They rose sharply after three U.S.servicemen were convicted of raping a schoolgirl.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

a sharply increasing in common inequalities.

就是普遍的不平等现象还在加剧。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Christianity's main roots were in Judaism, a religion that worshipped a single, all powerful deity, who is sharply separated from human beings, makes great moral demands upon them, and judges them all, even kings and emperors.

基督的主要来源是犹太教,这种宗教崇拜单一的,无所不能的神,它独立于人类而存在,作出种种道德要求和评判,即使君主和帝王也不例外

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

VOA: special.2011.04.08

The hyper-skeptical point of view taken by scholars in Europe in the nineteenth century was eroded very sharply by the discovery of places that really convinced pretty much everybody that there was a Troy, and that there was a Mycenae.

以致十九世纪欧洲学者的,怀疑论观点遭到了无情的反击,因为历史遗迹的的发现,确实说明了特洛伊和迈锡尼,都曾存在过

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Still, it was a great victory for the Whig Party and a sharply felt loss for the opposing party, the Democrats.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Greece -- a popular travel place -- continues to face a debt crisis that has sharply raised its borrowing costs.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

He got high praise, too, while others who knew a thousand times more than he were sharply criticized.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

He got high praise too, while others who knew a thousand times more than he were sharply criticized.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

By blowing sharply into the smaller flute, a player can make three more overtones.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Then,during a test of the wings, the plane moved sharply off its flight path.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

"Last week European markets fell sharply by three to four percent and that created a domino effect in global equity markets.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Much has changed in Iraq in the last two years. Despite a series of recent attacks, violence has dropped sharply.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

Indian Kashmir has been wracked by a two-decade-long separatist insurgency, although levels of violence have sharply dropped in the lpast five years.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Most other Asian stock markets were down sharply, a reaction to word that Dubai's main investment arm is having trouble servicing its debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

And as a result,stock markets in the U.S.fell sharply because investors are afraid that there is more regulatory risk in the financial system.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

But a number of Chirac supporters sharply criticized the move, including one former advisor, Jean-Francois Probst.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

To combat a severe economic slowdown, governments of major economies sharply boosted spending to stimulate activity.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

The LDP's popularity has fallen sharply in the past few years as it struggled with a weak economy and the aftermath of several corruption scandals.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

"We're also seeing a clash between politics and special interests in rich countries contrasted very sharply with real impacts for people in the developing world,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

the rate has dropped to 83 per 1,000,down sharply from 124 a decade ago.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Republican opposition was not a surprise, with all but one rejecting the bill on grounds that it would sharply increase the federal deficit, raise insurance costs, and give the government control of the health care system.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Secretary Clinton said the Chinese understand the gravity of the situation on the Korean peninsula, where tensions have risen sharply following the March 26 torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship, killing 46 sailors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Admiral Mullen spoke shortly after the American officer in charge of training Afghanistan's army and police said his staff has sent Washington an analysis of a plan to sharply increase the size of the Afghan forces, beyond the numbers already approved.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31