His life was saved by a quarter-inch-thick bullet-proof vest.
他被0.25英寸厚的防弹背心救了一命。
Over all, world commodity prices have risen by a quarter in the past six months.
过去的半年里，世界商品整体上抬高了25%。
Men who ate chocolate and sweets once or twice a week cut their risks by a quarter.
一周吃糖一、两次的人他们的死亡率会减少四分之一。
This one cable will boost Africa's internet fibre backbone connections by a quarter.
这根光缆将会使非洲因特网络纤维主干连接提高1/4。
Teenage pregnancies are down by a quarter since 1998, to the lowest level since 1969.
自1998年以来，青少年怀孕率减少了四分之一，达到自1969年以来的最低水平。
Each week, you'll increase your runs by a quarter mile, which is a lap on most outdoor tracks.
每一个星期，你的跑步增加1/4英里，这是大都数室外跑道的一圈。
Increasing farm productivity by a quarter would obviously be easier than boosting it by two-thirds.
很明显将农业生产力增加四分之一要比增加三分之二来得容易。
Increasing circulation by a quarter of a million copies daily and by 300, 000 on Sunday in ten years.
用十年时间使每日发行量增加二十五万份，在星期天增加三十万份。
In November new house-building requests fell by a quarter over a year earlier, says the Bank of Spain.
改进下：西班牙银行指出，去年11月的新房需求量较年初下降了1/4。
THE share price has fallen by a quarter this year. The company has lost money for three years in a row.
今年股价跌了四分之一，公司连续三年亏损，黑客入侵在线服务系统，使大量机密的客户数据泄漏，造成潜在危害。
Shipping services have made a recent comeback; overseas earnings rose by a quarter between 2002 and 2004.
货运服务近期有所反弹，02年至04年间海外的收入增加了25%。
It will almost certainly raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, to 3.75%, on March 8th.
ECB几乎肯定会在3月8号将利率提高0.25%，到3.75%。
It said Washington's fiscal boost would lift US GDP by 1% in 2009 but only by a quarter as much next year.
IMF说，美国的财政刺激措施将使美国2009年的GDP提升1%，但明年则至多只能提升0.25%。
The basic interest paid on bank deposits increased by a quarter of a point, to 3 percent from 2.75 percent.
一年期存款基准利率上调0.25个百分点，从2.75%上调到3%。
KBC aims to shrink its risk-adjusted assets by a quarter and is giving up some of its international activities.
KBC则打算将其风险调整资产(risk - adjusted assets)削减四分之一，并放弃部分国际业务。
On Wednesday India's central bank raised a key short-term borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point to 8.0%.
在周三印度央行将关键的短期借款利率提升1/4，至8.0%。
The economy shrank by a seventh in 2009, pay fell by a quarter and nearly a fifth of the workforce became jobless.
然而国家的经济在2009年还是下降了七分之一，居民的收入下降了四分之一，劳动力市场有近五分之一的人失业。
Wheat and corn prices are way up. Over all, world commodity prices have risen by a quarter in the past six months.
总之，世界商品价格在过去6个月上升了25%。
The European Central Bank cut its main policy interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, to 1%, as expected.
欧洲中央银行如预期一样，将其其主要政策利率调整为1%，削减了四分之一。
Across America, existing-home sales were down by 11.5% in the year; those of new properties were down by a quarter.
全美二手房销量今年下降了11.5%，而一手房销量下降了25%。
Such programmes typically account for 2% of GDP, so the extra spending increases the size of the schemes by a quarter.
而此类项目一般占gdp的比重为2%，因此额外支出使计划规模扩大了四分之一。
The People's Bank of China raised its main interest rate for loans by a quarter of a percentage point, to 6.06 percent.
中国人民银行把一年期贷款基准利率上调0.25个百分点，达到6.06%。
After Russia's default and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management, a hedge fund, the Fed cut rates by a quarter point.
当俄国破产，并使对冲基金，长期资金管理公司倒闭时，联储会仅降息0.25%。
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.
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。
On Thursday March 2nd its mainly male policymakers tightened their (intact) neckwear and raised interest rates by a quarter-point, to 2.5%.
3月2日星期四，其主要男性决策者正式将欧元区基准利率上调25个百分点，至2.5%。
The super-rich fared even worse: the number of people with assets of $30m or more fell by a quarter in 2008, and their assets shrank by 24%.
超级富豪受到的冲击更大：2008年资产不低于3000万美元的人数下降了四分之一，资产总数缩水了24%。
Both exports and orders in the last month have fallen by a quarter from a year ago, prompting analysts to expect future problems for local Banks.
出口量和订单数较至于去年同期都下降了四分之一，这点促使分析家们思索着本土银行在未来将遭遇的问题。
Both exports and orders in the last month have fallen by a quarter from a year ago, prompting analysts to expect future problems for local Banks.
出口量和订单数较至于去年同期都下降了四分之一，这点促使分析家们思索着本土银行在未来将遭遇的问题。
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