A quarter of all sea species spend at least a part of their life in a reef and many reefs are in cold or temperate waters.
四分之一的海洋物种在珊瑚礁中度过了它们一生中至少一半的时间，而且很多珊瑚礁处于寒冷或温和的水中。
The "Empty Quarter" is a huge area of sand that covers about a quarter of the Arabian Peninsula.
“空白之地”是一大片沙地，覆盖了四分之一的阿拉伯半岛。
A quarter of America's public-sector workers have a university degree.
四分之一的美国公共部门员工拥有大学学位。
There's a third option, a medium soda for $5.25. Medium may be the perfect amount of soda for you, but the large is only a quarter more.
还有第三种选择，一份中杯苏打水5.25美元。中杯也许对你来说是最完美的选择，但大杯只贵了四分之一。
A survey I conducted with Irene Whitney found that in British primary schools up to a quarter of pupils reported experience of bullying, which in about one in ten cases was persistent.
我与艾琳·惠特尼进行的一项调查发现，在英国小学，多达四分之一的学生报告曾遭受欺凌，这些案例中约有十分之一具有持续性。
A century later the picture was completely different: by then, the world had an electric industry, and a quarter of its generating capacity was water powered.
一个世纪后，情况完全不同了：这时，世界上已经有了电力工业，其四分之一的发电量是水力驱动的。
About a quarter of the adults have a good habit of running.
大约四分之一的成年人有良好的跑步习惯。
We took the steam train about a quarter of the way and then had a driver meet us and went by road for the rest.
我们乘坐蒸汽火车走了大约四分之一的路程，然后见到了约好的司机，由他开车带我们走完其余的里程。
Today, a quarter of college graduates make less than the typical worker without a bachelor's degree.
今天，有四分之一的大学毕业生收入低于没有学士学位的普通工人。
But today, a quarter of college graduates make less than the typical worker without a bachelor's degree.
但是今天，四分之一的大学毕业生比没有学士学位的普通工人挣得少。
The introduction of new screen formats was put off for a quarter century, and color, though utilized over the next two decades for special productions, also did not become a norm until the 1950s.
新屏幕格式的引入被推迟了四分之一个世纪，而颜色尽管在接下来的二十年里被用于特制产品，它也是直到二十世纪五十年代才成为一种常态。
The fact that there is an iced coffee on the market with over a quarter of a woman's daily calories allowance is alarming.
市场上有一种冰咖啡，其热量超过女性每日卡路里摄入量的四分之一，这一事实令人担忧。
Prices went up an extra 3p on a pint of milk, 15p on a quarter of a pound of butter and 15p on a half pound of cheese.
一品脱牛奶的价格上涨了3便士，四分之一磅黄油上涨了15便士，半磅奶酪上涨了15便士。
All that 15.4 million working days were lost to work related stress last year, a jump of nearly a quarter.
去年那1540万个工作日由于工作相关的压力全损失了，减少了近四分之一。
It produces nearly a quarter of the world's greenhouse gases each year and has stubbornly made it clear that it doesn't intend to do a whole lot about it.
它每年产生全球近四分之一的温室气体，并顽固地表明它不打算为此做什么。
55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones according to a survey.
一项调查显示，55%的澳大利亚人在家中拥有座机，仅有29%的人把智能手机作为他们唯一的通讯手段。
China is the world's most populous country with a population of 1.1 billion, which makes up approximately a quarter of the world population.
中国是世界人口最多的国家，有11亿，约占世界总人口的四分之一。
First of all, the event had a different feel because it included a lot of customers a "a quarter of all papers presented were from customers."
首先，事情有了一个不同的感觉，因为它包括了许多用户-看到的所有论文的四分之一都来自用户。
The fate of a quarter of a million civilians trapped in a Tiger-controlled pocket of territory remains precarious and unknown.
一百万斯平民中的四分之一被困在猛虎组织控制的地区里，他们的命运依然难以预测，令人堪忧。
Who eats one square of chocolate a day — and who eats just a quarter of a square a day?
然而谁会每天吃一个小正方形大小的巧克力，而谁又会吃大约四分之一个正方形大小的巧克力呢？
For a quarter of a century finance basked in a golden age.
过去四分之一世纪是金融业的金色光景。
Shortly afterwards, a glut of solar panels led to a fall of about a quarter in the price of building a solar farm.
然而不久，由于太阳能电池板供过于求，光伏电站的建设成本下降了四分之一。
It was the realization of a project that had been a quarter of a century in the making, starting with the creation of a social welfare scheme for the poor in 1975.
筹备了四分之一个世纪的一个项目得以实现，最初是在1975年为穷人创建了社会福利制度。
A third of all bread, a quarter of fruit and a fifth of vegetables-all are thrown out uneaten.
三分之一的面包，四分之一的水果和五分之一的蔬菜，都是吃还没有吃就扔掉了。
Who would use columns on a quarter of a magazine page?
谁在四分之一的杂志页面上使用多列呢？
That is still an awful lot but it represents a fall of a quarter since 1990.
这一数字依然可怕，但它代表着自1990年以来已经下降了四分之一。
Inevitably, after about a quarter of a mile, he decided it was not fun.
不可避免的是，大约跑了一英里的四分之一，他决定，跑步并不适合他。
As a result, a quarter or more of such produce is wasted, a catastrophe in a country where so many go hungry.
结果是，四分之一(或者更多)的果蔬产品被浪费了，这对一个尚有许多饥饿人口的国家简直是一场灾难。
As a result, a quarter or more of such produce is wasted, a catastrophe in a country where so many go hungry.
结果是，四分之一(或者更多)的果蔬产品被浪费了，这对一个尚有许多饥饿人口的国家简直是一场灾难。
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