The man told me they had to get the kids up at a quarter to four every morning.
那人告诉我，他们每天都不得不在4点差一刻的时候就把孩子们叫醒。
Meryl:Yes, it's only a quarter to ten and we've been at it for almost four hours.
梅里尔：是啊，现在才九点四十五分，而我们已经工作了将近四小时。
The best results corresponded to a quarter to a half teaspoon of ground ginger, she said.
她说，服用1/4到1/2茶匙（1茶匙=4毫升，译者注）剂量的生姜粉效果最好。
On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think.
3月14日下午两点三刻，当代最伟大的思想家停止思想了。
Caption: Mini arcade Piggy Bank: Remember when it cost just a quarter to play your favorite arcade games?
描述：还记得花费两角五分钱玩一次你喜欢的街机游戏的时候吗？
The lawyer replied, "I'm right on time. I said I'd be home by a quarter of twelve, not a quarter to twelve".
律师回答说：“时间没错啊，我说过我会在十二的四分之一点回家，不是十二点差一刻回家。”
Taken together, the 95 gene variants explain a quarter to a third of inherited cholesterol and triglycerides levels.
总的来说，95个基因变异解释了三分之一到四分之一的遗传胆固醇、甘油三酯水平异常。
Master Huang: Oh, it's a quarter to four, I planned to take you for a ride in Central Park in a horse and carriage.
黄师父：噢，差十五分就四时了，我原来打算带你去中央公园坐马车。
Three-quarters of this rise, he says, is due to cost inflation, and only about a quarter to the ageing of America's population.
他说，增长部分的75%缘于成本膨胀，只有25%由美国人口老化造成。
At about a quarter to six. Today he picks me up at five thirty, because we have an appointment with Professor Jones at six o'clock.
大约在六点差一刻。他今天五点半来接我，因为我们六点钟跟琼斯教授有个约会。
I thought it was the other church, he one near the market, and I waited there till a quarter to twelve, and then I realized my mistake.
我以为是另一个教堂，是靠近集市的那个教堂，我在那儿一直等到差一刻十二点，后来意识到我搞错了。
Contrary to his usual habit (he was almost always late) Pierre arrived at the Bergs' not at ten minutes to eight, but at a quarter to eight.
皮埃尔违反他一向迟到的习惯，这天不是八点差十分，而是八点差一刻就到了贝格家里。
She gets up at seven every day. She has breakfast at a quarter past eight, and starts work at a quarter to ten. She works until half past twelve.
她每天七点起床，她八点一刻吃早饭，九点三刻开始工作，一直工作到十二点半。
"Well," says his uncle, "Now it is a quarter to two." Three hours later we are going to visit your family. Go and tell her about it, for I'm too busy.
“好吧，”他叔叔说，“现在是差一刻钟两点，去告诉你妈妈，三个小时后我们将来你家，因为我太忙了，我必须快点走…”。
Nearly 50 per cent who do tend to usually share a duvet head for the spare room to escape theirother half's snoring and a quarter to get away from their restlessness.
近50%的人会经常使用羽绒被来分割空余的空间，以隔离自己的另一半打鼾，四分之一的人是为了摆脱自身的焦躁不安。
Fresh falls will increase the pressure on dwindling grit supplies across the country as local authorities have already been forced to cut their use of grit salt by a quarter to help conserve supplies.
新一轮的降雪将增加全国性砂粒供给下降上的压力，所以地方当局被迫削减砂盐使用量的四分之一以求得供给平衡。
It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter.
这是3家公司中惟一1家有望在本季度出现赢利的公司。
He recovered from a 4-2 deficit to reach the quarter-finals.
他从4－2的失利中恢复过来，进入1/4决赛。
A quarter of this vast archive has been indexed and made accessible to researchers.
这批数量巨大的档案的1/4都已编了索引，可供研究者查阅。
To grow and eat a pound of potatoes sends less than one-quarter pound of carbon dioxide into the air.
种植和吃掉一磅土豆，向空气中排放的二氧化碳不超过四分之一磅。
A quarter of students report that their use of digital devices during class causes their grades to suffer.
四分之一的学生报告说，在课上使用数码设备导致他们的成绩变差。
In the third quarter, CEO turnover was down 23% from a year ago as nervous boards struck with the leader they had, according to Liberum Research.
第三季度，首席执行官补充人数比一年前下降23%，因为根据利伯伦研究公司的调查，神经紧张的董事会不愿舍弃他们曾经的领导人。
Last week Coca-Cola's stick bubbled to a five-year high after it reported a fantastic quarter.
上周，可口可乐公布了出色的季度业绩后，其股价升至5年来的最高点。
You can say something like, "I know we seem to be moving toward a first-quarter commitment here."
你可以说：“我认为我们似乎正朝着第一季度的目标迈进。”
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。
When you consider that equal a quarter of the world catch, you begin to see the sides of the problem.
当你想到这相当于世界上四分之一的捕鱼量时，你就会开始看到问题的方方面面。
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。
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。
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