby create what we have today which are organisms, humans, who very much like the kind of diets that are creating problems.

这些人储存能量以保证,在下一次饥荒时得以幸存,使他们的基因保留在了基因库中,从而造就今天的生物体,即人类,人类非常喜欢这类饮食,从而引发了很多问题

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

We can't keep shifting a growing burden to future generations. With each passing year, health care costs consume a larger share of our nation's spending, and contribute to yawning deficits that we cannot control,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

Sidney's talking about the various kinds of discourse: - divinity, hymnody, science, philosophy, history-- in other words, all the ways in which you can contribute to human betterment and human welfare. He says in the case of all but one of them, each discourse is a "serving science."

西德尼进行了很多方面的阐述：,神学，赞美诗，科学，哲学，历史-,换句话说，所有你能想到的,对人类福祉有益处的方式,他说这里面除了诗学，其他都是“服务性学科“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Brennan said the Obama administration will also focus on factors that contribute to terrorism, such as poverty, and a lack of education and other opportunities for young people in many developing areas of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

We'll talk about cells and how they work, how cells in different parts of the body are different, why, and how they contribute to tissues at a very sort of simple level so that you can understand this as we start thinking about using cells for engineering purposes.

我们将会谈论细胞,它们如何工作,身体不同的部位细胞有怎样的不同,为什么它们有所不同,以及这些细胞如何,以十分简单的方式形成组织,这样当我们开始考虑用细胞,来满足工程目的时,你会更容易理解

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Once common in Europe and the United States, cases of obstetric fistula now occur almost entirely in the developing world where poor nutrition and girls giving birth before their pelvis is fully developed contribute to the risks.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"When women are accorded their rights and afforded equal opportunities and education and health care and employment and political participation, they invest in their families, they lift them up, they contribute to their communities and their nations,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Speaking via Skype,she says no. "I think further studies will be necessary to show whether the differences we've demonstrated depending on delivery mode of babies when they first emerge into the world actually carry over time, and whether those differences might contribute to health outcomes."

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

"I think in the long run what this does is to contribute to what seems to be occurring right now and that is the retrenchment of the Republican Party, opting for purity of ideological beliefs rather than a broad-based appeal to the general public."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04