In 2009 the typical firm's wage bill was equivalent to between a quarter and half of its core capital.
2009年，一些具有代表性的公司的薪金账单数额差不多与其核心资本的25%到50%所持平。
Speeds of the fastest winds, though, have risen by about half a percent each year, and heights of the biggest waves have risen by between a quarter and half a percent each year.
可是每年最高风速上升大约0.5%，以及最大海浪的高度升高0.25% - 0.5%。
Prices went up an extra 3p on a pint of milk, 15p on a quarter of a pound of butter and 15p on a half pound of cheese.
一品脱牛奶的价格上涨了3便士，四分之一磅黄油上涨了15便士，半磅奶酪上涨了15便士。
More than a quarter regularly drink too much and many isolate themselves from friends and family: almost a half had not left their homes for a long period and more than a quarter had lost friends.
超过四分之一的人时常饮酒过量，并且有许多人将自己与朋友和家人隔绝开来：几乎半数女性很长一段时间都足不出户，超过四分之一的人已经没有朋友了。
And they play a substantial role in the economy: a quarter of firms account for almost half of all manufacturing profits.
正因如此，他们在经济中发挥着实质性作用：四分之一的企业几乎占了整个制造行业一半的利润。
But they caution that the study covers less than a quarter of world fisheries, and lightly to moderately fished and rebuilding ecosystems comprise less than half of those.
但是他们提醒说，研究只涵盖了世界不到四分之一的渔场，少量或适度捕捞并正在恢复的生态系统不足其中的一半。
Nearly half the nation's 14 to 18 year olds used a library computer last year, and one quarter did so once a week or more.
去年，这个国家几近一半的14至18岁的国民使用过图书馆的计算机，而且有四分之一的人一周至少使用一次或更多。
Take a look at your dinner plate proportions - you should fill one half with non-starchy vegetables, one quarter with lean meats or alternatives, and one quarter with starchy carbs.
看看你餐盘中的食物比例，应该是一半非淀粉蔬菜，四分之一瘦肉或者肉类替代品，四分之一碳水化合物食品。
Their bundles and baskets were gathered up, and half an hour later, when the clock-chime sounded a quarter past eleven, they were straggling along the lane which led up the hill towards their homes.
他们把他们的包裹和篮子搜集在一起，过了半小时，当教堂的钟声敲响十一点一刻的时候，他们就稀稀拉拉地走上了上山的小路，走回家去。
This matters more in emerging economies such as China and India, where food eats up a quarter of consumer spending, than in, say, Europe, where it accounts for half that.
这种上涨对新兴经济体影响更大，例如中国和印度，因为这些地方将近四分之一的消费支出花在食品上面，而在欧洲，该比例则只有八分之一。
The country accounts for about a fifth of the world's population, yet it gobbles up more than half of the world's pork, half of its cement, a third of its steel and over a quarter of its aluminum.
这个拥有世界五分之一人口的国家，却狼吞虎咽了世界上超过一半的猪肉、国内一半的水泥、三分之一的钢铁和超过四分之一的铝。
More than a quarter of all American workers now classify themselves as "free agents", and half of America's temps are professionals of one kind or another.
现今超过四分之一的美国工作者把他们划分为“自由代理人”，一半的美国临工是这方面或那领域的专业人士。
Korea's large companies employ slightly less than a quarter of the workforce and produce more than half the country's output.
韩国的大企业只雇佣了韩国将近四分之一的劳动力，但其产出却比全国的一半还多。
About a fifth of white children are classified as poor; the figure runs from a quarter among Caribbeans and Indians to more than half among Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.
大约五分之一的白人孩子被归入穷人的行列；在加勒比海人和印度人中这个指数是四分之一，而在巴基斯坦人和孟加拉人中则是大于二分之一。
"Beit Jala has lost half its land, central Bethlehem has lost a quarter, and Beit Sahour a third," grumbles one resident-a fair summary of recent changes in the city's boundaries.
一位当地住民抱怨，“比特杰拉已经失去了一半土地，伯利恒中心区失去了四分之一，拜特·萨霍也丢了三分之一”，这是最近城市边界变化公平的总结。
“Beit Jala has lost half its land, central Bethlehem has lost a quarter, and Beit Sahour a third,” grumbles one resident—a fair summary of recent changes in the city's boundaries.
一位当地住民抱怨，“比特杰拉已经失去了一半土地，伯利恒中心区失去了四分之一，拜特萨霍也丢了三分之一”，这是最近城市边界变化公平的总结。
High oil prices and the impact of a traditionally slow season for travel in the fourth quarter will hurt airlines' profitability in the second half of the year, they said.
油价高居不下，再加上第四季度一直是国内的旅游淡季，航空公司下半年的收益将受到严重影响。
According to some analysts, only a quarter of the total armed forces of roughly 400,000 is well equipped and ready to fight-and of these, only half, or 50,000 men, is really reliable.
根据一些观察员报道，总共400,000的武装力量中只有大约四分之一是装备精良有战斗力的，而这其中，仅有一半(50,000人)真正可靠。
With each bull there is to be a drink offering of half a hin of wine; with the ram, a third of a hin ; and with each lamb, a quarter of a hin.
一只公牛要奠酒半欣；一只公羊要奠酒一欣三分之一；一只羊羔也奠酒一欣四分之一。
Take out a fresh sheet of paper and make three columns on it, with the left one taking up about half of the page and the two on the right taking up about a quarter of the page each.
取出一张纸，画上三个栏，左边第一栏的宽度占纸张的一半，右边两栏各占四分之一。
Humanitarian agencies report at least one quarter of a million people need immediate food assistance and this number may reach one half million.
人道救援机构的报告说，至少有25万人需要立即得到食品援助，而且这一数字可能将升高到50万。
So you would add up the two errors-- a quarter plus half, 7 that's about 0.7-- and because of the square roots, 35% that becomes 0.35%, and that's wrong.
所以把这两个误差相加-,四分之一加二分之一，大概是0。,由于平方根，它就变成0。,但这个是错的。
A study in the journal Circulation found that more than a quarter of heart attack sufferers did not comply with diet and exercise advice even though it can reduce the risk of a second attack by half.
Circulation杂志中的一个研究发现，尽管医嘱可以减少一半第二次心脏病发作的危险，但是超过四分之一的心脏病患者没有遵从医嘱饮食和锻炼。
A study in the journal Circulation found that more than a quarter of heart attack sufferers did not comply with diet and exercise advice even though it can reduce the risk of a second attack by half.
Circulation杂志中的一个研究发现，尽管医嘱可以减少一半第二次心脏病发作的危险，但是超过四分之一的心脏病患者没有遵从医嘱饮食和锻炼。
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