There, they say, the mutation that existed in under a tenth of the population spread to nearly nine-tenths-because those with it survived far better than those without.

他们说，自此，本来存在于人口十分之一的基因突变扩展到将近十分十九——因为基因发生突变后的人更能适应新的环境。

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With some 80% of Libya's territory and nine-tenths of its people under rebel control, the fall of any remaining pockets of loyalists is but a matter of time.

随着反对派控制了约80%的利比亚领土及十分之九的人口，所有效忠卡扎菲的残余飞地的陷落只是个时间上的问题。

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The only explanation Dr Clark can think of is that the star must have somehow shed nine-tenths of its mass before it exploded as a supernova.

克拉克博士想到的唯一解释是这颗恒星在爆炸成超新星之前可能减少了十分之九的质量。

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That was a good joke on me. By jingo, I'll bet I did jump six and nine-tenths inches.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

And the sooner you learn -- get out.Get out!" MOTHER: "Mercy Maude,Frank, I'll bet you jumped six and nine-tenths inches that time."

VOA: special.2009.05.04

Officials reported this week that the gross domestic product grew nine-tenths of one percent between April and June.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

They command about nine-tenths of the financial resources of the big four state banks.

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The floods devastated a tenth of Mozambique's land, and nine-tenths of its irrigated areas.

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Opposition congressmen duly protested, but in the end granted him nine-tenths of the loaf.

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