It produces nearly a quarter of the world's greenhouse gases each year and has stubbornly made it clear that it doesn't intend to do a whole lot about it.
它每年产生全球近四分之一的温室气体,并顽固地表明它不打算为此做什么。
It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its corn crop this year.
它的后果是:南非持续的干旱——三十年来最严重的干旱——将导致它今年至少四分之一的玉米作物受损。
All that 15.4 million working days were lost to work related stress last year, a jump of nearly a quarter.
去年那1540万个工作日由于工作相关的压力全损失了,减少了近四分之一。
That target suspended during the financial crisis, but in the second quarter of this year, the company came within a whisker of achieving it.
这个目标在金融危机期间暂停搁置,但在今年第二季度,该公司差一点就实现这一目标。
Every year, if people used just a quarter of that wasted food, the world hunger would end.
每年,如果人们只使用四分之一的被浪费的食物,世界饥饿问题就会结束。
The world's food system is responsible for about one quarter of the planet-warming greenhouse gases that humans produce each year.
人类每年产生的温室气体中,约有四分之一是由世界的食物系统产生的。
With its decidedly undecimal sidereal year of 365-and-a-quarter days, that is just not going to happen.
这种事不会发生,因为“恒星年(由365又1/4天所组成)是十一进制的”这一事实是确凿无疑的。
The IMF has compared house prices in the first quarter of this year with their level a year ago in 52 rich and emerging housing markets.
国际货币基金组织对52个富裕国的房市和新兴房市在本年第一季度的价格与去年同期做了比较。
China's output has topped Japan's before, in the last quarter of the year, when the Chinese economy tends to run hotter for seasonal reasons.
中国过去曾有第四季度经济产出超过日本的情况,因为在一年的最后一季度,中国经济会出于季节性的原因而更加活跃。
In the fourth quarter of last year, sales of smartphones topped sales of PCs and laptops.
在去年第四季度,智能手机的销量超过了个人电脑和笔记本电脑。
Their contribution in the first quarter of this year is likely to be just 0.1 percentage point, the bank adds.
摩根士丹利补充表示,今年第一季度,库存的贡献可能仅有0.1个百分点。
In Britain prices fell by around 11% in the year to the second quarter of this year but are still slightly higher than in the third quarter of 2003.
截止到本年第二季度,英国的房价下跌约11%,略微高于2003年第三季度的水平。
Some say that will not happen until the final quarter of next year, at the earliest.
一些专家预测,这最早得到明年的最后一季度。
Indeed, few could have foreseen that Tribune's AD revenue would drop by at least 15% in each quarter of this year so far.
的确如此,没有人能事先预知迄今为止论坛公司的广告收入于今年每个季度会下降至少15%。
And even that rebound (in 2005) was followed by a temporary slowdown in the second quarter of last year.
而即使是那次反弹(2005年),也是随后紧接着就是去年第二季度的一次短暂放缓。
'the company will face tougher challenges in the fourth quarter and first quarter of next year,' Baosteel said.
宝钢称,公司在今年第四季度和明年第一季度将面临更为严峻的挑战。
That's down from the 5.6% performance in the fourth quarter of last year, but constitutes a good showing by developed nation standards.
虽则与去年第四季度增长5.6%的表现相比,增幅有所下跌,但按发达国家标准来讲也算表现良好。
That target was suspended during the financial crisis, but in the second quarter of this year the company came within a whisker of achieving it.
这个目标在金融危机中被暂停搁置,但在今年第二季度,公司出现了完成这一目标的点点迹象。
Some analysts forecast the semiconductor division will slip into the red during the first quarter of next year.
一些分析人士预测该公司的半导体部门明年第一季度将出现亏损。
Ford and Geely said they expected the deal to close in the third quarter of this year, pending regulatory approvals.
福特与吉利都表示,视监管批准进度,它们预计此笔交易将在今年第三季度完成。
World markets were mixed Tuesday amid confirmation that the U.S. economy shrank in the third quarter of the year.
世界股市星期二涨跌互现,与此同时,美国证实其经济在今年第三季度出现收缩。
World markets were mixed Tuesday amid confirmation that the U. S. economy shrank in the third quarter of the year.
世界股市星期二涨跌互现,与此同时,美国证实其经济在今年第三季度出现收缩。
I think it means the rate of decline in the economy, which during late last year and the first quarter of this year was like a free-fall, is definitely slowing down.
我认为,这表示,经过去年年底和今年第一季度自由落体式的经济下滑后,现在经济衰退的速度绝对是放慢了。
Since the third quarter of last year, indeed, China has outstripped America as a supplier to the zone; now only Britain lies ahead.
实际上从去年第三季度开始,中国已经超越美国,成为这一区域仅次于英国的供应商。
The economy grew slightly in the third quarter of last year. There are even signs that tax revenues are recovering.
爱去年第三季度经济略有增长,甚至有迹象显示其税收正在恢复。
After successive years of improvement, the first quarter of this year saw a big reversal, with energy intensity increasing by 3.2%.
在连续几年实现改善后,今年的第一季度出现重大倒退,能源消耗提高了3.2%。
After successive years of improvement, the first quarter of this year saw a big reversal, with energy intensity increasing by 3.2%.
在连续几年实现改善后,今年的第一季度出现重大倒退,能源消耗提高了3.2%。
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