The value of knowledge and the return on the public investment in research depends, in part, upon wide distribution and ready access.
知识是否有价值、以及在科研领域的公共投资是否取得了回报，部分取决于研究的成果是否能够广泛地供应给人们，以及人们是否能够感受到这些研究成果。
Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny.
利润本年度上升了，但资本收益仍然很少。
They waste money, and dilute the return on investments.
浪费了资金，降低了投资收益。
The return on cash is many countries is virtually zero.
许多国家的现金回报率实际已至零。
They can be a pain, but the return on your effort is worth it.
这虽然很辛苦，但是回报还是很可观的。
The return on sources such as tar sands and biofuels like ethanol are in the single digits.
其他如沥青砂及乙醇等生物燃料的能源回报倍数仅有个位数。
The return on education has risen in recent decades, producing more-severe income stratification.
在近几十年里，教育的回报在提高，也产生了更加严重的收入分层现象。
For the first decade of this century it is highly likely that the return on U.S. stocks will be negative.
在本世纪头十年里很有可能美国的股市收益是负值。
He said future American leaders may not consider the return on America's investment in NATO worth the cost.
他说，未来的美国领导人可能不会认为美国在北约的投入是值得的。
It surprises many people that stocks have paid such an enormous premium over the return on short-term debt.
很多人没有想到的是，股票相比短期债券而言，存在一个巨大的溢价。
Money in the bank isn't earning much, and the return on good Iowa farmland these days averages about 4% a year.
钱放在银行收入不多，而这些天在爱荷华的好耕地的回报率平均约4%年。
The return on that portfolio based on my 2008 book, "The Jubak Picks, "was 28% for the six months ending June 30, 2009.
这个组合来自我2008年出书的《祖巴克精选》，至2009年6月30日，它的半年回报率是28%。
The policy would mature when the parent is 80 years old and overall, the return on the cash invested would be about 3-4%.
当父母80岁左右的时候，保单进入收获期，回报率将会是投资额的大约3 - 4%。
Over the past 50 years, the earnings yield has averaged around five percentage points higher than the return on cash.
过去的50年，收益率平均比现金回报高百分之五。
The return on a buyback would be 18 percent, and a mining company purchase could be 10 percent to 12 percent, the bank said.
收购回报将是18%，一个矿产公司收购可能是10% - 12%，银行说。
Another reason is optimism; they believe the return on the borrowed money will be greater than the cost of servicing the debt.
另一个原因在于乐观。他们相信负债所获回报高于所付利息。
Don't invest too much time and money optimizing lesser-used functionality since the return on your investment will likely be poor.
不要在那些不太经常使用的功能上投入太多时间和资金，因为你的回报可能是非常小的。
Predicting the return on the stock market over a few years is difficult if not impossible, but predicting it over the long term is easier.
即使可能，预测几年内的股市盈利是有困难的，但是预测长线回报则简单一些。
I want to put down on this axis the return on the stock market and on this axis I want to put the return on one company, let's say Microsoft.
我把这个轴作为股票市场的收益，这个轴作为某个公司的收益，比如说微软。
Five years later Forbes Media's earnings power has declined precipitously, and Elevation is nowhere near the return on investment it had predicted.
交易已经过去五年了，福布斯传媒的赚钱能力暴跌，高地当年预测的投资收益现在看来也成了泡影。
That is, the return on capital in the financial sector was artificially high because the amount of capital used to protect against risk was artificially low.
那就是说，由于被用于对抗风险的资本被人为地降低了，金融行业的资本回报就被人为地抬高了。
The bank agrees to pay the provider an amount equal to the return on the chosen benchmark, say an emerging-markets index; the provider hands over cash in return.
银行同意付给提供者一笔与基准选择带来的收益相同金额基金。 提供者返还现金。
Female investors were twice as likely to expect the return on stocks over the coming year to be zero or negative and to think stocks will return 5% or less per year over the next 10 years.
女性投资者预计未来一年股票回报率为零或负值以及未来10年的年平均回报率在5%以内的比例要比男性投资者高一倍。
Indeed, on a relative basis, the return on a four-year degree is near its historic high. But that's largely because the prospects facing people without a college degree have been flat or falling.
的确，在相对的基础上，上四年大学的回报正在接近其历史高位，但在很大程度上，(出现这种现象的原因)是针对没有大学学历的人的预期一直是走平或下跌的。
Indeed, on a relative basis, the return on a four-year degree is near its historic high. But that's largely because the prospects facing people without a college degree have been flat or falling.
的确，在相对的基础上，上四年大学的回报正在接近其历史高位，但在很大程度上，(出现这种现象的原因)是针对没有大学学历的人的预期一直是走平或下跌的。
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