Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use.
在过去50年里,改良的农业科技技术显著提高了农作物的产量,耕种面积扩大了12%。
Over the next two decades, the world will see a burst of urban expansion at a speed and on a scale never before witnessed in human history.
在接下来的二十年里,全世界将目睹一次极其快速的城市扩张,其速度和规模史无前例。
Indeed, over the past year both Japanese firms have made international expansion the cornerstone of their strategy.
的确,在过去几年里这两家日本公司都把海外扩张作为公司战略的基石。
For the past forty years, the expansion of unchecked corporate power has taken over Washington and state capitals.
过去四十年来,肆无忌惮扩张的公司权力已经凌驾于华盛顿和各州首府之上了。
All in all, the two research teams found over 50 distant supernovae whose light was weaker than expected - this was a sign that the expansion of the Universe was accelerating.
总而言之,两支队伍发现了超过50颗遥远超新星,它们所发射出的光不如预计的那么明亮,这就意味着宇宙的膨胀速度正在加快。
Ministers talk of a Renaissance of nuclear power, involving the construction of up to eight new reactors over the coming decade, coupled with a huge expansion in renewable energy.
部长们在谈论复兴核电,包括在未来十年内建设多达八个新的核反应堆,以及大规模扩张可再生能源的运用。
There is, he added, not enough analysis of the costs and benefits of new rules. Moreover regulators have opted for expansion over efficiency.
他补充道,现在没有对新规定进行足够成本效益分析,并且规制者倾向于扩大规制,而忽视了效益。
These so-called baryon acoustic oscillations offer another yardstick for measuring the expansion rate of the universe over time and putting limits on the value of dark energy.
这些被称为重子声学振荡的东西为测量随时间变化的宇宙的膨胀速度和对暗能量的值施加限制提供另一尺码。
The biggest area of expansion for boutique managers over the past decade has, of course, been in hedge funds.
过去十年“精品”管理者最大的扩张领域当然是对冲基金。
That is why, for example, IBM now has over 50,000 employees in India and ambitious plans for further expansion there.
因此,即便目前IBM在印度已有超过5万名雇员,却依然有进一步拓展印度市场的雄心计划。
Dale and his colleagues have developed a technique called ammonia fibre expansion (AFEX) that he says can convert over 90 per cent of the cellulose into biofuel.
Dale和他的同事已经开发出一种称为氨纤维膨胀(ammonia fibre expansionAFEX)的技术,他说这种技术可以将90%的纤维素转化为生物燃料。
That is why, for example, IBM now has over 50, 000 employees in India and ambitious plans for further expansion there.
这就是为什么,IBM在印度有50000名雇员而且还雄心勃勃的进一步要扩大。
You see the vibrations of this deep meditative expansion is over-flowing into the physical realms that you live in...
你们看那深度冥想所伸展出来的(爱的)振动正溢出来进入到你们所居住的物质界…
United’s intervention for pre-diabetics is an expansion of a model tested by the National Institutes of Health, which reduced the likelihood of developing diabetes by 58% over three years.
美国对糖尿病前期患者治疗的干预就是由国家健康协会测试的一种模式的延伸,这种模式在过去三年里将糖尿病可能性的降低了58%。
Opponents of the expansion are pointing to the spill as timely evidence of safety concerns over offshore oil extraction.
反对这种扩张开采的人指出此次泄漏恰恰证明了近海原油开采具有的安全隐患。
Expansion has apparently continued, but much more slowly, over the ensuing billions of years.
膨胀很显然在继续着,但是在之后的百亿年里变得更为缓慢。
Mr Blair's budget proposal does little to resolve these fundamental issues, though the cuts in aid might temporarily assuage voters' anxiety over the eastward expansion.
“布莱尔版”预算计划没能从根本上解决竞争问题,只有削减援助可能暂时安抚了选民对欧盟东扩的焦虑。
One estimate has passenger numbers doubling over the next 20 years, thanks to a mix of road congestion, the expansion of urban employment and green concerns.
一项预测显示未来20年里,在公路拥堵、郊区工作人数上升和环境保护的综合影响下,铁路乘客的人数将会翻一番。
French consumer spending, the motor of expansion over the past decade, is faltering.
过去十年法国经济增长的动力消费支出正在减弱。
Mr Schultz has had to accelerate the store-closure programme that he had started in order to correct the over-expansion which prompted his return to the helm.
舒尔茨先生不得不加快店铺关闭方案,他已经开始关闭店面以便纠正过度扩张,从而使他重回咖啡王国。
With peace talks stalled over Jewish settlement expansion, the Palestinians have threatened to bypass Israel and ask the United Nations Security Council to approve Palestinian statehood.
双方的和平谈判因扩建犹太人定居点的问题而僵持不下,巴勒斯坦威胁要越过以色列,要求联合国安理会同意建立巴勒斯坦国。
A rapid expansion ofuniversities over the last decade has resulted in more young men and women withundergraduate degrees than companies are ready to hire, except at lower pay.
快速的大学扩招导致很多年轻人拿到了学位。而公司除了闲杂低收入岗位外没有这么多的岗位提供给他们。
But with Pentagon spending facing a 5 to 10 percent cut over the next decade, something else is going to have to pay for such an expensive expansion in naval and air power.That something is the U.S..
但随着五角大楼在未来10年面对5 ~ 10%的预算削减,就需要从其他地方划出经费用于扩充海军和空军,这个地方就是美国陆军。
But with Pentagon spending facing a 5 to 10 percent cut over the next decade, something else is going to have to pay for such an expensive expansion in naval and air power.That something is the U.S..
但随着五角大楼在未来10年面对5 ~ 10%的预算削减,就需要从其他地方划出经费用于扩充海军和空军,这个地方就是美国陆军。
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