ArtsEconomics研究公司的创始人克莱尔·麦克安德鲁估算，在2007年的巅峰期，它的价值约为650亿美元，是五年前的两倍。
At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier.
在公元前3000年到公元前1000年，即青铜器被广泛使用的这一时期，通常被称为青铜时代。
The period from 3000 to 1000 B.C.E., when the use of bronze became widespread, is normally referred to as the Bronze Age.
花些时间丢开坏心情去阅读或者呆在电视机前，因为在难找工作这一时期结束之后，你会很快得到一份新的工作。
Spend your days reading or in front of the television without feeling bad because you will find a job soon enough after which it becomes difficult to find some time off.
在戈尔巴乔夫时期，务农人口数量降至前一时期的四分之一。只有老农们继续劳作，在国有土地上敷衍行事，维护着他们的自留地。
By Gorbachev's time, the farm population had shrunk to a quarter of its former size; only older workers remained, working perfunctorily on state land or tending their private plots.
在本专栏前一期文章中，我介绍了如何使用工作流对付垃圾信息机器人程序，并且最好不会给正当使用的用户带来任何不便。
In the previous article in this column I looked at ways of using workflow to raise hurdles for spammer robots, ideally without undue inconvenience to legitimate users.
尽管中国在夏季用电高峰期前就开始努力对付电力短缺问题，但是用电需求预计增加更多。
As China grapples with power shortages ahead of the summer peak consumption season, electricity demand is expected to grow even further.
因此，在未来若干年，与危机前的繁荣期相比，国际资本成本将会上升，投资率也会下降。
International capital costs will therefore be higher and investment rates lower over the next several years when compared with the pre-crisis boom period.
在不明朗的选举期到来前，公司也购进用以支付两个月工资的法郎。
Companies have also been buying up francs to pay two months of salary before the uncertain election period.
大斋节期前狂欢嘉年华在某些情况下标志着冬天的结束。该节日被写入历史和文化民间故事，本周末在世界各地拉开序幕。
Carnivals before Lent that in some instances mark the end of winter and incorporate historical and cultural folk tales, kicked-off around the world this weekend.
他们发现，与前二十年相比，在1998年至2003年期间，癌症发病率没有变化。
They found that there was no change in rates between 1998 and 2003 compared with the previous two decades.
在使用XML系列的前两期文章中，主要关注的是一位老朋友：XM，这是一种易用的文档发布解决方案。
I devoted the previous two columns in the Working XML series to an old friend: XM, my easy-to-use document-publishing solution.
我猜想，在游戏机开始越来越受欢迎的时候，游戏商们推断如果将其特定受众定位于青春期前的男孩，销量会更好。
I guess when consoles started becoming more popular, it was speculated that it would be better for their niche audience to be prepubescent boys.
每天可能会有多个峰值期，例如，在金融行业，在刚开市后和即将闭市前都有大的峰值期。
A daily cycle can have multiple peaks, as in the financial industry, where there are often major peaks just after markets open and just before they close.
在使用XML专栏的前两期文章中，我讨论了建模，更具体地说是在XML应用程序开发中使用uml建模。
In the last two installments of the Working XML column, I explored modeling and, more specifically, the use of UML modeling for XML application development.
每周有一小时，(苏西)汉克斯在一个小小的隔音室内，偎依在话筒前，为失明的听众详细描绘最新一期《花花公子》的内容。
Each week, for an hour, [Suzi] Hanks snuggles close to a microphone in a tiny soundproof closet, reading - and describing in great detail - portions of the latest Playboy issue for the blind.
作者说，行星的影响和恐龙的灭绝可能不是发生在同一时期，而是在大约300 000年前分别发生的。
The asteroid impact and dinosaur extinction, say the authors, may not have been simultaneous, instead occurring 300, 000 years apart.
在比赛间隔期，帕奎奥坚持训练，并在比赛来临前增加训练强度。
In between fights, he keeps his training regime and intensifies it when another fight approaches.
在第24个周期开始前，人们通过太阳的扭转振动的位置和强度准确的预知了第24周期内太阳黑子活动的推迟。
Before cycle 24 commenced, the position and strength of the torsional oscillation correctly predicted the late arrival of this cycle's sunspot activity.
本系列的前两期 研究了 R在 “真实环境” 中的使用方法。
The first two installments of this series looked at R in fairly "real world" usage.
但是另有选举隐约显示可能放慢这些脚步，至少在2010年中期前是这样的。
But another election looms that will temper its ambitions, at least until mid-2010.
在第三份研究中，研究者同样采用了来自CHARGE研究法，研究了患有2 -型糖尿病和妊娠期糖尿病、慢性高血压和怀孕前过度肥胖的母亲。
In a third study, which also drew from data from the CHARGE study, researchers looked at mothers who had diabetes (Type 2 and gestational), chronic hypertension and pre-pregnancy obesity.
在经济进入萧条期前，以及不列颠现在正在经历的财政紧缩时期之前，贫困问题正略有起色。
This modest progress came before the recession, and the era of fiscal austerity that Britain is now entering.
严重者孩子在新生儿期即可出现囟门非凡大，因为两顶骨未合拢而前囟门的后角与后囟门通连。
Serious person the child is in new student period can appear Xin door is particularly big, did not fold because of two parietal bone and before of Xin door hind horn and hind Xin door be connected to.
即使在大萧条时期，尽管经济形势仍在不断恶化，而根据最新的修订，GDP在1929至1933年期间下降了26.7%，修订前的数据仅仅为26.6%。
Even the Depression is getting worse. According to the latest revisions, GDP fell 26.7% between 1929 and 1933: the pre-revision figure was a mere 26.6%.
正常体重的妊娠期妇女在妊娠前三个月饮用含糖饮料比不饮用者生育超重婴儿的风险更高。
Normal-weight expectant moms who drank sugar-sweetened beverages in the first trimester were at a higher risk of having large babies than the women who didn't consume much of them.
阿赫那吞因其在多神信仰的古埃及内引入一神论的革新行为而被世人所熟知，他大约于西元前1300年中期在位统治。
Akhenaten (ah-keh-NAH-ten), best known for introducing a revolutionary form of monotheism to ancient Egypt, reigned in the mid-1300s B.C.
去年移民流入达到自17年前开始采用现行计算方法以来的最高水平。在截至2007年中期的12个月中，长期移民人数达到60.5万人。
Inward migration last year reached its highest level since the current method of counting was introduced 17 years ago, with 605,000 long-term migrants arriving in the 12 months to mid-2007.
从1980年到2000年，美国金融服务占gdp的份额翻了一倍达到8%。同一期间，它们的利润在2007- 2009年下降前，占公司总利润的份额从10%升至35%。
Financial services' share of GDP in America doubled to 8% between 1980 and 2000; over the same period their profits rose from about 10% to 35% of total corporate profits, before collapsing in 2007-09.
从1980年到2000年，美国金融服务占gdp的份额翻了一倍达到8%。同一期间，它们的利润在2007- 2009年下降前，占公司总利润的份额从10%升至35%。
Financial services' share of GDP in America doubled to 8% between 1980 and 2000; over the same period their profits rose from about 10% to 35% of total corporate profits, before collapsing in 2007-09.
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