When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost puretone, retaining its pitch over a long period of time.
音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的音调，其音量经久不衰。
A few years ago, for instance, at the height of the boom, one LVMH brand was putting diamonds all over its watches, so that it was almost difficult to tell the time.
比如说，几年前，在经济最繁荣的时候，LVMH有一个手表品牌，表盘上儴满了钻石，几乎看不清时间。
When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch over a long period of time.
音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的音调，其音量经久不衰。
Almost 40pc of its population is under the age of 14, with just 2.5pc being in the over 65 bracket.
其人口近40%在14岁以下，只有2.5%在65岁以上。
The shock not only resulted in a death toll of over 200,000 people and left one-third of its people affected, but almost paralyzed the whole nation.
大地震不仅造成20余万人死亡，受灾民众达到全国三分之一，而且整个国家几乎处于瘫痪状态；
To list some of the effects of China's fierce—almost bellicose—reaction: forcing America to confirm that its security treaty with Japan covers conflict over the disputed islands;
以下列举一些中国暴躁的——几乎是好战的——反应所导致的后果：迫使美国去确认美日安保的范围包括争议岛屿；
South Korea and Australia have reactivated inflation-indexed bond programmes in the past year, and America will almost double its annual issuance from $58 billion in 2009 to over $100 billion in 2011.
韩国和澳大利亚在过去一年，已经重启通胀连接债权计划，而美国准备将其通胀连接债券的年发行量从2009年的580亿美元几乎翻一番至2011年的逾1000亿美元。
The Olympiastadion has repeatedly been called upon as a stage for major national and international sporting events and has welcomed almost 50 million spectators through its turnstiles over the years.
奥林匹亚球场一直用来承办大型的国家和国际体育盛会。这些年来，它已经接纳了超过5000万名观众。
Schaeffler, a family-owned firm that makes bearings, was almost felled by the loans it took on to take over Continental, a car-parts company three times its size.
从事轴承生产的家族企业，舍弗勒公司，在收购了规模相当于自己三倍的汽车零件大陆公司之后，几乎被巨额贷款击倒。
More than a third of its workers are over 50 and the average employee has been with the company almost 12 years.
公司里超过三分之一的员工年龄都在50岁以上，员工在该公司服务时间平均为12年。
Atlanta almost ran out of drinking water in 2008, because the city had not spent any effort over several decades on providing water to its growing population.
亚特兰大城在2008年差点中断饮用水供给，因为城市管理者十多年都没有为增长的人口提供足够的费用。
The supporting evidence was strong on its own: African-American residents without water had made repeated requests over a period of almost 50 years to remedy the inequity, to no avail.
支持证据本身就很强有力：没有水的非裔美国居民在近50年里曾经多次要求纠正不公平待遇，但是没有结果。
Angel Park, which used to use almost 2 million gallons of water a night, has cut its water usage in half over the past 15 years.
过去，天使公园每晚通常要用2百万加仑水，其用水量在过去15年间减少了一半。
The won has already fallen by almost 40% against the dollar over the past year, swelling the local-currency value of its foreign debts.
在过去的一年里，韩元兑美元已经下降了将近40％，本国货币对外债的价值增加了。
Although the recession has not yet been much deeper than its predecessors, it almost certainly will be by the time it is over.
尽管目前的衰退还没有以前的严重，但最终几乎可以肯定比之前的要严重。
A much-publicized accident took place last year in Shanghai, when an almost completed residential building toppled over on its side and killed a construction worker.
去年，在上海，一栋即将竣工的住宅楼倒塌，并导致一名建筑工人死亡，这一事件被广泛报道。
Over to the Express and its front page almost ignored the subject of 2012 altogether - instead concentrating on Britain's need to take more aspirin to beat heart disease.
《每日快报》头版没有提到2012奥运会问题，而是集中报道英国需要更多的阿司匹林来对抗心脏病。
Its main campus served almost 3m patients in 2006, bending over backwards for them.
其主治医院在2006年接待了3万患者，为了满足患者需要，他们奔前走后不乏讨好。
The contract price for iron ore to Chinese steel mills, of which Fortescue is a beneficiary, is for well over $120 a tonne, almost twice its level last year, and triple that of five years ago.
FMG是中国钢铁企业的受益者，它向中国钢企出口的铁矿石的合同价格超过120美元/吨，几乎是前一年价格的两倍，是五年前的三倍。
Almost ten years after its publication, the aged professor still got very excited over his book: "It was detective work. I had a lot of fun working on it."
在这本书出版几乎十年以后，这位上了年纪的教授谈起这本书依然很兴奋：“这是一本侦探性的书，写这本书时可有意思了。”
Huge iceberg breaks off the continent each year, while in winter half the surrounding ocean freezes over, which means its size almost doubles.
巨大的冰山每年都会从大陆上脱离，在冬天这些冰山周围一半的海水会结冰，这意味着冰山的体积几乎要增加一倍。
But this kind of poem - which is over almost before it's begun - depends most on its images.
但是这种诗歌往往还没等开始就已经结束-主要还是要依靠想像。
Washington nand Beijing have long disagreed over aviation and maritime rights in the strategic South China Sea, the site of key shipping routes, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety.
华盛顿和北京一直在南中国海上上航空和海洋权益意见不一致，南中国海是重要航线云集之地，而北京声称对几乎整个南海都拥有主权。
Given its phenomenal growth rate China has been depleting its coal reserves by almost 2% per annum for over a decade and a half.
中国显著的经济增长是以过去二十几年来每年消耗2%的煤储量为代价的。
Given its phenomenal growth rate China has been depleting its coal reserves by almost 2% per annum for over a decade and a half.
中国显著的经济增长是以过去二十几年来每年消耗2%的煤储量为代价的。
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