And a birds-eye view is a general look at an area from above.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

One thinks, in a way, of Welles' line in The Third Man : when he looks down from above and says, "If I gave you 20,000 pounds for every dot that stopped moving, "? would you really tell me to keep my money?"

从某一层面看来，可以假想，Welles，在《黑狱亡魂》中的台词,当他从高处往下看并说，“如果你干掉一个在下面走动的人,我就给你，20，000，英镑，你拒绝得了吗“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Whenever I tried to sleep I would see huge, wobbly, white bags, like the full udders of cows, suspended from the ceiling above me.

每次我即将入睡,总会看到白色的大袋子摇晃着，如同母牛涨涨的乳房从房顶垂下来。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Marionettes are controlled from above by a series of strings or wires.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

You'll remember the description of the world from Genesis 1 as an air bubble essentially that's formed by separating waters above and waters below.

大家都记得《创世纪》1中，把世界的描述1,一个大气泡,上面下面都被水覆盖。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He led the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which analyzes images taken from above.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Perhaps they begin to view their body from up-- floating up above it.

或许他们开始飘浮在自己身体之上,从上往下看

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The agreement sets targets to prevent the Earth's average temperature from rising more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

And I could go recall from right above here on the left side of your brain, right in the premium of the cortex to predict exactly that key.

我可以唤起你大脑的右侧,即大脑皮层的前部分，准确地预知到这个键盘。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

From the amount of soot above it, it seemed to have been burning for ages.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Above all such a person embodies that special quality of insight and discrimination that distinguishes him or her from people again of more theoretical or speculative cast of mind.

最重要的是,这类人物展现了,特殊的见解与识别力特质,使他或她有别于其它人,那些较理论或具思索心智的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

I felt alone,cut off from friends, high above the firm earth.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

So nothing is missing. Nothing is hidden. The 13,000 doesn't somehow increase from 68 to above that.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

In June,a bighead Asian Carp was found above the electrical barrier about ten kilometers from Lake Michigan.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Some recent surveys show the president's overall approval rating at or just above 50 percent a far cry from higher numbers in the early days of his administration.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02