Excavator sales fell 10 percent in May from a year earlier, possibly foreshadowing a construction bust.
五月份挖掘机销售量同比下降10%，可能预示着建筑行业的不景气。
With the advent of the five-year-plans, millions of women also began to toil in factories and in heavy construction, building dams, roads and steel mills in summer heat and winter frost.
随着“五年计划”的到来，数以百万计的妇女也开始在工厂和大型建筑工地、大坝、道路和钢铁厂中苦干，经受着夏天的酷热和冬天的严寒。
The headline news for the coal industry in 2010 was what didn't happen: Construction did not begin on a single new coal-fired power plant in the United States for the second straight year.
发生了的事才能成为新闻，但2010年煤炭行业一件没有发生的事情却成了今日的头条：美国已是连续第二年没有开工建设新的燃煤发电厂了。
Growth in construction loans (for land purchases and home - and office-building) peaked at 36% a year in early 2006, leaving small Banks horribly over-exposed (see left-hand chart, below).
2006年早期建设贷款(用于土地购买家用或办公楼)每年增长36%，这些贷款大部分来自小型银行。
Growth in construction loans (for land purchases and home - and office-building) peaked at 36% a year in early 2006, leaving small Banks horribly over-exposed.
2006年初(用于购买土地和住房，写字楼建设的)建筑贷款年均增长率激增36%，使小型银行抵御风险能力急剧下降。
Residential construction was growing at an annual rate of 3.3% in the final three months of the year after plunging at a 27.3% rate in the July-September quarter.
自去年第二季度住宅建设以27.3%的速率暴跌后，第四季度平均增长率达到3.3%。
Construction work is to start at the end of this year and the new plant will have a workforce of about 4, 000 employees by 2013.
工厂建设工作将于年底开始，在2013年有望拥有约4千名员工。
But the stimulus plan calls for construction on nearly three times as much arable land this year and next year as can be readily brought into cultivation elsewhere.
但是刺激方案建设用地今年就将占去近3倍的耕地，下一年可能会轻松从别处开发耕地。
After a year of design and two years of construction, he said, "it's comforting to know that it was built right."
在经过一年的设计以及两年的施工建造后，他说，“这能够让我知道，盖这个房子盖对了。”
Slowly, matters are righting themselves—new construction in December was just one-fifth below levels a year earlier.
事情在慢慢好转——12月的新建筑工程数量只比前一年低1/5。
ICBC almost quadrupled loan volumes in the first quarter, year on year; number two, China Construction Bank, merely tripled them, while at Bank of China they doubled.
工行第一季度的贷款额接近去年同期的4倍；国内第二大银行——中国建设银行仅为去年同期的3倍，而中国银行则为2倍。
Economists say much of China's growth in the past year was the result of stimulus efforts, including rapid lending growth that funded new housing and factory construction.
经济学家说，中国过去一年以来的经济增长是实施经济刺激计划的结果，包括刺激新建房屋和工厂的放宽借贷措施。
The 38-year-old construction worker bought her ticket in advance because she feared heavy traffic later Wednesday.
这位38岁的建筑工人提前买好了车票，因为她担心星期三繁重的交通。
Like most residents of the Philippines' capital, the 18-year-old construction worker was used to heavy rains pelting the city.
像菲律宾首都的大多数居民一样，这个18岁的建筑工人早就习惯于暴雨侵袭城市。
The firm expects construction activity to slump 30% in 2009, after a 9% expansion in the first nine months of this year.
这家公司预计在今年的前九个月9%的增长过后，2009年建设活动会下降30%。
Dr. Huang says an additional evaluation of geological risks, as well as planning for the new towns, means construction is likely to start at the beginning of next year.
黄润秋说，另需对地质风险进行评估，此外还要对新城镇进行规划，这意味着重建工作可能要到明年年初才能开始。
Buildings are designed as hexagons to maximize space, and construction is supposed to start at the end of this year.
建筑物都被设计成六边形以使空间利用最大化，并将于今年年底投入使用。
This year, despite a nationwide slump in demand, its capacity has increased by more than 15%. Projects now under construction will soon increase it by another 50%.
今年，尽管全国范围内的需求下降，新增装机容量仍超过了15%，在建项目则会很快将这个数字再增加50%。
And next year it hopes to complete the construction of a cold-rolling mill near Vietnam's ho Chi Minh City, and an automotive steel-sheet plant in Mexico to supply General Motors and Hyundai Motor.
明年它希望完成位于越南胡志明市附近的冷轧钢工厂和墨西哥的汽车钢板工厂(向通用汽车和现代汽车提供钢板)。
The island’s services industry grew 11.4 percent last quarter from a year earlier. The construction industry gained 13.5 percent.
新加坡岛屿的服务业上季度比去年同期增长11.4%，建筑业增长13.5%。
Construction is so low that, even with sales so depressed, the inventory of unsold new homes has hit a 27-year low.
建筑业处于低谷，与房屋销售情况相同，以至于未售新房量触底27年最低。
The recorded history of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg begins with the construction of Luxembourg Castle in the year 963.
卢森堡历史始由公元963年，卢森堡城堡的修建开始。
The recorded history of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg begins with the construction of Luxembourg Castle in the year 963.
卢森堡历史始由公元963年，卢森堡城堡的修建开始。
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