It represented the alliance between their two countries during America's war for independence from Britain.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Which would of course cripple the global economy, because as much as we want to win our independence from oil, most of our oil were still coming from the Middle East.

这将导致世界经济瘫痪，虽然我们一直竭力发掘本国石油资源，我们绝大部分的石油,仍然来自中东。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

In other words, we should not care what people say about us, but we should be prepared to develop qualities of self-containment, autonomy and independence from the influence that others can exercise over us.

换句话说，我们不应理会别人怎么说我们，而我们应准备好,发展自制的特质，自治与自主,排除他人,可能对我们的影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The war was the worst violence since South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia in 1992.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Reason, although it was employed for all sorts of practical and intellectual purposes in some of these cultures, it still lacked independence from religion and it lacked the high status to challenge the most basic received ideas.

尽管在这些文化中,理性在只是理论上,实际活动中都有被利用,但是它始终无法与宗教割裂,地位也很低,而不被大多数人接受

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He had commanded the Continental Army in America's successful fight for independence from Britain.

VOA: special.2011.04.29

I think assertions of national identity and independence are often predicated on differentiation from others.

我想对国家身份和独立的断言,基础常常是与他者的区分。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

She stayed for three years as India prepared for its independence from Britain.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

One thing that's been a trend around the world is that the I mentioned that the U.S. Federal Reserve System was different from other central banks in that it was designed to have independence.

一个在世界范围内,流行的事实是,我提到过美国联邦储备系统,与其他中央银行不同,因为它有独立自主性。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In February of two thousand eight, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

His examples are typically drawn from situations of human beings or polities in extremes where the very survival or independence of a society is at stake.

他的范例是,典型地取材自人类,或政体在极端下的处境,即当存活或一个社会的独立,已面临考验。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

In eighteen thirty-six,Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Pakistan and India both have nuclear arsenals and have fought several wars since winning independence from the British in 1947.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Kashmir has been a divided and disputed territory since India and Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

After the people of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999, many thought the country's economic hopes lay in coffee.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

After overwhelmingly voting for independence from Indonesia on August 30,1999, the country was ransacked by Indonesian-backed militias.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia last year, despite strong opposition from Belgrade and from Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

A rock-throwing crowd attacked parliament in what observers described as the worst street violence the Baltic nation had seen since it regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

A believer in independence from the rest of Cyprus, Eroglu has staked his claim to the presidency by accusing the incumbent, Mr.Talat of failing in talks with Greek Cypriots aimed at resolving their territorial dispute.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Laurence Becker from Oregon State University says after gaining independence, African nations tried to help farmers.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Mules were faster. For example, in eighteen fifty-seven a stagecoach pulled by six mules took twenty to twenty-five days to travel from Independence,Missouri,to Santa Fe.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

After Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia one year ago, the only country to follow its lead was Nicaragua.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Thirty-nine elaborate parade floats will celebrate a variety of themes, from the bicentennial of the war for Mexican independence to American major league baseball.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Former French leader, General Charles de Gaulle, had withdrawn from the military command in the 1960s, concerned that France would lose its military independence to rising superpower, the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11