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。
Continuing our discussion of desert lakes, now I want to focus on what's known as the "Empty Quarter".
继续我们对沙漠湖泊的讨论，现在我想把重点放在所谓的“空白之地”上。
According to the study, two factors were important for lake formation in the Empty Quarter: first the rains that fell there were torrential.
根据这项研究，有两个因素对“空白之地”湖泊的形成很重要：首先，那里的降雨十分猛烈。
But there've been times in the past when monsoon rains soaked the Empty Quarter and turned it from a desert into grassland that was dotted with lakes and home to various animals.
但过去也有过一些时候，雨季的雨水浸透了这片“空白之地”，把它从沙漠变成点缀着湖泊的草原，成为各种动物的家园。
But the Empty Quarter lakes disappeared thousands of years ago.
但是位于鲁卜哈利的湖在数千年前就已消失殆尽。
A slice of Saudia Arabia's empty quarter would do nicely: there's plenty of space and the new occupants would have lots in common with the locals.
沙特阿拉伯那些沙漠空白之地也许用得上，那里空旷而广阔，新定居者也能发现自己与当地居民原来是如此的志同道合。
It has long been believed that the centuries between the Han and Tang dynasties were China's Dark ages-a time as devoid of cultural merit as Arabia's Empty Quarter is of trees.
长期以来人们一直以为，汉唐之间的数百年是中国的黑暗时代，其时中国一如寸草不生的阿拉伯鲁卡·哈利沙漠，在文化上纯属一片空白。
The great bull market of the past quarter century is commemorated by millions of empty houses without anyone to buy them.
以往四分之一世纪所承载的隆隆牛市亦因建起了数百万空宅却难觅买家而为人所纪念。
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.
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。
Lorries run empty for almost a quarter of the miles they cover in the UK, according to data from the Department for Transport.
根据英国运输部门的数据，运输卡车所行驶的路程中有大约四分之一是空载的。
Almost four years after the storm, a quarter of the population has never returned. A third of homes still lie empty, many decked with tarpaulins and with the flood-line still visible.
风暴过去了差不多四年，四分之一的人口从未返家，三分之一的家园仍然闲置，很多房屋一直装着防水布，上面洪水的痕迹依然清晰可辨。
Wild camels and sand dunes in empty southeast quarter of Qatar.
卡塔尔荒凉的东南部的野骆驼及沙丘。
The whole area, which was more or less empty, was the old Jewish quarter of Skopje, many of whose remaining houses collapsed in a devastating earthquake in 1963.
这里曾是斯科普里犹太人聚居地，1963年那场毁灭性大地震将仅存下来的犹太人故居也震垮了。
At the end of the first quarter there were 2.3m empty homes on the market, an increase of more than 160,000 from the end of 2007.
今年一季度末，市场上的空余房屋有230万套，相比2007年末增加了16万套以上。
At the end of the first quarter there were 2.3m empty homes on the market, an increase of more than 160, 000 from the end of 2007.
今年一季度末，市场上的空余房屋有230万套，相比2007年末增加了16万套以上。
Because it is made of a fiberglass composite, it weighs only three-quarters as much as a standard container but-more importantly - when empty, it can be folded down to a quarter of its size.
因为这种集装箱由一种玻璃纤维合成材料制成，所以重量只有标准集装箱的四分之三；但更重要的是，在没装货物时，这种集装箱可折叠成四分之一大小。
Because it is made of a fiberglass composite, it weighs only three-quarters as much as a standard container but-more importantly - when empty, it can be folded down to a quarter of its size.
因为这种集装箱由一种玻璃纤维合成材料制成，所以重量只有标准集装箱的四分之三；但更重要的是，在没装货物时，这种集装箱可折叠成四分之一大小。
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