When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.

在20世纪50年代末汽车影院最受欢迎的时候，美国大约有4000家汽车影院，但如今，这个数字还不到当时的四分之一。

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By the 1990's, less than half of the earth's original rain forests remained, and they continued to disappear at an alarming rate every year.

到20世纪90年代，地球上原有的雨林只剩下不到一半，而且它们每年都继续以惊人的速度消失。

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In fact, it now takes much less gold to pay off the U. S. debt than it did a decade ago.

事实上，相较十年以前，现在要还清美国的债务只需偿付少得多的黄金。

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Under her leadership, the group's budget grew from less than ten million dollars to more than one hundred thirty million.

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That's a lot less than the amount of money out there but they always had fractional reserve of banking anyway.

这比流通的金钱少的多,但是他们总是有部分准备金银行制度。

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I think it, it's less now than it used to be like, you know, 50 years ago,

不过我想现在比过去少了，我是说，比50年前少了。

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That's less than McKinnell's annual pension.

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That's less than what it's invested in China, which composes 17% of the portfolio.

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That's less than a week's support of what we need in Iraq.

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