At one point he came so close to running out of gas he considered using his parachute.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

This was no Saint Francis with enough time to knock out a few canticles or to preach to the birds or do any of the other endearing things so close to Franny Glass's heart.

圣人弗朗西斯没有足够的时间去,来唱颂歌或者向鸟儿告解或者做任何,其他讨喜的事情，正合弗兰尼的心意。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Well, being so close to the park obviously, it's huge.

我一般会去公园，那里很大。

对政治很感兴趣 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

At times,they were so close they had no time to load and fire their guns.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

The pressure points come when the issues are so close to the bone that a variety of people don't feel that they had the luxury to do that, that their interests, their commitments are threatened.

有时也有一些压力,这时话题通常比较敏感，许多人,觉得言论自由成为了一种奢侈品，他们的兴趣和信仰都受到了威胁。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Olive had never before felt so close her husband.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

So close. Let me tweak a little bit.

差不多是的，我再补充一点。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Not now. Not when we are so close.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Not so close that the repulsions dominate.

不会近到排斥相互作用占据主导地位的地步。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

She was to livewith her grandma, just over on Creekmore Avenue, which made me happy,'cause she was so close.

VOA: standard.other

You see the mountains are so close by.

你瞧，山离得很近。

加州万岁 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They say having a trial so close to where the Twin Towers once stood would be a recruitment and radicalization tool to terrorists.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

We're still close enough to the summer that the air is not just filling us up with extra static electricity, so it's a little more challenging here.

我们现在离夏天更近了,这样空气中不总是,充满额外的静电，所以这时做实验,会有一些挑战性。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Some assert that the placement of several North Korean dams so close to the South's border shows that Pyongyang built them with such acts of sabotage in mind.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Ah, n times, because for each value of i, I'm going to do that m thing, n*m so that is, close to what you said, right?

因此这就和你说的差不多了对不对？,这个问题的复杂度为，让我写下来，是-对不对，是？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

With the three parties running so close, each candidate will be hoping to distinguish himself as a clear leader, in the hope of pulling ahead and avoiding a hung parliament - where no one party wins a majority of seats.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

So, the parody is of something very close to home. And this poem that I've given you will come back on page 134. You don't have to turn to that now, but you should think about that return.

所以拙劣的模仿说得有点太露骨了,下面我要讲的诗在134页，你们现在不需要翻到那页,但你们得思考那个回答。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"So the long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end."

VOA: special.2010.08.07

That's because, well, when you buy your first house you might be twenty-five, so thirty years brings you to age fifty-five; that's close enough to retirement.

这是因为,你可能在25岁时买第一套房子,当还清30年的贷款时你已经55岁了,都快退休了

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I felt close to that kind of thing because I had denied it and had been left away from it so long.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Okay 30, so that's pretty close.

0是挺接近的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

It is so detailed that unless you look up close, you would think it was a painting.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

Its role is to move molecules around in the body so that they're available to cells everywhere within your body regardless of how close they are to your skin, and we'll talk about that.

它能将分子输送到身体各处,供体内所有的细胞使用,而无论那些细胞多么靠近体表,我们会讲到这些的

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

It's game seven so we figured it would be a pretty good game, pretty close.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

So,and also because of the close association of the monarchy, and particularly the Legitimists, they're called Legitimists, the Bourbons with the church-- you've got fertile ground in areas that were still practicing religion, and we'll talk more about that another time.

由于波旁家族和君主主义者的密切关系,尤其是正统主义者,他们被成为正统主义者,他们在教会中,在教会地区有很多肥沃的田地,以后我们会详细谈到

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

It is well worth a visit. So,close your eyes and imagine you are going there.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

I mean probably those of you-- I mean I can see you people squirming right now when I--just at the mention of that-- so I'm not going to go through the process of having you close your eyes and imagine eating the cockroach.

我看到现在在座的有些同学,已经开始觉得恶心了,我只是提了一下,我又没真让你闭上眼睛,去想象吃蟑螂

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

You hold your cards close to you so no one can see what you have.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

but they were saying the funds, they were low on funds, so they were trying to close it much earlier,

但公园的资金却出现了短缺，所以他们试着要提早关门。

河滨公园 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Um, I've done quite a bit of traveling. I live, I live really close to Detroit, so

我过去大多是在旅行的途中看到的。我住的离底特律很近，所以，

街头艺术 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人