If I'm going to be active in terms of managing my portfolio, should I spend my time and energy trying to beat the bond market?

如果我想主动地管理我的投资组合,是否应投入时间和精力,专注于战胜债券市场呢

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

There is a huge difference between the energies in the outermost shell and the inner shells, which tells you that it's unlikely that any electrons except those in the outermost shell are going to be active.

最外层和最里层所具有的能量,有很大差异，而这告诉我们有一点是不太可能的,那就是除了最外层的电子,别的电子都是应该是活泼的。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

We are invited to be not merely passive onlookers of this conversation, but active participants in that dialogue that takes place in this book over the course of a single evening.

我们不仅受邀,作为这场会谈的被动旁观者，更受邀参与进行中的对谈,时间就在那一晚,内容是本书。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It used to be a lot easier to be physically active then it is today, and we'll discuss this later in the class, but energy saving devices all over the place.

在过去,人们比现在从事更多的体力活动,这一点我们以后再讲,帮助你省力的装置,如今随处可见

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选