Before the laser, scientists developed a similar device: a maser which stands for Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

First we have the "Pilot of some small night-founder'd Skiff," and the pilot stands ab extra, from outside, in the simile.

首先我们有这句“迷茫深夜中，轻舟的导航人“,并且这个导航人在明喻中，体现为从诗句之外向内眺望。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It only stands to reason, I think, that Milton would want to inscribe within this poem the problem posed by this extraordinarily compelling characterization of Satan.

理所当然，弥尔顿会想要在始终写明这个问题,关于撒旦过分引人注目的性格的问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The pistons go up and down as a person stands on lever devices treadles and uses a natural walking motion.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

But, you know, any professor who stands before you should say the same thing about his or her subject. If they don't believe that, they shouldn't be teaching.

但是，你知道，所有站在你们面前的老师,可能都会这样介绍他的课程,如果他们不那样相信着，那他们就不应该教那门课了。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

The C stands for cover. Wear a hat and scarf to keep heat from escaping through the head, neck and ears.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

Right, if nobody stands, each and every possible candidate would do better individually, so any particular voter would do better standing.

没错,如果没人参选,每个可能的候选人单独都能做得更好,任一个特定选民都能通过参选而做得更好

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

With shadow puppets, the puppeteer stands behind a white cloth surface and rests the slightly see-through puppets against the cloth.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

I fully understand the value of what you are driving at, but frankly, the narrative as it now stands simply will not support a more general or hopeful conclusion.

但你的提议太含糊不清，说实话，你说的,无助于更好的结局。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It stands about half a meter tall and has a blue body and a friendly face with big eyes.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

And the poetry that he stands for the fisherman stands for like all of Yeats's poetry is a poetry again of symbols.

这首诗代表了,渔夫代表了,和叶芝所有的诗一样,这是关于象征的诗。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It includes both Liberty Island, where the statue stands, and nearby Ellis Island, the former federal immigration processing center.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

Torah And this is an acronym. The T stands for Torah, which is a word that means instruction or teaching.

这还是个首字母缩写词，T代表，是指示或教义的意思。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They call it Netra, which means eye in Sanskrit but stands for Near Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

This course stands out as one of the more unique " and stimulating courses I've taken at Yale."

这门课比我在耶鲁上过的其他,课程更加独一无二与令人激动“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Churchill stands with one foot on British land at the embassy and the other foot in Washington.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

They had these huge stands, and it was sort of like a football stadium, except it was longer and narrower than what our football stadium would be.

观众席非常宽阔，有点儿像橄榄球场，但比橄榄球场更长更窄。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

So,during a special time in the game, everyone stands up and stretches their arms and legs.

VOA: special.2011.04.04

Of what we might say, what it stands for, and an equally vivid sense of what it is not, and who are its enemies.

仰赖我们也可以说，其所拥护的，并仰赖于同等强烈的决心，打击叛离与其敌人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench the hatter singing as he stands;

VOA: special.2009.04.12

And in that regard, as well as in other regards, it stands as an important contribution.

从这个方面以及其他的方面来看，行为主义的贡献是非常巨大的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

A statue of him stands outside Progressive Field, the home of the Cleveland Indians.

VOA: special.2011.01.09

And a dealer--what a dealer does is it maintains an inventory of, in this case, treasury bills and then it stands ready to buy and sell.

中间商所做的是,囤积各类国库券,随时准备交易

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Cornell honors Cayuga Lake in its school song, which begins: "Far above Cayuga's waters With its waves of blue Stands our noble alma mater Glorious to view."

VOA: special.2009.01.05

I do not think we can believe that simple story as it stands.

我并不认为,这个简单的故事真能站得住脚

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

It is a plaster form that was used to make the bronze statue of Freedom that stands on the dome of the Capitol high above the city.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Well you know when you walk past those soft drink machines you're being marketed to even if you don't buy it because it's that big colorful thing that stands out.

那么当你在经过这些饮料贩卖机时,你就接受了营销,即使你没有买饮料,因为这个又大又花哨的东西太显眼了

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The small wooden house where he lived as a boy still stands there.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Yeah, particularly when it takes prophetic form, that is a form that stands in condemnation of those things in sort of order, in the rums of power, that enslave people, that oppress people that mistreat people.

是的，尤其是以先知预言形式出现的时候，谴责那些,在命令和权力下，奴役人们，压迫人们,虐待人们的现象。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And America has to recognise that we're one nation playing our role and trying with other nations to create a world that stands for universal values or that lives up to universal values.

我们必须意识到，我们只是一个国家,做好我们的本分,试着和其他国家一道,建造一个拥有共同价值观的世界,或追求共同价值观的世界。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选