We even took the tops off the tables to see if he had hidden the letter in the table legs.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

A gig is 10 to the 9, so it does two operations in the length of time it takes light to get from one foot off the table down to the table. That's amazing.

因此光行进一英尺的,时间内电脑可以,进行两次基本运算,这太神奇了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

We know they can't sign a legal agreement, but let's take that off the table.

我们都知道不能签署违法合同,那就只能私底下签协议了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

China's export prices may rise, but an American diplomat said the action "takes an irritant off the table in the U.S.-China relationship."

VOA: special.2010.06.25

But the people that he visited when he was snatching huge roasts off the table at the fancy parties in London commented on these facial ticks that he had that would bend his face.

不过,那些在伦敦的豪华宴会上,目睹他大快朵颐的人评价说,他脸部的抽搐使其面目扭曲

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

He said he never takes any option off the table, but that such a move would only delay Iran's nuclear weapons development by a few years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

I regard the last few weeks as politicians deciding we gotta do something to get this off the table of the agenda to something that has a political demand for it What they did, they could have done worse things, they could have done better things.

在我看来，一直到前几个星期,政治家们才觉得自己该做点什么了,不能继续把这件事束之高阁而迟迟不行动,而应当将其转化为一种政治诉求,至于他们所做的一切，已是既定事实，他们原本或许会做得更糟，但也有可能更好，这个很难讲。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

"I think it takes an irritant off the table in the U.S.China relationship."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Imagine I have a little lamp, a little goose- one of those little gooseneck lamps, I'd put it on the table here, I'd put the height about a f-- about a foot off the table. And if I was really good, - I could hit, or time it so that when I hurt- yeah, try again. When I turn this on switch on in the lamp, at exactly the same time, I'm going to hit a key on my computer and start it running.

想象下我有一个那种小雁颈台灯-,我把它放在桌子上，大概离桌子，有一英尺那么高吧,这样挺好的，我可以打开-,或者关闭这灯,并在这同时，我可以让我电脑,开始运行。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Yes,it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else.

VOA: special.2009.10.18