“空白之地”是一大片沙地，覆盖了四分之一的阿拉伯半岛。
The "Empty Quarter" is a huge area of sand that covers about a quarter of the Arabian Peninsula.
在高级职称中，只有四分之一的教授是女性，黑人女性在所有女性学术人员中所占比例不到2%。
At senior levels, only a quarter of professors are women, and black women make up less than 2% of all female academic staff.
如果资金数是风险资本的四分之一，我想现在订立的合同太多了。
If we had a quarter as much venture capital, I think there are too many contracts now.
它的后果是：南非持续的干旱——三十年来最严重的干旱——将导致它今年至少四分之一的玉米作物受损。
It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its corn crop this year.
一个世纪后，情况完全不同了：这时，世界上已经有了电力工业，其四分之一的发电量是水力驱动的。
A century later the picture was completely different: by then, the world had an electric industry, and a quarter of its generating capacity was water powered.
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。
The world's food system is responsible for about one quarter of the planet-warming greenhouse gases that humans produce each year.
圆形剧场的遗址是最主要的名胜，大约还有四分之一的座位至今还保留着。
The remains of an amphitheatre are the main attraction – there is about a quarter of the seating left.
另人沮丧的是，只有平均大约四分之一的美国公众会把浏览新闻当作每天必做的功课。
It is disheartening that only about a quarter of the American public, on average, finds news compelling on a daily basis.
该项新计划的目标是：到 2020 年，减少目标地区贫困人口的 10%，降低农村营养不良人口的四分之一。
The new program aims to reduce poverty in targeted regions by 10%, and reduce the number of rural malnourished poor by a quarter, by 2020.
不到四分之一的延误是由于港口或公路设施差等“硬基础设施”问题造成的。
Less than a quarter of the delays are caused by problems with "hard infrastructure" such as poor ports or roads.
目前，青少年（10-24周岁）占全世界总人口的四分之一。会员国同意关注健康风险的预防，尤其是与该年龄组相关的风险。
Young people (10-24 years old) currently represent one quarter of the world's population, and Member States agreed to focus on preventing health risks specifically associated with this age group.
结果是，四分之一(或者更多)的果蔬产品被浪费了，这对一个尚有许多饥饿人口的国家简直是一场灾难。
As a result, a quarter or more of such produce is wasted, a catastrophe in a country where so many go hungry.
四分之一的青年同居伴侣是未婚的。
我们已经做过的一个例子是，计算四分之一单位圆上的二重积分。
One example that we did, in particular, was to compute the double integral of a quarter of a unit disk.
吉斯贝斯发明的集装箱用玻璃纤维制成，重量是传统集装箱的四分之三。但更重要的是，当箱子空无一物时，它可以折叠成原体积的四分之一。
Because it is made of a fibreglass composite, it weighs only three-quarters as much as a standard container but—more importantly— when it is empty, it can be folded down to a quarter of its size.
“胜诉金”是其中一大改变，将来它会从裁决的赔偿金中支出——但不超过赔偿金的四分之一。
One big change is that the “success fee” would in the future come out of any damages awarded—but only up to a quarter of the total.
三分之二的被调查者认为找到理想工作“几乎是不可能的”，四分之一的人无法从事自己喜欢的职业。
Two thirds of those questioned said they thought it would be 'almost impossible' to get their dream job and a quarter were unable to follow their preferred career.
三分之二的被调查者认为找到理想工作“几乎是不可能的”，四分之一的人无法从事自己喜欢的职业。
Two thirds of those questioned said they thought it would be ‘almost impossible’ to get their dream job and a quarter were unable to follow their preferred career.
那些在荒芜广阔的西部驱使牛工作的人有至少四分之一是黑人，他们被认知为牛仔。
The men who worked the cattle in the treeless expanses of the West, at least one-fourth of them blacks, became known as cowboys.
人们认为暗物质是由将近占宇宙四分之一质量的不可见物质组成的。
Dark matter is thought to be an invisible substance that makes up almost a quarter of the mass in the universe.
清洁能源专利申请数量最高的是美国，占到申请总数的四分之一，其次是德国和日本——在2008年的比例分别为18%和16%。
The highest number of clean energy patent applications is lodged by the US, which accounts for a quarter, followed by Germany and Japan at 18 and 16 per cent respectively in 2008.
无论是燔祭是平安祭，你要为每只绵羊羔，一同预备祭奠的酒一欣四分之一。
With each lamb for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering.
据NOAA提供资料，约四分之一石油是无法计算的。
According to the NOAA, about a quarter of the oil remains unaccounted for.
休斯顿炼油厂生产的汽油占全美运输燃料的四分之一，而休斯顿港在正常情况下，是美国第二大繁忙的港口。
Refineries in the area produce almost a quarter of the transportation fuel used in the United States and Houston's port is the second busiest in the nation, when operating normally.
意外的是，她赢得的是法网，这是直至2011年她唯一没有打进过四分之一决赛的大满贯。
The surprise was that she won at the French Open, the only Slam where she hadn't reached the quarterfinals prior to 2011.
W：哦，你一定知道我说的那一种，正在特卖真是便宜，是原价的四分之一，我看到的时候都不敢相信自己的眼睛。
W: Oh, you must know the ones I mean. They were on sale, a real bargain. Reduced to a quarter of the original price. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them.
W：哦，你一定知道我说的那一种，正在特卖真是便宜，是原价的四分之一，我看到的时候都不敢相信自己的眼睛。
W: Oh, you must know the ones I mean. They were on sale, a real bargain. Reduced to a quarter of the original price. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them.
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