1. Among the commission's 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism. 在该委员会的51名成员中，有顶尖大学校长、学者、律师、法官和企业高管，也有来自外交、电影、音乐和新闻领域的杰出人物。
2. Self doubt has been something I've struggled with all my life, from debating whether I could get into a top tier university to believing I could succeed as a writer. 自我怀疑早就成为我这辈子一直与之斗争的敌人，从考虑我是否能够在一所顶级大学就读到相信我能够成为一个成功的作家。
3. A top-tier university is not only significant as a research center, but as a networking hub, cultural behemoth, and, if you're lucky, a wheeler-dealer landlord. 一个一流的大学并不仅仅象征着科研中心，同时也是一个网络中心，文化巨无霸，如果你幸运的话，它还是一个独断专行的地主。
4. The University of California hopes to become the country's first top-tier research institution to offer a bachelor's degree over the Internet that is comparable in quality to its campus program. 加利福尼亚大学希望成为美国第一家顶级研究性的学院，它将通过互联网实施学士学位教育，这一学历与在校教育资质等同。
5. When I asked her why that was, she said that in her experience, top tier university graduates can be too conceptual and theoretical. 当我问及原因时，她说就她经验而言，一流大学的毕业生有时太过概念化，理论化。
