The study showed that having an extra 5,000 dollars increased a person's chances of becoming happier by about 2%.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

These--Again, the chemicals could excite the other neuron bring up the chances it will fire, or inhibit the other neuron .

再强调一遍,这些化学物质可使另一个神经元变得兴奋,提高该神经元产生神经冲动的可能性,也可抑制另一个神经的兴奋性

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

graduate with the Masters of Fine Arts, your chances of really getting recruited and

拿着美术学士学位毕业，你找工作就会很容易，

在梦想与现实之间 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He says every extra hour of television meant an eight percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

It's a good question. The question is, "What are the chances that somebody with autism will be able to overcome their deficiencies?"

不错的问题,这个问题是,"孤独症患者,能够克服自身缺陷的几率会有多大"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"Spending a number of hours together in that kind of environment,I think, can only help improve the chances of bipartisan cooperation.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

So, the guys up front are going--the younger you are, chances are you're going to be more physically strong than older guys.

前排是较年轻的人,比老年人更加强健,就更有机会站到前排

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Those bacteria can increase the chances of a heart attack or stroke and worsen the effects of other diseases.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

So, the chances of getting any activity from these inner shell of electrons are vanishingly small.

所以，内层电子间,进行反应的可能性,是很小很小的。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

They accused Wal-Mart of paying women less money than men and giving women fewer chances to get better jobs.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

It's that I've had more than a normal chances to do something different.

便是自己比普通人有更多的机会,真正做一些事情。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Ford himself put an end to his chances by telling the nation that it was "perfectly safe with Coolidge."

VOA: special.2011.01.27

usually you have pretty good high chances of getting recruited by major studio companies

你有很大的可能会被大的电影公司录用，

在梦想与现实之间 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Some doctors say the new guidelines will reduce women's chances of needless treatments, invasive tests and harm, including psychological harm.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

I mean, obviously, you're not raising their chances here but it's not a death penalty.

显然，这不会提高他们的生存几率,但也不是判了死刑。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

She also says abusers may simply change their method of exercising control, to try to reduce their chances of getting caught.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

If I'm saying something that you don't understand, the chances are pretty good that there's 25 or 50 other students in the class who don't understand it either.

如果我正说着什么你不懂的东西，那时就是举手的好机会,因为有25或50个别的学生,也不懂。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He says there are a number of simple, low-cost interventions that can improve the chances of a full-term birth.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

Do you have any chances to meet Harvard students?

你有机会见到哈佛的学生吗？

我喜欢运动 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"Get it down," he said. "Take chances.It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything good."

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Often, he engages in politics and jumping up, says and does whatever chances to come to his mind.

他更常忙于政治，并在机会出现时跃起实作,当念头出现时。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Anyone who uses a device that burns fossil fuel must inspect the equipment carefully to reduce chances of carbon monoxide escaping.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

They've just heard a report from a reconnaissance team that scoped out the land, and that they think that the chances of conquering the Promised Land are very, very slim.

他们刚从侦探小组,那里收到一份侦查地形的报告，他们认为征服应许之地的,希望，非常，非常的渺茫。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money,for an object or service.

VOA: special.2011.06.19

Are you supporting your claims? If you have very few quotations, chances are you are not. So, think of this lecture, as I go through it, as a kind of model.

你在支持你的论点吗，你有没有引用，很可能你并没有，所以，把这节课，当做是个模式例子。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

They move to more developed nations for better pay, better working conditions and better chances for career development.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

If you can do all that, I think the chances are that you're going to hit a lucky streak because luck comes and goes.

如果你可以做到这些，我认为你很可能要,运气连碰了,因为运气总是来来去去。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The researchers said tPA improved the chances of a successful result by thirty-one percent and produced no change in the death rate.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

And that may bring up chances to talk about literature also.

期间会有机会讨论文学作品。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

If a case of polio emerged in the community, the chances that it could spread to other children or to your child were high; so, great interest in this in the early part of this century.

如果在某个社区出现一例脊髓灰质炎患儿,那么你的孩子或者更多别的孩子,被传染的几率非常高,所以 二十世纪初的科学家们,热衷于研究脊髓灰质炎

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选