Nitrogen runoffs from farms can create large dead zones, like those in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

He determined the year by designating the zones; He set up three constellations for each of the twelve months.

他指派区域来划定年份;,他划分了十二个月份，每个月份有三个星座。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I guess like, you see on a globe, you see different time zones marked on,

我猜就像，你观察一个地球仪，你看得到不同的时区标志在上面，

时间开始的地方 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The mountain supports five vegetation zones and many kinds of animals.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

So, in memory, you have different zones if you will.

在内存中，你可以有不同的区域。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Health officials say that setting up command posts in the disease zones will allow more precise monitoring of the outbreaks.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Maybe if there were these sort of death-free zones, they'd get rather crowded.

也许如果真有这种死亡免疫的地区，那里肯定会很拥挤。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

from the pay of military sergeants to the need to reduce the number of Russian time zones.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Instead of having death-free zones, imagine that there were death-free times.

不是拥有死亡免疫地区，想象一下，而是存在死亡免疫时间。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"What the federal government does, has a huge impact on where we build in coastal zones, how we farm, what our infrastructure looks like."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

Despite a massive deployment of armed forces and federal police in drug trafficking zones, some 4,000 people have been killed in Juarez during the past two years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will also be at the U.N.this month, attending a Security Council session expected to adopt a resolution expanding the protection of women in conflict zones.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

So just as no-smoking zones have expanded over the years, she suggests that city planners, for example,should consider whether their decisions might promote or hinder the development of personal relationships.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

He says ground troops need to secure drop zones for the heavy pallets of water, food and medicine, and that they need vehicles and other capabilities to secure and distribute the aid.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19