Reform by stealth has been a hallmark of much of China's economic transformation in the past quarter-century.
在过去的十五年中，隐秘的变革成为中国经济变化的一个显著标志。
I was pleased to see my XIRR ROI climb in the past quarter a full percentage point as I received fewer defaults.
我很高兴看到我的XIRRROI在上一季度攀升了一个百分点，同时违约有所减少。
If the economy, unsurprisingly, is doing much better than it was a year ago, it has also picked up momentum in the past quarter.
如果经济，毫不奇怪，这样做是远远优于这是一年前，它也加快的势头，在过去的四分之一。
Years of growth in countries like India and China have lifted the fortunes of tens of millions of people in the past quarter century.
过去二十多年来，印度和中国经历了多年的经济增长，数千万人的财富大大增加了。
The favorite work of fiction in the past quarter-century was the Harry Potter series (23%), followed by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code (20%).
在过去的二十五年里，最受欢迎的是哈利波特集（23%），丹布朗写的《达芬奇密码》紧跟其后，占了20%.
Some Americans bristle at the implication that the only worthwhile thing any of them has done in the past quarter-century is to back Mr Obama.
这似乎暗示说许多美国人在过去25年里所做的唯一一件有价值的事情就是支持奥巴马，这令他们颇感愤怒。
The firm sold 12.3m of the devices in the past quarter, down from 14m in the same period a year ago, continuing a trend that started in early 2013.
上季度，苹果售出了壹仟贰佰叁拾万台平板电脑，而去年同期销售了一千四百万台，自2013年初开始下滑的趋势也得以延续。
But in the past quarter of a century the consensus forecast for the long-term annual earnings growth of American companies has never dipped significantly below 10%.
但是在过去的25年中产生一种共识，那些对美国公司长期年收入增长率的预测还没明显低于10%。
America added 290, 000 new workers in the past quarter. But the growth in employment is likely to be much slower and patchier than it has been after previous recessions.
在过去的一个季度里，美国虽然新增了290,000个岗位，但这与前一个萧条期后的情况相比，简直不值一提。
America added 290,000 new workers in the past quarter. But the growth in employment is likely to be much slower and patchier than it has been after previous recessions.
在过去的一个季度里，美国虽然新增了290,000个岗位，但这与前一个萧条期后的情况相比，简直不值一提。
But there've been times in the past when monsoon rains soaked the Empty Quarter and turned it from a desert into grassland that was dotted with lakes and home to various animals.
但过去也有过一些时候，雨季的雨水浸透了这片“空白之地”，把它从沙漠变成点缀着湖泊的草原，成为各种动物的家园。
I just taught a class at the University of Chicago in nonfiction narrative writing this past quarter.
我在刚过去的这个学季在芝加哥大学给一个班的学生教非小说叙事文写作。
Even then a quarter don't think they are past it until they are in their 80s, the study showed.
尽管如此，这个调查显示有四分之一的人并不认为他们度过了中年期直到80岁。
The iPhone sold 14.1 million units in its past quarter, compared to 12.1 million Blackberrys in RIM's most recent quarter. Jobs said he doesn't think RIM will catch up again.
iPhone在上个季度卖了141百万美金，乔布斯不认为黑莓能再次赶超。
Fewer customers failed to repay loans during the quarter, another sign that the worst losses from loan defaults could be in the past.
在第三季度，不能如约偿还贷款的消费者有所减少，标志着贷款违约损失最惨重的阶段已经过去。
More than a quarter of women said their partner had handed over a gift in the past after doing something wrong.
有超过百分之二十五的女性表示，自己的伴侣曾经在做了错事之后献上礼物最为补偿。
Manufacturers have raised output prices markedly during the past quarter in response to rising cost of raw materials.
前一季度，为应对原材料价格的上涨，制造企业大幅度提高了产品的价格。
In the first quarter oil firms drilled the same number of Wells to delineate past discoveries as they had a year before, according to Deloitte, an accounting firm.
据德勤会计师事务所的统计，第一季度石油企业按照以前发现的石油储藏而钻探的油井数量与去年持平。
The Dow Jones industrial average, hovering near 11,000, is up 70 percent in the past 13 months, and auto sales in the first quarter were up 16 percent from 2009.
过去13个月间，道琼斯工业平均指数已上升70%，目前在11,000点附近徘徊，今年第一季度的汽车销售量比2009年增长16%。
The Dow Jones industrial average, hovering near 11, 000, is up 70 percent in the past 13 months, and auto sales in the first quarter were up 16 percent from 2009.
过去13个月间，道琼斯工业平均指数已上升70%，目前在11,000点附近徘徊，今年第一季度的汽车销售量比2009年增长16%。
Making a simple forecast based on the past few months 'data suggests that world GDP will fall from 3.8% in the first quarter to 3.3% in the second quarter.
根据过去几个月的数据，可以做出一个简单的预测：全球GDP的增速将会从第一季度的3.8%降至第二季度的3.3%。
Private-sector productivity has soared in the West over the past quarter-century, even in old industries such as steel and carmaking.
过去二十五年来，西方国家私人部门的生产力突飞猛进，即使像钢铁和汽车制造这样的老旧工业也不例外。
Spaghetti, which the Japanese love to eat with seaweed and cod's roe, has risen by over a quarter in the past year, and at the end of April hoarders cleared the nation's supermarket shelves of butter.
日本人喜欢伴着海鲜和鳕鱼籽一起吃的意大利面条去年涨价四分之一还要多，四月末囤积者把超市里的黄油抢购一空。
One is that the euro has plunged by over a quarter against the dollar in the past four months.
其一是在过去四个月中，欧元对美元贬值了超过四分之一。
In the third quarter bonds issues by European Banks only reached 15% of the amount they raised over the same period in the past two years, reckon analysts at Citi Group.
据花旗集团的分析师估计，欧洲银行在今年第三季度发行的债券数量仅为前两年同期数量的15%。
In the fourth quarter he routinely posted up and burst past Kevin Garnett to finish at the rim.
在第四节，他长驱直入，隔着加内特在篮筐上暴扣。
In the fourth quarter he routinely posted up and burst past Kevin Garnett to finish at the rim.
在第四节，他长驱直入，隔着加内特在篮筐上暴扣。
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