Many nations have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are falling short of the target reduction of 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

And, furthermore, they are characteristic of the target gas element.

更进一步的说，它们是目标气体元素的特征。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Boards always want to keep their price of a share up because if it starts to decline, the company could become a takeover target; it's viewed as a failure etc., etc.

董事们想将股价维持在高水准上,因为股价一旦下滑,公司很可能会成为收购目标,被人看做是决策失误等等

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Larsson and the writers he worked with would quickly become the target of threats and hateful criticism from neo-Nazi groups.

VOA: special.2010.08.18

One should do," he says, "what archers do when attempting to reach a distant target, namely, aim your bow high, knowing that the force of gravity " will bring the arrow down."

他说：，“一个人应该做的是，模仿伟人所为,当试图达致遥不可及的目标时，意即将目标设高，明了重力会将,射出的箭吸回地面“

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The biathlon requires great skill to combine the physical demands of skiing and the calm, focused attention needed for shooting at a target.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

What they did instead of just-remember the Federal Funds Rate is a target interest rate that the Fed attempts to hit through buying and selling treasury bills in the U.S. or in other countries buying and selling government bonds to affect the market.

他们真正做的事-记住,联邦资金利率是,美联储试图通过在美国,买进和卖出国库券,或在其他国家买进和卖出政府债券,来影响市场的目标利率。

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At first it meant hitting a spot at the center of a target with an arrow.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

The group's president, Namanga Ngongi, says many African governments are not meeting a target of spending ten percent of their national budgets on agriculture.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

But some people worry much more than others about being the target of laughter.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

Officials would order all lights in a city turned off to make it difficult for enemy planes to find a target in the dark of night.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

But now his policies have made him the target of violent anti-government protests.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

She was shot through the brain. Police believe she was the main target of the attack -- the first shooting of a member of Congress in more than thirty years.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

Once again, their target was the town of Lawrence.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

The standard flu vaccine causes the body to produces antibodies, which target parts of the virus that frequently mutate.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

The European Union has the most ambitious target of 30 percent reduction, while Japan recently announced a 25 percent reduction target.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"The Kennedy name is synonymous with the Democratic Party,". "And at times,Ted was the target of partisan campaign attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Pillay says he has seen significant improvement and is sure the target of five percent transmission rate will be reached.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

"When they become infected with the al-Qaida bug, their idea of who they should target as an enemy changes."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

U.S.officials say the postponement of the election from January to March 7 should not affect the October target.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

The open nature of the Internet and its use by governments and business make it a rich target for an enemy attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

"I think that our study points to ferroportin as a target for the development of cancer drugs.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

"What I have heard representatives of Europe and China say is that the target the United States has tabled can be improved upon.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

"There are parts of the flu virus that could be the target of what we would hope eventually could be a universal influenza vaccine."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

And openly gay Democratic Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts was the target of a homophobic slur.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"So I should say six point five per cent growth projection would be a very comfortable sort of target that the government can have."

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

An alleged target of the plot in India, according to an FBI affidavit, was named "Rahul."

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Mudd suspects that increased pressure on the Pakistani Taliban in the form of US drone attacks could have prompted militants to directly target the US.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

"What I have heard representatives of both Europe and the United States say is that the target that China has tabled can be improved upon,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

The Obama administration has pledged a provisional target of reducing greenhouse gasses by about 17 percent of 2005 levels by 2020 with deeper cuts after that.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26