A major question in the archaeology of the southwestern region of the United States is why so many impressive settlements, and even entire regions, were abandoned in prehistoric times.
美国西南地区考古的一个主要问题是，为什么这么多令人印象深刻的定居点，甚至整个地区，在史前时代就被废弃了。
The United Nations reported that women do nearly three times as much unpaid domestic work as men.
联合国报告称，女性做的无偿家务几乎是男性的三倍。
Major question in the archaeology of the southwestern region of the United States is why so many impressive settlements, and even entire regions, were abandoned in prehistoric times.
美国西南地区考古学的主要问题是：为什么这么多不俗的定居点，甚至整个西南地区，都在史前时代被遗弃了呢？
Indian experts, citing data from here and from the United States, say American per capita food consumption is three to five times that of Indians.
根据印度和美国的资料，印度的专家指出，美国人均粮食消耗量是印度的三到五倍。
Over its lifetime, claims the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a CFL saves 2, 000 times its own weight in greenhouse gases.
终其一生，美国环保署宣称，CFL减少排放的温室气体是它自身重量的2,000倍。
Manchester United have won the top division title in England no less than 19 times.
曼联在以往的英格兰顶级联赛中至少成功夺魁19次。
The United States has raised the debt limit 78 times since 1960.
从1960年开始，美国已经78次提高债务限额。
In 2006-07, for example, United were winning 15 times on entering stoppage time and referees added an average 194.53sec.
举个例子，在2006-07赛季曼联在15次在伤停补时中取得了胜利，而裁判平均给了194.53秒的伤停补时。
Indeed, as a percent of total expenditures, private spending on health is higher than the United States and three times greater than the UK and Japan.
的确如此，如果我们算个人支出在医疗总支出所占比例的话，会发现这一比例要高于美国，是日本和英国的三倍。
In all, he played 404 times for Manchester United, scoring no less than 234 times, at.58 goals per game.
全部算下来。他一共代表曼联出战过404次，并且234次破门得分，差不多每场比赛能进0.58球。
In the United States, for example, there are three times as many Chinese restaurants as there are McDonald's.
例如，在美国，中国餐馆的数量是麦当劳的三倍。
We were united, and the outpouring of generosity and compassion reminded us that in times of challenge, we Americans move forward together, as one people.
我们是团结的，流露出来的无私奉献精神和怜悯之情提醒我们在那一面临挑战的时刻，我们美国人民是一个整体，同荣辱共进退。
By contrast, the number of rapes reported in the United States that year was more than 12 times as high.
相比之下，美国报告的数字超过12倍之多。
Workers and engineers in the United States could expect to make at least 10 times as much.
而美国的工人和工程师至少要使它的10倍。
This seems all the more remarkable when compared with the United States - many times the area of these three countries - which increased its population by only 109 million in that same period.
比起美国来，这个成就更加显著：美国的领土是这三个国家的数倍，但同期美国的人口仅仅增加了1.09亿。
In the United States, there are five times as many psychologists as there are in UK. That might be self-indulgent but the Americans want to know what makes them tick.
美国心理学家的人数是英国心理学家的5倍，这或许多了些，但是美国人想知道是什么使他们落的。
A best guess is that 5,000 were executed in 2008, giving a rate per head of population dozens of times higher than the United States.
最佳水平的估计显示，2008年有5000名死囚被处决，其人均处决率比美国高出12倍。
That's about seven times more than the United States, the second-largest producer.
比全球第二大猪肉生产国美国多出7倍。
From 1986 to 2007 the researchers say worldwide computing capacity grew 58 percent a year, which is 10 times faster than the United States' gross domestic product.
从1986到2007年，世界范围内的计算能力每年增加58%，这比美国GDP增长速率快出10倍。
Last year’s murder rate, of 36 per 100, 000 people, was seven times that in the United States and 30 times that of Britain.
去年，达到十万人中有36人犯下谋杀罪，这个比例是美国的7倍，是英国的30倍。
That "may be appropriate for donkeys," Kinzer writes, "but not for dealing with a nation ten times older than [the United States]."
作者认为，这招可能对不听话的驴子管用，但千万别用在一个比美利坚合众国存活时间长达近10倍多的古老国度身上。
Guatemala's rate of 46 murders per 100,000 people is more than twice as high as Mexico's, and nearly ten times greater than that of the United States.
在危地马拉，每十万人当中就有46个杀手，这一比例高出墨西哥的一倍以上，而高出美国的近十倍。
Guatemala's rate of 46 murders per 100, 000 people is more than twice as high as Mexico's, and nearly ten times greater than that of the United States.
在危地马拉，每十万人当中就有46个杀手，这一比例高出墨西哥的一倍以上，而高出美国的近十倍。
A similar survey, this one conducted in the United States and involving three times as many subjects, found similar results.
一个在美国进行的类似调查得出了类似的结论，该调查对象数量是前一调查的3倍左右。
Cuba has two and a half times as many doctors per head as the United States.
古巴的医生数量是美国的2.5倍。
The belief that we can always start over – that things can always be made better – has been a defining characteristic of the United States and, at times, our greatest strength.
我们的信念在于随时可以重新开始——事情可能总是做的更好——这是美国一个最重要的特征，有时还是我们最大的长处。
The belief that we can always start over – that things can always be made better – has been a defining characteristic of the United States and, at times, our greatest strength.
我们的信念在于随时可以重新开始——事情可能总是做的更好——这是美国一个最重要的特征，有时还是我们最大的长处。
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