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。
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。
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？
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。
But they are also more susceptible to depression: a fifth to a quarter of women experience depression at some point in their lives, compared with around a tenth of men.
但是她们更容易抑郁：五分之一到四分之一的女人会在人生的某一时刻经历抑郁，而男人抑郁的比例仅为十分之一左右。
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。
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。
The days will soon be over when a strange little fish waits a quarter of a century for a new name.
一条罕见的小鱼为一个新名字要苦等半个世纪的日子很快将一去不返。
This coming from a woman who saves a quarter of everything she earns!
这句话可是一个会把自己收入的四分之一存起来的女人说出来的。
The servant answered him again. "Look," he said, "I have a quarter of a shekel of silver.
仆人回答扫罗说:"我手里有银子一舍客勒的四分之一，可以送那神人，请他指示我们当走的路。"
The servant answered him again. "Look," he said, "I have a quarter of a shekel of silver.
仆人回答扫罗说:"我手里有银子一舍客勒的四分之一，可以送那神人，请他指示我们当走的路。"
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