"We need to learn from this episode and act quickly to fix the flaws in our system because our security is at stake and lives are at stake,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

And this isn't, you know, to point out the flaws in someone specific, but to point out some of the common mistakes.

你们懂得，这个不会指出,哪一个人的缺陷，但是指出一些,共同的错误。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The flaws that are out there are inevitable-- they cannot be changed.

我们的缺陷不可避免-,无法改变。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"His flaws,I think, in the first two movies earlier on the story were caused by his dislocation from reality."

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Like the moon, Satan may look beautiful, but upon a closer scrutiny that beauty begins to yield certain metaphysical flaws.

像月亮那样，撒旦看起来非常美好，但是近看,就会发现这份美丽开始显露出一些抽象的瑕疵。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But the shutdown was mandated by the EU, where the Chernobyl-type facility is considered unsafe due to inherent design flaws.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

As a consequence, the diary measures have their own sets of flaws that we'll talk about in a minute.

这样的结果是,日记方式有自己的缺陷,我们马上就会谈到

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

He adds the conflict against Georgia last August revealed flaws in Russia's conventional forces as well.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

That's the only thing we can do with these flaws.

我们只能接受缺陷。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

His latest statement focused on the need to correct flaws in the aviation security system that allowed the would-be bomber to board the Detroit-bound flight in the first place.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

I'm going to argue for the latter of what I just said, for the fact that human nature needs to be obeyed with all its flaws,with all its shortcomings, as opposed to attempting to perfect it on the psychological level.

我会谈到后者，就是说我们必须顺从于人性,接受它所有的缺陷和优点，而不是试图从心理层面上,完善它。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

I think as the series goes on he accepts more and more that he is part of the contemporary world and I think all the things that were deemed to be flaws before start fading away.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"We really wanted to go out emotionally and have people walk away with the feeling maybe there is no such thing as 'happily ever after,' but even with all of its flaws, life is really great."

VOA: standard.2010.05.27