The Italian government is trying to fix the problem with the construction of a seven billion dollar system of moving flood barriers.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

It's about getting rid of limitations, of barriers, whether it's the fear of failure, something that we didn't have as kids.

也就是摆脱限制，阻碍，或者对失败的恐惧，这些东西在并不是与生俱来的。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

I mention this tax example because I want to stress that framing and psychological barriers are important problems for creating financial markets.

我之所以提到这个例子,是因为我想强调,心理框架和心理障碍对于,建立金融市场的重要性。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

She says she was troubled by the many barriers her students faced in going to college.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Basically this means stretching certain barriers or certain areas that we're now working.

就是说要延展我们现在的,一些边际或领域。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

She is helping to break barriers in a dance club industry where many DJ's are men.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

One of the most significant barriers to people doing things in the world, to actually introducing change is that they underestimate their ability to bring about change.

人若想在世间有所为,真正实现改变，面对的最显著障碍之一,是他们低估自己实现改变的能力。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

She helped break racial barriers by changing the way black women were represented in film.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Then it's sort of...you can get out of hand I think India so far is leaning also towards bringing down barriers and opening their sight of economy as well.

这样的话，事情就比较棘手,我认为印度至今还是倾向于,降低壁垒,从长远考虑保持开放经济。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The downturn could lead to trade wars if countries raise barriers to foreign competition.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

Because of that they're barriers, they separate the inside of the cell from the outside of a cell, and only certain kinds of molecules can pass through a cell membrane.

因为它们的屏障作用,将细胞内外区隔开来,只有特定的,某些分子才能穿过细胞膜

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

He said the United States offers some of the world's lowest barriers to trade -- and expects free and fair access to other countries in return.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

The barriers to unity presented by European geography and very limited technology made it hard for a would-be conqueror to create a vast empire, eliminating competitors and imposing his will over vast areas.

由于欧洲独特的地理条件,和当时有限的科技水平,使未来的征伐者很难建立一个广袤的帝国,清除异己和使他的意志,传播到广袤领地的每一个角落

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

GALVmed spokesman Hameed Nuru says mobile phones have helped lower some barriers to distribution.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

They faced tremendous barriers.

他们面临巨大的障碍

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

In nineteen ninety-one, Carl Rowan wrote a book about his life called "Breaking Barriers."

VOA: special.2009.11.01

Non-obvious ideas were conceived of to solve these problems of long-term risks and to get around the psychological barriers imposed by framing biases and psychological biases, in order to allow people to actually manage the risk and to get around moral hazard.

解决方法需要被研究并发掘,来处理长期风险问题,避开由于框架效应,引起的心理障碍，能够使人们真正控制风险,规避道德风险。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Volunteers also built barriers to keep hungry geese from eating the spartina.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

The singing star broke racial barriers in movies and live theater.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Before long, the men put barriers around their living space.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Doctor Selanikio says there are no barriers to its use.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

They also say governments could place some trade barriers.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

Still,the W.H.O.says there are two major barriers.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

A month earlier,twenty-six year old Zamperini had been one of the greatest runners in the world, expected by many to be the first to break the four-minute mile, one of the most celebrated barriers in sport.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

"We know for example that if governments tackle the barriers that stop poor families accessing education, if they tackle the fees which many poor families often have to pay for education, they can encourage children to attend school.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

MCC Director Irene Paxia grew up in Italy, and knows first-hand how language barriers can waste precious time in emergencies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

He welcomed its commitments to reduce barriers to foreign investment in services, high-tech goods, energy saving products and high-end manufacturing.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

But he warned against overreacting by raising protectionist barriers and called for renewed efforts to conclude the Doha round of trade talks.

VOA: standard.2009.06.10

The initiative was designed to remove school fees and other barriers that kept primary children out of school.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

It is not a perfect contraceptive." And May adds, women still face barriers to full reproductive rights.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12