But nature was cruel. By the nineteen twenties, erosion from winds and weather had removed a large part of the land.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Suddenly, we have evidence, thirteen or fourteen hundred years earlier, that people were reading this stuff and, by and large, it's a pretty constant textual tradition.

因为突然间，我们有了证据，证明1200或1400年前就有人，读着这些经文而且总的来说，经文一直延续了其文本传统。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But by and large, either method is really good,

但是总体上，其中一个总能行得通，

学习和交际都重要 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

If you dispute this,and declare that men are still willing to serve in the army, then prove it by volunteering yourselves in large numbers.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

The great American railroads were built by and large, for decades, by government subsidies, and a tremendous amount of corruption.

这几十年间,美国伟大铁路建起来了,这当然是是通过政府的支助,以及伴随着数不清的行贿受贿

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Just inside the gate was a large house used by the president and his family.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

What's new in theory is the element of skepticism that literary criticism by and large which is usually affirming a canon of some sort doesn't reflect.

这新内容就是怀疑主义元素,它是文学评论,所不具备的,文学评论总是坚持某种原则。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Then,a large group of Johnston's troops arrived by train and joined in the fight.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

At first there was doubt and controversy, which has completely gone away, as more and more examples of this writing have become available and scholars are now able, by and large, to be confident that they know what these things say.

开始的时候还充斥着质疑的声音,而现在已经无可争议,因为已经有,越来越多这样的文字出土,学者们现在,对辨认出这些东西的含义,相当有自信了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Most wear boots and the large hats made famous by cowboys.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

I think, by and large here, everyone at UCLA is studious.

我觉得，在这里，总体来说，UCLA的每个人都爱学习。

学习和交际都重要 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They voted and rejected the constitution by a large majority.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

They build these three large canals and this expands the area of the city by four times.

他们凿建了三条巨大的运河,使得城市面积扩大了四倍

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

She says genetic modification is hugely expensive and patent heavy, which means the industry is dominated by large multi-national corporations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

So lower-class people--now what happens, though, when you have--see your clients, your freedmen, your sons, your daughters, all these are part of this pyramid structure, and they all benefit from a strong paterfamilias, and he benefits by having a strong household and a large household.

所以低社会阶级的人。。。情况是。。。,你的被庇护人，自由人，儿子，女儿，都属于金字塔结构之一，他们都受益于强大的家长，家长也受益于强大家户。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

And it,as well as this region, will be shaped to a large extent by the decisions that we make."

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

And, at the very beginning there was a train that went around the Wall of Paris, more about the walls of Paris another time, that's fun to talk about, and Parisians would take picnic lunches, and they'd get on the train, and then they'd hear these large explosions and realize that they could get killed by these large explosions.

一开始的时候,有一趟火车,是绕着巴黎城墙行驶的,下次我们多讲讲巴黎的城墙,这挺值得一谈,巴黎人会带着午餐便当,坐上火车,然后他们听见了巨大的爆炸声,突然意识到他们可能会被炸死

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

But this year, large parts of rural India have been hit by drought, reducing incomes and raising food prices.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Some of the books within this very large unit, or at least the traditions within this very large unit, are less influenced by Deuteronomy and its themes and its concerns.

在这一大部整体中的一些经书中，或者至少是在这一大部整体中的一些传统，并没有受到《申命记》及其主题的影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

There is still a large amount of goodwill by the Europeans toward the new president and people are prepared to wait and see."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

This political life came to be shared by a relatively large portion of the people and participation of political life was highly valued by the Greeks.

政治生活自诞生起,就被绝大多数的民众所分享,希腊人高度重视,政治生活的参与度

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He says his decision was guided in large part by new intelligence that shows Iran is focusing on the development of medium and short-range missiles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

But the question is, in my present circumstances, with evil on my hands, entailed from my father, would the general interest of the slaves and community at large, with reference to the slaves, be promoted best by emancipation?

但问题是,在我目前的情况下,我已犯下如此罪行,我延续了父辈的罪恶,对于奴隶的问题,解放是否能够使,他们和全社会的整体利益得到提升呢

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The reported discrepancies in the election data are particularly prevalent in Afghanistan's volatile southern and eastern provinces, where Afghan President Hamid Karzai won by large margins.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

"It has to do to a large extent with the stimulus measures taken by governments, and by the very vigorous response of central banks on the crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

The awards are funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Judith Rodin of the Rockefeller Foundation said finding innovative ideas and expanding them to a large scale has proven to be hugely effective.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

The world was literally destroyed by a corporation called "buy in large" and the only people that were left in the world were these few incredibly obese individuals floating in space."

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

Republicans are hoping for a replay of the 1994 midterm elections, when they won control of both the House and Senate in large part because of public opposition to the health-care-reform plan put forward by another Democrat in the White House,Bill Clinton.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16