In the years following an eight-cent increase in the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes, sales of cigarettes fell ten percent.
在联邦政府对每包香烟增加8美分的税收后的几年里，香烟的销量下降了10%。
Five of them expect a drop of less than 10 percent, with only one predicting larger declines up to 20 per cent.
八分之五的则认为下降幅度不超过10%，只有八分之一的分析者认为会下降20个百分点。
Corn futures rose the 45-cent daily limit, or 8.5 percent, to $5.7325 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade.
在芝加哥期货交易所，玉米期货价格上涨45美分，达到每日上涨上限，涨幅8.5%，达到一蒲式耳5.7325美元。
That's equal to a quarter of all the gas used in the United States in a year, 30 percent of the European Union's yearly gas consumption, or 75 per cent of Russia's gas exports.
这个数字相当于美国一年用掉的全部天然气的四分之一、欧盟每年天然气消费的30%、或俄国天然气出口的75%。
Using modern technology was also a big factor for men with 11 per cent saying it was very important, almost double the six percent of women who picked it.
对于男人，现代科技也是一个重要因素。 他们之中有11%都说这很重要——几乎是女人的两倍。
Coverage by region varied, from five percent in North Africa and the Middle East and 13 percent in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to 75 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean.
这一覆盖率根据区域有所差异，从北非和中东的5%，东欧和中亚的13%直至拉丁美洲和加勒比的75%。
Renewables should account for 11.4 per cent of the country's energy supply, up from 8.3 percent.
可替代能源应该占到国家能源供应量的11.4%（现在8.3%）。
Over a thousand years, the size of the main dish progressively grew by 69.2 per cent, plate size by 65.6 percent and bread size by 23.1 percent, they found.
研究人员发现，在这一千多年间，画中的主菜、餐盘和面包的尺寸分别增加了69.2%、65.6%和23.1%。
In the nine to 12 age group, those with social profiles range from 25 per cent in France to 70 percent in the Netherlands.
在9至12岁年龄段的孩子中，拥有社交网络身份的法国儿童比例为25%，而在荷兰这一比率则高达70%。
When it came to women, 72 per cent of men said they thought their partner spent too much time on the Internet, but only six percent saw this as a reason to end the relationship.
当说到女生一方时，有72%的男性表示他们也认为自己的伴侣花了太多时间上网，而只有6%的男生觉得这是分手的原因。
Yet over one in ten (12 per cent) admitted it was their boss which caused them tension in the office and nine percent blamed their colleagues.
超过十分之一的人认为他们的老板是压力的来源，9%的人则归咎于他们的同事。
Sixty-five percent of those polled complained of having a self-obsessed friend, and 59 per-cent accused their closest acquaintances of being emotional 'vampires' - draining all their energy reserves.
调查中有65%的投票集中在抱怨自己有一个自私自利的朋友，另外59%则控诉他们的亲密好友像一个情感上的“吸血鬼”——应付这些朋友让他们精疲力竭。
Ethanol is more effective at a concentration of 50-70 percent; below 20 per cent, its bactericidal action is negligible.
乙醇的浓度为50%至70%时比较有效，浓度低于20%时，杀菌能力基本上就不存在了。
The happiness gene is even rarer in southern Europe, where it is found in 18 per cent of Greeks and just 12 percent of Italians.
幸福基因在南欧国家较为缺乏，只有18%的希腊人和12%的意大利人拥有这种基因。
And a batch of high-quality staff, including college education in the number of 17, accounting for the total number of employees per cent of 53 percent.
并拥有一批高素质的员工队伍，其中大专以上学历的人数达17人，占员工总人数的百分之53%。
However, almost 90 percent of those surveyed said they had experienced an increase in stress, with more than 60 per cent citing poor management as the reason for their anxiety.
但同时大约90%的被调查女老板称，她们面临着日益加剧的压力，超过60%的女老板认为，管理不善是她们焦虑的主要原因。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
这和中文版本的前半句一样，后面多的这半句大意是“因此，天才不过是一个经常能完成自己工作的聪明人而已”。也没有说“灵感更重要”。
Neuroscientist Jarred Younger found, on average, pain was reduced by between 36 and 44 per cent, with intense discomfort eased by up to 13 percent.
神经系统科学家贾雷德雅戈尔发现，平均来说，这些学生的疼痛感降低了36%到44%，而强烈的不适感减轻了约13%。
This year the export quantity of black tea increased by 20 percent, and jasmine tea by 30 per cent.
今年红茶的出口量增加了20%，花茶的出口量增加了30%。(增加动词)。
He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 per cent of instant messages, 27 percent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls.
他发现电子邮件中谎话的比例占14%，即时消息中占21%，面对面交谈时占27%，令人惊讶的是电话交谈中说谎的比例竟高达37%。
Competition ago, the average daily visit at least one Internet sports information ratio of 25 per cent of Internet users, the European Cup period, the proportion had increased to 29 percent.
比赛前，平均每天上网至少浏览一次体育资讯的网民比例为25%，欧洲杯期间，该比例增加到29%。
Mr. Lim Swee Say, NTUC Deputy Secretary-General, projected that the rate of unemployment would rise to 4 per cent before the end of the year, and reach 7 percent next year.
全国职总副秘书长林瑞生的预测，失业率有可能在今年底之前攀升到4%，明年则可能是7%；
The report shows that among the lost baggage, 52 per cent were misplaced during aircraft transfers, while another 16 percent were not loaded on planes on time.
报告显示，其中52％的行李在转机过程中被放到错误的航班或传送带上，16％的行李在飞机起飞时并没有随同托运。
Local mail charges were reduced by a weighted average of 4 percent, against projected inflation of 5.7 per cent since the last revision in September 1996.
本地邮费的加权平均数下降4%，而自上次1996年九月调整邮费以来的累积通胀率则为5.7%。
Twenty seven percent of us have turned over a cushion to hide a stain, twelve per cent have covered a stained carpet with a piece of furniture and five per cent have swept dirt under a rug.
的英国人曾把坐垫翻过来以隐藏污迹，12%的人曾用一件家具盖住沾有污迹的地毯，5%的人曾把灰尘扫进地毯底下。
By contrast, raising the share of animal protein in one's diet by 10 per cent led to a two percent higher risk of death from all causes.
相比之下，每从动物蛋白中摄入10%的卡路里，各类原因所造成的死亡风险则会上升2%。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per - cent perspiration.
天才是百分的灵感加百分之九十九的汗水。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per - cent perspiration.
天才是百分的灵感加百分之九十九的汗水。
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