Within a quarter of an hour, the coldness of the night had gone.
一刻钟之内，夜晚的寒冷就消退了。
In a quarter of an hour, the coach was back.
一刻钟后，马车回来了。
3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016.
2016年第一季度零售额的3%。
The "Empty Quarter" is a huge area of sand that covers about a quarter of the Arabian Peninsula.
“空白之地”是一大片沙地，覆盖了四分之一的阿拉伯半岛。
A quarter of the world's energy—including two-thirds of the annual production of oil—is used for transportation.
世界上四分之一的能源——包括石油年产量的三分之二——都用于运输。
That target suspended during the financial crisis, but in the second quarter of this year, the company came within a whisker of achieving it.
这个目标在金融危机期间暂停搁置，但在今年第二季度，该公司差一点就实现这一目标。
It produces nearly a quarter of the world's greenhouse gases each year and has stubbornly made it clear that it doesn't intend to do a whole lot about it.
它每年产生全球近四分之一的温室气体，并顽固地表明它不打算为此做什么。
Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.
果然，美国人口普查局刚刚公布的数据显示，2015 年第一季度至 2016 年第一季度，在线零售额增长了 15.2%。
One team of psychologists discovered that two thirds of men and a quarter of women would rather self-administer electric shocks than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes.
一组心理学家发现，三分之二的男性和四分之一的女性宁愿自己接受电击，也不愿独自坐着思考15分钟。
A quarter of the working class voted for him.
1/4的工人阶级给他投了票。
A quarter of 4-year-olds frequently wet the bed.
4岁的孩子中有1/4经常性尿床。
A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old.
1/4的居民在55岁以上。
This little ball of gold weighs a quarter of an ounce.
这个小金球重0.25盎司。
He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.
他有将近四分之一的选民的支持。
A quarter of current inmates have committed violent crimes.
四分之一的在押囚犯实施过暴力犯罪。
More than a quarter of seven-year-olds cannot add properly.
超过1/4的7岁儿童不会正确地做加法。
At about a quarter of eight in the evening Joe Urber calls.
在晚上大约八点差一刻时乔·乌尔贝打了电话。
A quarter of this vast archive has been indexed and made accessible to researchers.
这批数量巨大的档案的1/4都已编了索引，可供研究者查阅。
August registrations have gone ballistic, accounting now for a quarter of the annual total.
八月份的登记数量大涨，现在占全年总量的四分之一。
A quarter of the students taking the course basic Football improved their sports skills.
参加基础足球课程的学生中有四分之一提高了他们的运动技能。
Every year, if people used just a quarter of that wasted food, the world hunger would end.
每年，如果人们只使用四分之一的被浪费的食物，世界饥饿问题就会结束。
The world's food system is responsible for about one quarter of the planet-warming greenhouse gases that humans produce each year.
人类每年产生的温室气体中，约有四分之一是由世界的食物系统产生的。
I ate one quarter of a mooncake.
我吃了四分之一的月饼。
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time.
做梦大约占我们睡眠时间的四分之一。
Car thefts account for a quarter of all recorded crime.
汽车盗窃占所有记录在案的犯罪的四分之一。
About a quarter of the adults have a good habit of running.
大约四分之一的成年人有良好的跑步习惯。
About one-quarter of toy sales in Britain are license-driven.
英国销售的玩具中有四分之一属于特许经营。
A quarter of America's public-sector workers have a university degree.
四分之一的美国公共部门员工拥有大学学位。
The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing "free time" watching television.
被抽样调查的儿童把他们迅速减少的“空闲时间”的四分之一都花在了看电视上。
Today, a quarter of college graduates make less than the typical worker without a bachelor's degree.
今天，有四分之一的大学毕业生收入低于没有学士学位的普通工人。
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