As the nation prepared for a presidential election year, the South renewed its promise to defend slavery or leave the Union.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

So, the authority of the canon that he invokes to defend himself in fact suggests perhaps that he has some doubts? Yes.

因此，那些他用来维护他自己的大炮的权威,表明了他实际上是有怀疑的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, just an introduction to the classes of potential foreign invaders that our immune system tries to defend us against.

所以 我只是简单介绍几类,免疫系统试图抵御的潜在外来侵略者

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

And they had to defend a line almost sixty kilometers long, from Richmond to the city of Petersburg.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

And so, he attempts to defend this position, justify it to his disciples who are worried that it may not be true.

所以,他试图捍卫他的观点,并试图说服,那些怀疑这一点的学生们

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

If South Carolina attacked, or planned to attack, then he could move his men into the fort that would be easiest to defend.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

He begins in many ways by appearing to defend Plato's view about the rule of the best individual.

此为其正义，他一开始看似在捍卫,柏拉图的观点，即最优个体的统治。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He stopped moving forward and prepared to defend against what seemed to be a strong Confederate attack.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

Were Milton not to fight in some way to defend what he takes to be the true church, he would simply not be investing those talents that God had given him.

如果弥尔顿没有以某种方式,来维护他心中真正的教会，他就并没有在发挥上帝给予他的才能。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

When he appeared before Congress, Gifford was unable to defend Hoover's position that relief was the responsibility of local governments and private giving.

VOA: special.2011.03.10

Well, I mean, just to defend Locke, he does say that there are some times in which you can't take another person's land.

要为洛克辩护的话，他的确说到了，几种情况下,你不能掠夺他人的土地。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

With its publication, Darwin gained important supporters like Thomas Huxley who were willing to defend his ideas.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Sherif told the kids--all of the kids-- that the water line to the camp was cut and they all had to defend the camp.

谢里夫告诉所有男孩-,营地的水管被截断了,他们要全部出动保护营地。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

When the Senate began debate on the Kansas-Nebraska bill, Stephen Douglas was the first to defend it.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

There at the well, again he acts to defend the defenseless.

在水井旁，他再一次保护无助者。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I was looking for a safe place to defend myself, or perhaps for a way out.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

So it could be--From Hannibal's point of view he doesn't know which pass you're going to defend, but let's have a look at his payoffs.

站在汉尼拔的立场,他应该,不知道你会防守哪条路,但让我们看看他的收益

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

If the Indians protested, or tried to defend their land, they were destroyed with crushing force.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

And his basic rights were seen to be absolute, for nothing must interfere with the right of each individual to defend his life, liberty, and property.

人的基本权利被视作每个个体都绝对拥有的,任何事物都无法干涉的,自卫,自由,财产的权利

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They volunteered to join Tennessean Andrew Jackson to defend the city of New Orleans,Louisiana, against the British army in the War of Eighteen Twelve.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

And, so, they have to defend Paris.

因此他们必须保卫巴黎

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The army refused. It told the commander to defend the forts as best he could.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

And if your body is biologically programmed to defend itself gainst famine or starvation which is what humans and animals have faced over all the centuries then you're going to seek out the energy dense food and that's why those foods taste inherently better.

在生物学角度,你的身体本身一直在,抵御饥荒和饥饿,是人和其他动物几世纪来一直面对的问题,所以你就主动寻找高能量的食品,这也是为什么这些食品比较好吃

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

At the same time, it needed a new foreign policy to defend its interests.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

You are really out on a limb - if you're going to defend poetry--as Richards kept doing-- as "pseudo-statement," but of course pseudo-statement" is just another expression for what he calls here "fiction."

你会陷入孤立无援的境地,如果你像，Richards一样-,说诗歌是“伪陈述“,当然，这里“伪陈述“只是,“虚构“的另一种说法“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

I moved away from him and prepared to defend myself as best I could.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Is there anyone prepared to defend cost-benefit analysis here as accurate as desirable? Yes? Go ahead.

有没人来赞同成本效益分析的,认为它精确合宜吗，你说。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Northern Europeans skied to hunt for food, then later to defend their countries.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

The desire not to oppress others may be decent but at the same time the people have to be taught or educated how to defend their liberty.

不愿意压迫别人这挺不错,但与此同时仍需要教导人们,怎样去守卫他们的自由。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Now, who here wants to defend cost-benefit analysis from this apparent counter example?

现在，就这个明显的反例,有谁想为成本效益分析辩护？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选