Just throw your clothes in and put in some quarters. A quarter lasts ten minutes.
只需放进衣物，再投入二角五分硬币，一个二角五分硬币可烘十分钟。
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。
Investors now account for a quarter of all land purchases in some states.
在有些州，农业用地交易有四分之一为投资者所购买。
In the U.S., the narrower trade deficit led some economists to boost their estimates for third quarter growth.
在美国，贸易逆差的减少令部分经济学家提高了第三季度的增长率预期。
This seems to be working with some: "My friends and I spend around a quarter of our salaries on beauty products and treatments," says Xu Chen, a 23-year-old personal assistant in Beijing.
这似乎对一些人起到了作用：北京一位23岁的私人助理许晨(音译)说道：“我和我的朋友会把四分之一的薪水花在美容产品和美容护理上。”
The energy company's output fell by 11% in the quarter, partly because it has had to sell some oilfields and refineries to help cover the cost of its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
这家能源公司的产量这个季度下降了11%，部分是因为它已出售一些油田和炼油厂以帮助支付其墨西哥海湾石油泄漏的花费。
COUNTERFEIT drugs can make up around a quarter of all those sold in poor countries, according to some estimates.
据有些估计称，穷国的假药比例占到所售药品的四分之一左右。
Leading indicators and industrial production data suggest some moderation of the pace of growth in the second quarter, although that pace is still rapid.
主要指标和工业生产统计数据显示，尽管二季度增速依旧很快，但出现一定程度的温和放缓。
A quarter of us now negotiate to get better deals before we head off for some fun in the sun and a mere 11 per cent accept the first price that we are quoted for a getaway.
超过四分之一的英国人总是先议价以享受更优惠的价格，然后才出门享受阳光假期；仅有11%的人接受度假产品的首次报价。
Big emerging economies accelerated first and fastest. China's output, which stalled but never fell, was growing by an annualised rate of some 17% in the second quarter.
新型经济体率先实现经济提速且异军突起：中国的产能虽然一度放缓，当从未出现下跌的情况，第二季度仍然达到了17%的年增长率。
This matters, because about a quarter of all deaths in the world have some link to environmental factors.
全世界四分之一的死亡事件都与环境有关。
Some 429 million mobile devices were snapped up worldwide in the second quarter, up 16% from a year ago.
第二季度全球共售出四亿两千九百万台手机，与去年同比增长16%。
September 14, 2011 – Women around the world are better off today than they were a quarter century ago, but in 2011, inequality is still a reality – and in some cases, deadly.
2011年9月14日 –如今世界各地妇女的状况比四分之一世纪前有所改善，但2011年的现实是不平等现象依然存在，而且在某些地方是致命的。
Milan was the biggest city at stake in a ballot in which some 13m people-more than a quarter of the electorate-were eligible to vote.
米兰是利害攸关的投票所在的最大城市，这样的一些投票是1300万人——超过四分之一的选民——的合格投票。
The prices of some computer components, such as memory and monitors, will be "less favorable" in the current quarter than in the first period, Chief Financial Officer Cathie Lesjak told analysts.
一些计算机部件的价格，如内存和显示器，与第一个季度比将是“不利于”当前季度，首席财政官CathieLesjak告诉分析师。
The national accounts show GDP grew at an annual rate of 1.1% in the first quarter, a modest pace compared with the trend rate of 2.5-2.7% but some way from recession.
国民帐户统计显示一季度GDP增长率达到1.1%，这同2.5% ~ 2.7%的趋势增长率相吻合且仍没有到达衰退的地步。
Russia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the United States have all made claims in the resource-rich region, which some believe could hold up to a quarter of the world's oil and gas reserves.
俄国，加拿大，丹麦，挪威以及美国都对这个资源丰富的地区提出领土要求。一些人认为北冰洋的石油和天然气储量可能占全球总量的四分之一。
But they are also more susceptible to depression: a fifth to a quarter of women experience depression at some point in their lives, compared with around a tenth of men.
但是她们更容易抑郁：五分之一到四分之一的女人会在人生的某一时刻经历抑郁，而男人抑郁的比例仅为十分之一左右。
In contrast, in some Western countries, a quarter of people in their 30s are cohabiting or have never been married, while half of new marriages end in divorce.
相反，在一些西方国家，30岁或30及岁的人群中，有四分之一的人抵触婚姻或从未结过婚，同时，在新结婚的人当中，离婚率高达一半。
If you come with some money saved up, you can live comfortably for six months, a year. You can pretend you are in Europe here for a quarter of the cost.
如果你来这里时还留了些钱，那么你能在这儿舒服的活上半年，甚至一年，在这里，你可以活的像在欧洲一样好，而花费只用在欧洲的四分之一就够了。
In all, about a quarter of the world's population speaks at least some English.
总计四分之一的世界总人口或多或少地会说英语。
Many of the drags on first-quarter output are transitory. As the year proceeds, firms will recover some of the ground lost to snowstorms and falling confidence from crises in North Africa and Japan.
第一季度的产值延期只是暂时的，随着时间的推移，公司企业的某些领域也会复苏——那些因为严寒造成的损失，或因为北非、日本危机丧失信心的领域。
A quarter of us now always negotiate to get better deals before we head off for some fun in the sun and a mere 11 percent accept the first price that we are quoted for a getaway.
一份声明称：“如今，超过四分之一的英国人总是先议价以享受更优惠的价格，然后才出门享受阳光假期；仅有11%的人接受度假产品的首次报价。”
In the last quarter of 2007 Starbucks served fewer customers than the year before in America, its biggest market by some distance.
2007年第四季度星巴克在美国的顾客远远低于去年同期。
Yet China will still end up with only around 200 commercial airports, compared with some 20,000 (including many small ones) in America, which has barely one-quarter of China's population.
然而，中国依然以大约200个商业机场告终，相比之下，美国人口仅有中国四分之一，却拥有2万个商业机场(包括许多小型机场)。
And some economists predict that figures published on November 14th will show that the economy actually shrank in the third quarter.
因此，一些经济学家预测将于11月14日发布的数字会显示第三季度的经济实际上在紧缩。
And some economists predict that figures published on November 14th will show that the economy actually shrank in the third quarter.
因此，一些经济学家预测将于11月14日发布的数字会显示第三季度的经济实际上在紧缩。
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