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

In other words, chance is already fated. The thing that stands for randomness in this book, the thing that looks like ordinary detail, has already been arranged to give you artistic pleasure.

换言之，机遇已经是命中注定的，这代表了,书中的那些随意安排，那些看起来普通的细节，其实已经据安排给大家一种美的享受。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I think that's... that's for him at least, that's one's characteristic that really stands out.

我认为，至少他的这个特点让他十分突出。

有印象的教授 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

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

VOA: special.2011.05.16

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

NASCAR stands for the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

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

Can you guess what the D in COLD stands for?

VOA: special.2009.12.23

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 D.C.stands for District of Columbia, a federal district.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Well I think it stands for the general population.

我想次贷危机体现了一般大众的处境

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The O stands for overexertion.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

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

The study is called "Generation E: Students Leading for a Sustainable, Clean Energy Future" The E stands for ecology, sustainable economics and social equity.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The CHD stands for coronary heart disease - in--across these seven countries, from the lowest to the highest.

HD就是冠心病的意思,从最高到最低差异高达十倍

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

And the committee wants to not only endorse, but contribute to enhancing that kind of international policy and the attitudes which he stands for."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

kg is being pulled by the rope on the right with a force that I'm going to call T, which stands for tension.

千克的物体受到绳子向右的一个拉力,我称它为 T,也就是拉力的意思

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

That is what the Constitution stands for." The congresswoman recalled Jackson as a humanitarian.

VOA: standard.2009.07.07

If mo, mo stands for momentum.

如果mo，mo代表势头。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And the government for which she stands Is scandalized throughout the land.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

MHC1 is a word, MHC stands for major histocompatibility complex and it's one of the things that distinguishes my cells from your cells, from your parents cells, from your roommates cells.

HC1这个词,MHC代表主要组织相容性复合体,通过它可以区分你和我的细胞,也可以区分你和你父母,及你室友的细胞

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Bobo Simbo stands thigh-high in a pool of orange water, sifting the mud for traces of gold dust.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

We in religious studies tend to like these terms, AD rather than BC, Before Christ, and AD, because AD actually stands for Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord.

在宗教研究中我们喜欢用这两个术语，而不用BC，即“基督前“和，因为AD其实是Anno，Domini的缩写，即“主的年份“

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

"The law as it stands now in the State of Israel is to be commended because elected office is not a shelter for misdeeds,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Also, about regulation, I want to mention the NAIC-- it's a very important institution-- that stands for National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

同样的,关于监管,我要说说NAIC,它是一个非常重要的机构,它的全称是美国保险监督官协会

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In the ninth inning, Tampa Bay batter Gabe Kapler sent a ball heading for the stands in left-centerfield, threatening a home run and spoiling Buerhle's perfect game.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

F.D. stands for full disclosure -this is a SEC regulation.

.D.是指公司财务信息的完全披露,这是证交会的一项规定

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Today,Northern Ireland stands as an example to the world of how even the staunchest adversaries can overcome differences to work together for the common and greater good,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

So perhaps as it stands, the system of dietary laws does in fact emphasize reverence for life.

也许照此来说，饮食教规的确强调了对生命的崇敬。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Taq stands for thermos aquaticus, it's a marine micro-organism that lives near these hydrothermal events in the bottom of the sea and they live under very high temperatures and pressures all the time.

aq是"水生栖热菌"的简称,那是一种生活在靠近深海热液活动区的,海底微生物,它们长期生活在高温高压的环境中

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选