In the West at least, most food is now far cheaper to buy in relative terms than it was in 1960.
至少在西方,相对于1960年来说,现在大多数食品的价格要便宜得多。
When Watts looked into the history of "the greatest painting of all time", he discovered that, for most of its life, the "Mona Lisa" remained in relative obscurity.
当瓦茨调查这幅“有史以来最伟大的画作”的历史时,他发现在大部分时间里,《蒙娜丽莎》都处于相对默默无闻的状态。
This is a major achievement because,in relative terms
这是一个重要的成就,因为相对来说
What Americans spend on food has declined in relative terms for decades.
几十年来,美国人用于食品的消费相对来说下跌了。
But 2010, in relative terms, has not been a great year for Bric stock markets.
但相对而言,2010年金砖四国股市的表现不足称道。
Starting 25 years ago, the United States started to fall behind in relative terms.
从25年前,美国就开始在相关方面落后了。
Are you really sure they won't get cheaper again — in relative, or absolute, terms?
你真的认为它们不会再跌下来吗——不论是从相对意义还是绝对意义上讲?
What’s more, like many words it changed its meaning, and in relative terms, fairly recently.
而且,和很多词一样,它的含义也发生了改变,相对而言,改变得还挺晚。
In countries that both export and import, there will be a change in relative domestic prices.
在国家的出口和进口两个方面,会有一个变化,相对国内价格。
This is a major achievement because, in relative terms, planets are very small and do not emit light.
这是一个重要的成就,因为相对来说,行星很小,而且也不发光。
Yanqui influence there is in relative decline, while the sway of China and others is growing (see article).
美国在拉美的影响日渐式微,而中国和其他国家的影响与日俱增(见相关文章)。
Over the next few decades a west in relative decline will be forced to co-operate with the rest of the world.
今后几十年内,相对衰落的西方将不得不与世界其它地区合作。
Size: the key here is not the absolute size but rather the difference in relative sizes between message types.
大小:这里的关键不是大小,而是不同消息类型之间的相对大小区别。
As a result of all this, ordinary households actually get poorer in relative terms and even in absolute terms.
这一切的结果就是,普通家庭相对而言确实越来越穷,甚至是绝对而言越来越穷。
In Mr Blanchard's model, the slump migrates across the currency zone according to shifts in relative wage costs.
在Mr Blanchard的模型里,萧条根据相对工资成本的转移在货币区移位。
The global economic slowdown, however hard it is hitting Asia, may in relative terms serve to bolster Asian influence.
无论全球经济放缓对于亚洲造成了多大的打击,都可能相对提升亚洲的影响力。
Maldives was the smallest country hit by last December's tsunami, but in relative terms it suffered the sharpest blow.
在去年12月发生的海啸灾害中,马尔代夫是受影响最小的国家,但相对来说却蒙受了最严重的打击。
Its starting assumption is that America, while still the most powerful country in the world, is in relative decline.
报告开头的假设就是,尽管美国仍是全球最为强大的国家,但已进入相对衰落过程。
Unfortunately, so far it seems that inventories are still high in the developed economies, at least in relative terms.
不幸的是,到目前为止,发达国家的是存货量依然很大,至少相对来说依然很大。
Saturn's rings to be about one kilometer thick, making them many times thinner, in relative proportion, than a razor blade.
它的厚度约为一公里,若以相对比例而言,要比剃须刀的刀片薄上许多倍。
The reality, however, is that a lot of things aren't as expensive as we think—and many things actually cost less in relative terms.
然而,事实上许多商品并不像我们认为的那样贵,许多东西实际上反而相对来说更便宜了。
All the threads get jumbled up, and timing issues mean that the output statements are not going to come out in relative thread order.
所有线程的输出乱七八糟地混合在一起,而定时问题意味着输出语句不是以相对的线程顺序出现的。
In this context the term makes more sense as the disposable incomes of better-off Britons have indeed been falling in relative terms.
在这种背景下,这个词更有意义,因为较富有的英国人相对可支配收入确实在下降。
As financial services have steadily grown in relative economic importance, so has exposure to any fickleness in Beijing's policies.
金融服务在经济中的重要性日益增加,人们对北京政策改变的担心也随之不断加剧。
As financial services have steadily grown in relative economic importance, so has exposure to any fickleness in Beijing's policies.
金融服务在经济中的重要性日益增加,人们对北京政策改变的担心也随之不断加剧。
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