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。
I have spent almost a quarter century photographing philosophers.
我为哲学家拍照已经有几乎四分之一个世纪之久。
For over a quarter century in Hollywood, Tim Burton has made weirdness good box office.
在好莱坞过去的25年里，蒂姆伯顿的怪诞电影获得了十分不错的票房。
Then began a quarter century of the most rapid growth that these countries had ever experienced.
此后，这些国家就开始了从未经历过的、长达四分之一世纪的最迅猛发展。
The unemployment rate rose sharply to 8.1 percent in February, the highest in a quarter century.
根据劳工部的报告，2月份，美国的失业率大幅攀升到8.1%，达到过去四分之一个世纪以来的最高水平。
I certainly had no plan to spend the next quarter century pursuing philosophers around the globe.
我确实没有计划用接下来25年的时间在全世界追逐那些哲学家们。
Last month the unemployment rate climbed above 10% for the first time in more than a quarter century.
在近25年中，上月，失业率首次超过10%。
I've been on two real dates in my life, both of them in my freshman year of college, nearly a quarter century ago.
在我的生活中有过两次真实的约会，两次都是在我的大学一年级，那是差不多25年以前。
The great bull market of the past quarter century is commemorated by millions of empty houses without anyone to buy them.
以往四分之一世纪所承载的隆隆牛市亦因建起了数百万空宅却难觅买家而为人所纪念。
But for a quarter century I have worked and rebuilt and beautified the church without asking a centime from the diocese.
但过去的四分之一个世纪里我工作着，重建并美化教堂而没有跟主教区要一文钱。
Years of growth in countries like India and China have lifted the fortunes of tens of millions of people in the past quarter century.
过去二十多年来，印度和中国经历了多年的经济增长，数千万人的财富大大增加了。
During the past quarter century the American economy has been in recession for only 5% of the time, compared with 22% of the previous 25 years.
相对于1957到1982的25年美国经济有22%的时间都处于衰退，在过去25年的时间美国经济只有5%的时间处于衰退。
Still they may count themselves lucky still having a job as half believe unemployment will reach its highest ever level by the quarter century mark.
然而他们可能会觉得自己还有工作还算幸运，因为半数的人相信到2025年失业率将会达到有史以来的最高水平。
"The de-regulatory philosophy that has prevailed during the past quarter century has no grounding in economic theory nor historical experience, " said Joseph Stiglitz.
他说：“过去20多年间盛行的去监管哲学既没有经济理论依据，也不具备历史的经验。
But what has made this molecular clock so useful for forensic anthropologists over the past quarter-century is the fact that it stops dead when someone dies.
但为何这个分子时钟在过去四分之一世纪中对于法医学家如此有用呢？究其实是因为某人死去时它突然停止，凝滞了死亡瞬间。
It therefore seems prudent to ask: Will the next quarter-century be as peaceful as the last?
因此需要审慎地问一下：下一个四分之一世纪还会如过去一样的和平么？
They must have recognized an anomaly inWashington's quarter-century star career: that, like Tom Hanks but notmany others, he's been a major movie male without anchoring an actionfranchise.
他们一定是认识到了华盛顿演艺生涯的不寻常之处：在他长达四分之一世纪的职业中，华盛顿是为数不多的像汤姆·汉克斯一样，一直没有出演过动作片系列的当红男影星。
That's why we at USA WEEKEND Magazine, as part of our 25th anniversary celebration, asked readers what they thought about the past quarter-century.
那就是为什么我们在美国周刊杂志上，把询问读者是怎样认为过去的这四分之一个世纪的这个内容作为我们的第二十五次年度庆典的一个部分。
Fearing future unrest, Congress banned the interstate transport of fight films, a law that remained in force for more than a quarter-century.
由于对未来可能的动乱怀有恐惧，议会禁止拳击影像在州与州之间进行传送。这项法令延续了达四分之一个世纪之久。
Well, you could say that American bankers, empowered by a quarter-century of deregulatory zeal, led the world in finding sophisticated ways to enrich themselves by hiding risk and fooling investors.
好吧，你可以说美国的银行家们，四分之一个世纪内从放宽的金融政策中授权了热情，引领着世界寻找复杂的方法通过隐藏风险和愚弄投资者来为自己创造财富。
The favorite work of fiction in the past quarter-century was the Harry Potter series (23%), followed by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code (20%).
在过去的二十五年里，最受欢迎的是哈利波特集（23%），丹布朗写的《达芬奇密码》紧跟其后，占了20%.
He says the measures are needed to counter one of the worst crises since the 1930s and a recession that is already the longest in a quarter-century.
他说，必须采取措施打击最严重的危机之一，因为1930年的衰退，已经是最长的四分之一个世纪。
Private-sector productivity has soared in the West over the past quarter-century, even in old industries such as steel and carmaking.
过去二十五年来，西方国家私人部门的生产力突飞猛进，即使像钢铁和汽车制造这样的老旧工业也不例外。
Mild mannered and precise when he speaks, he is a far cry from the mix of Quakers, pacifists, drafts resisters and hippies who founded the organization a quarter-century ago.
他讲话时举止适度，措辞准确，同那些由辉格党人、和平主义者、草案抵制者以及嘻皮士所组成的大杂烩截然不同，这些人二十五年前创建了该组织。
Reform by stealth has been a hallmark of much of China's economic transformation in the past quarter-century.
在过去的十五年中，隐秘的变革成为中国经济变化的一个显著标志。
Reform by stealth has been a hallmark of much of China's economic transformation in the past quarter-century.
在过去的十五年中，隐秘的变革成为中国经济变化的一个显著标志。
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