If South Carolina attacked, or planned to attack, then he could move his men into the fort that would be easiest to defend.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

So, the authority of the canon that he invokes to defend himself in fact suggests perhaps that he has some doubts? Yes.

因此，那些他用来维护他自己的大炮的权威,表明了他实际上是有怀疑的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It's the understanding that he can make things happen in the world; he can defend himself against his father's punishment through the use of words.

自己的价值;,凭借唇齿,他可以与父亲周旋。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

When he appeared before Congress, Gifford was unable to defend Hoover's position that relief was the responsibility of local governments and private giving.

VOA: special.2011.03.10

So, just an introduction to the classes of potential foreign invaders that our immune system tries to defend us against.

所以 我只是简单介绍几类,免疫系统试图抵御的潜在外来侵略者

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

And it was overseas naval bases that could defend American interests far from home.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

And so, he attempts to defend this position, justify it to his disciples who are worried that it may not be true.

所以,他试图捍卫他的观点,并试图说服,那些怀疑这一点的学生们

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"We will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us ...

VOA: special.2011.06.02

Were Milton not to fight in some way to defend what he takes to be the true church, he would simply not be investing those talents that God had given him.

如果弥尔顿没有以某种方式,来维护他心中真正的教会，他就并没有在发挥上帝给予他的才能。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

After that,it became harder and harder to defend in loco parentis.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Well, I mean, just to defend Locke, he does say that there are some times in which you can't take another person's land.

要为洛克辩护的话，他的确说到了，几种情况下,你不能掠夺他人的土地。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"The African Union charter says first that the people have the right to defend themselves against the oppression of a dictator,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

So, we can think about what would happen if we're on his thesis defense, we're on his thesis committee, we would need to think of some pretty mean, hard, nasty questions that's what happens when you defend your thesis.

所以，我们可以设想一下,如果我们在他的论文答辩会上,担任论文委员会的成员，那么会发生些什么，我们会想一些非常严厉的,冷酷无情的，险恶的问题,那也是你们在论文答辩时,会遇到的情况。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Stanilko is worried that now no one will step in to defend Poland in the event of an attack.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Sherif told the kids--all of the kids-- that the water line to the camp was cut and they all had to defend the camp.

谢里夫告诉所有男孩-,营地的水管被截断了,他们要全部出动保护营地。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

That did not stop him from appearing in a Miami court recently to defend a teenager facing misdemeanor drug charges.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

He tries to defend his point of view by arguing in a famous passage that his policy of abstinence actually carries important benefits to the city.

他在其著名答辩中的立场,试图证明,其疏离策略,其实能为为城邦带来显著好处。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

For instance,he does not think women should defend their country and that men should protect their homeland.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

It's never--it probably wasn't quite that easy but the invading side goes for something that the other side will have to defend and that determines when the fighting takes place.

可能不会这么简单,但当入侵方为了某一目进行侵略,被侵方就不得不防守,这就决定了战争的爆发时间

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The point is to defend the rights of people you don't agree with. That's the idea of a democracy, that all opinions are heard,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

In fact, we could check that if the attacker attacks through the easy pass, not surprisingly, you do better if you defend the easy pass than the hard pass: 1 versus 0.

我们来分析一下,如果入侵者选择平坦之途,毫无疑问,如果你选平坦之途要比崎岖之途更好,1比0

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Israeli officials say the capture of the ship is a message to Iran that Israel is prepared to take unconventional steps to defend itself.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Because of that large amounts of particular types of pesticides and fertilizers and the like have to be used to defend against these outside threats; and those bring their own series of environmental consequences, so we'll go into that in some detail.

由于上述原因,人们大剂量使用某些,杀虫剂和化肥,这样做是为了抵御外来威胁,这带来了一系列的环境影响,我们来详细看看是怎么回事

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

That is not our problem. They do not play, they did not defend, and they did not stop the chances for us to score,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

That's Kant's position and that's what Hirsch is leaping to defend.

这是康德的看法，Hirsch也努力为之辩护。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"We want Afghanization,"she said. "We want Afghanistan to be able to defend itself and ensure that no threat of terrorism emanates from its territory."

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

All right, so an elected government can conscript citizens to go out and defend the way of life, the community that makes the enjoyment of rights possible?

好的，所以说民选政府是可以征召公民,上战场为了他们的生活而战的，使得社会能够继续享有这些权利吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

That is why she says she will only defend the voter's choice in court.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

Because it's working to defend us against many different kinds of potential assaults, the immune system has a diverse repertoire of responses that it uses in the face of these assaults.

免疫系统的工作就是抵御,不同种类的潜在威胁,免疫系统具备类型众多的免疫反应类型,以应对各种威胁

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

And proceeds to do the only thing he can do to defend himself against Hal, which is shut down the program, basically killing-- if we can talk that way--killing Hal.

而他唯一,能使让哈尔不伤害到自己的举措,就是关闭该程序,基本上也就是杀死,如果我们可以那样表达的话,杀死哈尔

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选