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。
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。
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。
In the third quarter, CEO turnover was down 23% from a year ago as nervous boards struck with the leader they had, according to Liberum Research.
第三季度,首席执行官补充人数比一年前下降23%,因为根据利伯伦研究公司的调查,神经紧张的董事会不愿舍弃他们曾经的领导人。
Last week Coca-Cola's stick bubbled to a five-year high after it reported a fantastic quarter.
上周,可口可乐公布了出色的季度业绩后,其股价升至5年来的最高点。
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。
Cash flow is the amount of cash your business either produces or consumes in a given period, typically a month, quarter, or year.
现金流是你的企业在一定时期内产出或消耗现金的数额,一般是一个月、一个季度或一年。
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。
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。
ICBC almost quadrupled loan volumes in the first quarter, year on year; number two, China Construction Bank, merely tripled them, while at Bank of China they doubled.
工行第一季度的贷款额接近去年同期的4倍;国内第二大银行——中国建设银行仅为去年同期的3倍,而中国银行则为2倍。
Standard & Poor’s, a rating agency,reckons that dividends in America could fall by about a quarter this year—the steepest drop since 1938.Even this may understate the decline.
评级公司标准普尔认为今年美国的股利会下降四分之一,这是自1938年以来最大幅度的下降,甚至有可能这还是保守估计。
'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。
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。
Sales of vehicles, including cars, fell by more than a quarter from a year earlier.
包括汽车在内的运输工具销量比起一年前下降了四分之一强。
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。
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。
The New York-based firms cut their compensation pools in the fourth quarter last year as Banks faced pressure from lawmakers and shareholders over pay packages.
这两家位于纽约的公司考虑到面临来自立法者和股东们的总报酬的压力,在去年第四季度都削减了奖励总数。
A record 9.1% of borrowers had missed at least one payment by the first quarter of this year.
一季度9.1%的借款者至少拖欠了一次贷款的偿还,这创下了新的记录。
But the high prices for most of the second quarter hurt jewelry demand, which declined 5% compared to the same quarter a year earlier.
但在第二季度大部分时间居高不下的金价削弱了黄金珠宝的需求,黄金珠宝需求同比下滑了5%。
THE share price has fallen by a quarter this year. The company has lost money for three years in a row.
今年股价跌了四分之一,公司连续三年亏损,黑客入侵在线服务系统,使大量机密的客户数据泄漏,造成潜在危害。
Overall revenues fell at several big Banks, both over the previous quarter and year on year.
不论是跟上季度还是跟去年相比,几大银行的总体收益都呈下降状态。
RIM's share of the North American smartphone market by shipments dropped to 38% in the March quarter from 54% in the year-ago quarter.
在3月份的一个季度中,RIM的销量在北美智能手机市场中的份额从去年同期的54%下滑至38%。
RIM's share of the North American smartphone market by shipments dropped to 38% in the March quarter from 54% in the year-ago quarter.
在3月份的一个季度中,RIM的销量在北美智能手机市场中的份额从去年同期的54%下滑至38%。
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