每年，如果人们只使用四分之一的被浪费的食物，世界饥饿问题就会结束。
Every year, if people used just a quarter of that wasted food, the world hunger would end.
“空白之地”是一大片沙地，覆盖了四分之一的阿拉伯半岛。
The "Empty Quarter" is a huge area of sand that covers about a quarter of the Arabian Peninsula.
报告发现，超过四分之一的国家实际月工资出现持平或下滑情况。
The report finds more than a quarter of the countries experienced flat or falling monthly wages in real terms.
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。
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。
But today, a quarter of college graduates make less than the typical worker without a bachelor's degree.
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。
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.
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。
When you consider that equal a quarter of the world catch, you begin to see the sides of the problem.
在高级职称中，只有四分之一的教授是女性，黑人女性在所有女性学术人员中所占比例不到2%。
At senior levels, only a quarter of professors are women, and black women make up less than 2% of all female academic staff.
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。
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.
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。
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.
它的后果是：南非持续的干旱——三十年来最严重的干旱——将导致它今年至少四分之一的玉米作物受损。
It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its corn crop this year.
一组心理学家发现，三分之二的男性和四分之一的女性宁愿自己接受电击，也不愿独自坐着思考15分钟。
One team of psychologists discovered that two thirds of men and a quarter of women would rather self-administer electric shocks than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes.
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 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.
经过两年的努力，该组织购买了太阳能电池板，现在满足了学校四分之一的电力需求，为社区节省了数千美元。
After two years of hard work, the group paid for the solar panels, which now satisfy one-fourth of the school's electricity needs—saving the neighborhood thousands of dollars.
四分之一的洛杉矶教师称根本没有时间“自由玩耍”。
One in four Los Angeles teachers reported there was no time at all for "free play."
美国司法部表示，四分之一的孩子在青春期会遭到霸凌。
The United States Department of Justice showed that one out of four kids will be bullied during their adolescence.
据估计，地球表面另外四分之一的土地正面临沙漠化威胁。
It has been estimated that an additional one-fourth of the Earth's land surface is threatened by this process.
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。
A quarter of students report that their use of digital devices during class causes their grades to suffer.
在美国一个城市，四分之一的教师说幼儿园的孩子们没有时间自由玩耍。
One quarter of teachers in an American city said that children in kindergartens had no time for playing freely.
世界上四分之一的能源——包括石油年产量的三分之二——都用于运输。
A quarter of the world's energy—including two-thirds of the annual production of oil—is used for transportation.
汽车消耗了美国一半的石油，导致了美国约半数的城市污染和四分之一的温室气体。
Cars account for half the oil consumed in the U.S., about half the urban pollution and one fourth the greenhouse gases.
沙漠已经占据了大约四分之一的地球表面积，近几十年来还在一直以惊人的速度增加。
The deserts, which already occupy approximately a fourth of the Earth's land surface, have in recent decades been increasing at an alarming pace.
根据最近对招生官的一项调查，只有四分之一的私立大学表示，论文在评判申请时“相当重要”。
According to a recent survey of admissions officers, only one in four private colleges say the essay is of "considerable importance" in judging an application.
慢性疾病的治疗费用可以轻易地达到每月2000美元——难怪四分之一的美国人付不起他们的医药费。
Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top $2,000 a month—no wonder that one in four Americans can't afford to fill their prescriptions.
全球超过四分之一的石油和近五分之一的天然气来自近海，尽管近海钻探的成本是陆地钻探的六到七倍。
More than one-quarter of the world's oil and almost one-fifth of the world's natural gas come from offshore, even though offshore drilling is six to seven times more expensive than drilling on land.
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。
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.
根据环境保护部对全国338个城市的调查，2016年，只有四分之一的中国城市达到了国家的空气质量标准。
In 2016, only one fourth of Chinese cities met the country's air quality standards, according to a survey of 338 cities nationwide from the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
尽管这个国家有四分之一的成年人处于肥胖状态，而且估计这个数字到2050年将翻一番，但暴饮暴食还是没被承认。
It has yet to be admitted with overeating, even though one in four adults in this country is obese and that number is predicted to double by the year 2050.
只有四分之一的参与者拥有研究人员所称的“幸福感优势”——也就是说，他们（生活）的意义感超过了他们（生活）的幸福感。
Only one quarter of the study participants had what the researchers call "eudaemonic predominance"—that is, their sense of meaning outpaced their feelings of happiness.
只有四分之一的参与者拥有研究人员所称的“幸福感优势”——也就是说，他们（生活）的意义感超过了他们（生活）的幸福感。
Only one quarter of the study participants had what the researchers call "eudaemonic predominance"—that is, their sense of meaning outpaced their feelings of happiness.
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