There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler's thumb.
厨房里有一台机器，只要管家用拇指按下小按钮两百次，半小时就能榨出两百个橙子的汁。
That's nearly two and a half times around Earth! For the first time, Coca Cola has shown that it uses 3,000,000 tons of plastic bottles each year.
这差不多是地球的2.5倍！这是第一次可口可乐公司表示它每年使用300万吨塑料瓶。
Between 1920 and 1960, big cities in developed countries increased two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world, the growth was eight times their size.
1920年到1960年期间，发达国家大城市的面积增长了2.5倍，但在世界其他地区，城市的面积增长了8倍。
While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times.
虽然两组做的猜测都比随机猜测的准确度高，但每组中都有近一半的参加者做出了两次或更多的错误选择。
Half of Britons said they drank 'three or four times' a week, compared with 60 per cent of Italians, who said they drank up to two glasses every day of the week.
一半的英国人说他们每周喝酒“三到四次”，而60%的意大利人每天喝酒两杯。
Two-and-a-half times more likely to report being unhappy at school and twice as likely to report being bullied at the age of seven.
在7岁这个年龄段，在学校感到不快乐的人数是其他儿童的2.5倍，受欺负的次数大约是其他儿童的2倍。
When results are announced on Tuesday, analysts expect the Detroit automaker's operating profit will be two and a half times Fiat's.
分析师预计，在周二宣布结果时，这家底特律汽车制造商的经营利润将是菲亚特的2.5倍。
One study reported that the mortality rate for single men aged between 30 and 59 is two and a half times higher than those who are married.
一研究报道在30到59岁之间的单身的人的死亡率比步入婚姻的人的死亡率高出2.5倍。
There will be subsidies for those who earn less than two-and-a-half times the federal poverty level, or $42,925 for a family of three, and tax credits for the more affluent.
对收入不到联邦贫困线2.5倍的家庭，或收入低于42925美元的三口之家将给予补助，对较为富裕的家庭将提供免税额度(Tax Credits)。
At a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet, pressure outside of the plane is about two and a half times lower than what passengers experience on the inside.
在三万英尺的巡航高度，飞机外部的气压大约比乘客感受的内部气压低2.5倍。
At a cruising altitude of 30, 000 feet, pressure outside of the plane is about two and a half times lower than what passengers experience on the inside.
在三万英尺的巡航高度，飞机外部的气压大约比乘客感受的内部气压低2.5倍。
Within 10, 000-20, 000years, the world warmed by 3-5 degrees Celsius and atmospheric carbon dioxidedoubled to around two and a half times the levels we see today.
在1万——2万年间，世界暖了3-5摄氏度，大气中的二氧化碳翻番，达到我们今天的2.5倍。
Placid Burkina Faso is now two-and-a-half times richer.
而和平安宁的布基纳法索如今已比布隆迪富裕2.5倍。
Just as many times 100, 000 miles, as 144 degrees are contained in 360 degrees (the entire circle), viz., two and a half times. Hence, the current travels 250, 000 miles in a second.
按100 000英里电线长度除以镜子转动的次数来计算，360度与144度之比是2.5倍，那么每秒时间内电流传输的距离就是250 000英里。
I can confess it now: the first two weeks I nearly gave up and flew home half a dozen times, thinking I could feign an injury.
我现在可以坦然承认：头两周我几乎要放弃了、多次想坐飞机飞回家了事，我可以假装是因为受了伤。
He also raised the minimum wage by two-and-a-half times since 2003, taking its purchasing power to its highest level since 1979.
他也自2003年起调涨最低工资两倍半，将民众购买力提升至1979年以来最高水准。
Since Brazil relaxed price and production controls on sugar cane two decades ago, its crop has increased by two and a half times.
自二十年前巴西放松对甘蔗价格和生产方面的控制以来，甘蔗产量增长了2.5倍。
Similar levels of patience would have been useful during the next two-and-a-half days of cycling. At times the landscape had a genuinely stark beauty.
同样程度的耐心在接下来的两天半骑行中很有用处。
The finished product, Corning says, is two times stronger than traditional glass at half the thickness.
Corning公司表示，最终的产品在厚度减半的情况下其硬度是传统玻璃的两倍。
half an hour or more, two or more times a year, providing every employee with feedback on performance, and then setting goals for the upcoming evaluation period.
如果管理者一年能够花上半小时或更多是时间，为每个员工提供反馈的话，就更好了，然后就能为即将到来的评估设定新目标了。
Women who skimped on sleep, getting five hours or fewer a day, including naps, were more than two-and-a-half times as likely to develop cardiovascular disease.
每天睡眠时间包括小睡时间只有5个小时甚至更少的妇女，会增加2.5倍以上患心血管疾病的风险。
We have demonstrated and stated many times, for more than two and a half decades, that the cause of our disagreement with you is your support to your Israeli Allies, who occupy our land of Palestine.
20多年来，我们已经说过多次，我们与你们的分歧在于你们支持占领巴勒斯坦土地的盟友以色列。
By the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat some two-and-a-half billion times (figuring on an average of 70 beats per minute.)
到70岁时，你的心脏已经跳动25亿次(假设平均每分钟跳动70次)。
A shirt that weighed 200 grams at the beginning of a match can weigh up to two-and-a-half times as much just 45 minutes later.
一件开场前仅重200克的球衣在四十五分钟后居然会增重两点五倍。
Last week instances of Gumblar across the web increased by almost two-and-a-half times, while security company Sophos says it was responsible for 42% of all cases of malicious code found on websites.
上周盖博拉在整个网络上的案例增加了近两倍半，而网络安全公司Sophos表示，网站上发现的恶意代码中42%与这个病毒有关。
Married cardiac patients who had bypass surgery were two-and-a-half times more likely to survive another 15 years or more than those who were single at the time of their surgery.
在接受搭桥手术时已婚的心脏病患者，其术后15年及以上存活率是未婚者的2.5倍。
America spends 53% more per head than the next most profligate country and almost two-and-a-half times the rich-country average.
比起医疗开销仅次于美国的国家，美国人均医疗开销多花53%，是富裕国家平均水平的2.5倍。
It is about two and a half times nearer to the sun than our earth, therefore it receives nearly seven times as much light.
它与太阳的距离与地球相比，大约是1：2 .5，因此，水星受到太阳照射的强度大约是地球的7倍。
It is about two and a half times nearer to the sun than our earth, therefore it receives nearly seven times as much light.
它与太阳的距离与地球相比，大约是1：2 .5，因此，水星受到太阳照射的强度大约是地球的7倍。
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