In the first half of the year, there were forty twins among all the newborn babies in that hospital.
今年上半年，那家医院的新生儿中有40对双胞胎。
I am teaching a course on the literature of the Renaissance in the first half of the year.
我在上半年教一门关于文艺复兴时期文学的课程。
Prada opened 26 stores in the first half of the year, bringing its total to 358.
普拉达今年上半年新开了26家专卖店，总门店数量已达358家。
Zandi expects more price declines and foreclosures in the first half of the year.
赞迪希望在今年上半年有更多的价格下降和取消抵押品赎回权。
But based on the fine results achieved in the first half of the year, we are optimistic.
但罚款的基础上取得的成果，今年上半年，我们是乐观的。
Recently the Quantum fund has underperformed, reportedly losing 6% in the first half of the year.
最近量子基金表现不佳，它公布，今年上半年亏损6％。
What we expect is a mild recovery in the first half of the year and an acceleration in the second half.
我们的预测是：欧元区经济将在今年上半年温和复苏，在今年下半年加快复苏。
This high inflation was mostly the result of the surge in commodity prices in the first half of the year.
高通胀率主要是由于今年上半年大宗商品价格上涨引起的。
The maker of equestrian-inspired scarves and ties enjoyed 22% revenue growth in the first half of the year.
这家公司以骑手风格围巾和领带著称，今年上半年营收猛增22%。
The survey is set to start in the first half of the year and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016.
本次海岛调查工作定于今年上半年开始，预计于2016年底全面完成。
The industry insiders said that the hot market in the first half of the year covered up part of the market risks.
业内称，上半年市场的火爆掩盖了部分市场风险。
Normally they rise by 1.5% in the first half of the year because of seasonal factors, but that did not happen in 2010.
通常情况下，由于季节因素，上半年的利润会上涨1.5%，但是2010年并非如此。
The private-equity firms seized on cheap credit to buy $300 billion of businesses in the first half of the year (see chart 1).
在上半年，私人股本公司获取了大量低成本的贷款，进行了$300 billion的交易。
The situation is equally grim in Italy, where overnight stays by foreign guests were 11.5% lower in the first half of the year.
意大利的情况也不容乐观，今年上半年外国游客过夜停留减少了11.5%。
The average tier-one ratio, which measures capital based on the riskiness of bank assets, stood at 8% in the first half of the year.
平均一级资本充足率——用以衡量银行资产风险水平的资本——在今年上半年刚好达到8%。
Around 100 health books were sold every month in the first half of the year, but now they just sit on bookshelves, said a bookstore.
某书店表示，今年上半年，养生书籍一个月能卖约百本，如今有些书一本都卖不出去。
But in the first half of the year, profits at the 17 major manufacturers were up just 1.5% from the depressed first five months of 2008.
但在上半年，17家主要厂商的盈利只比2008年萧条的首五个月高1.5%。
Lending increased an annual 4.9 percent as the bank also added 88.3 billion euros of deposits in the first half of the year, the company said.
借贷按年率增长4.9%，上半年西班牙国际银行增加了883亿欧元的储蓄。
But thanks to the growth in the first half of the year, GDP still grew in 2008 as a whole, by 0.8% for the euro area and 0.9% for the entire eu.
但由于上半年的增长，2008年GDP整体还是增长的，欧元区增长0.8%而整个欧盟为0.9%。
In the first half of the year, gold benefited from worries about the euro amid a sovereign-debt crisis along the periphery of the common-currency zone.
今年上半年，欧元区主权债务危机令人们对欧元疑虑重重，黄金因而受益。
Meanwhile the price of the iron ore the steelmakers import as their core ingredient rose by nearly 50% in the first half of the year, squeezing margins.
同时钢厂进口的铁矿石原材料的价格在上半年上涨了将近50%，进一步挤压利润空间。
GDP grew at an annual rate of 11% in the first half of the year, according to official figures published on July 18th-the fastest pace in over a decade.
根据7月18日发布的官方数字，在第一个上半年中，中国GDP的年增长率为11%，这是近10年来最高的增长率。
But on August 3rd new data showed that in the first half of the year, energy intensity nudged up by a mere 0.09% compared with the same period a year ago.
不过，8月3日发布的新数据显示，比一年前同期相比，今年上半年的能源密度只微弱上升了0.09%。
But on August 3rd new data showed that in the first half of the year, energy intensity nudged up by a mere 0.09% compared with the same period a year ago.
不过，8月3日发布的新数据显示，比一年前同期相比，今年上半年的能源密度只微弱上升了0.09%。
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