沙漠已经占据了大约四分之一的地球表面积，近几十年来还在一直以惊人的速度增加。
The deserts, which already occupy approximately a fourth of the Earth's land surface, have in recent decades been increasing at an alarming pace.
我们乘坐蒸汽火车走了大约四分之一的路程，然后见到了约好的司机，由他开车带我们走完其余的里程。
We took the steam train about a quarter of the way and then had a driver meet us and went by road for the rest.
这些产品中大约四分之一为纺织品、服装或鞋类。
Of those products, roughly one-quarter were textiles, apparel or shoes.
我沿着小路走，又穿过树林走了大约四分之一英里。
I started off down the path that continued about a quarter mile through the woods.
海啸警报已经在一个影响了全球大约四分之一的地区响起了。
Tsunami warnings have been sounded in an area affecting about a quarter of the globe.
克莱斯勒目前减产大约四分之一，并且将推出新型节油汽车。
Chrysler is now cutting production by almost a quarter and readying new, more fuel-efficient vehicles for market.
我们成功地给大约四分之一的受试者植入了这个错误记忆。
And we succeeded in planting this memoryin the minds of about a quarter of our subjects.
如今英国有大约四分之一的图书馆提供电子书的借阅服务。
Now around a quarter of British libraries offer digital book 6 loans.
这一代四十多岁的德国妇女中，大约四分之一仍然没有孩子。
About a quarter of the current generation of German women in their 40s have remained childless.
乘出大约四分之一的混合物倒入搅拌机搅拌直到变粘稠顺滑。
Ladle out about a quarter of the mixture into a blender and whizz until smooth.
大约四分之一的人，打死了自己的历史，至少有一名精神失常。
About a quarter of those who killed themselves had a history of at least one psychiatric disorder.
大约四分之一的受访者说将会有20或更多的家庭成员一起共度。
About one-fourth of respondents said there will be 20 or more family members.
在全球范围看，森林以及林下土壤吸收了大约四分之一的碳排放。
Across the world, forests and the soil beneath them absorb about a quarter of all carbon emissions.
在美国，它资助的重点在教育，美国教育接收了大约四分之一的赠款。
In America, its focus is on education, which receives about a quarter of its grant dollars.
像是印第安纳州知名的圣母大学，大约四分之一学生的父母都是校友。
In the well-known University of Notre Dame in Indiana, for example, about a quarter students belong to children of alumni.
2007年，大约四分之一的球员是黑人，但92家俱乐部中只有两位黑人主教练。
In 2007, about a quarter of all players were black, but only two out of 92 league clubs had black managers.
另人沮丧的是，只有平均大约四分之一的美国公众会把浏览新闻当作每天必做的功课。
It is disheartening that only about a quarter of the American public, on average, finds news compelling on a daily basis.
Graaf说，超过600万人口，大约四分之一的阿富汗人口不能接受医疗服务。
Graaf says more than six million people, or about one-quarter of Afghanistan's population, have no access to health services.
这之后大约四分之一的蜂箱被削去因为疾病、螨虫或是年老或死亡的蜂王必须被换掉。
After this, approximately a quarter of the hives weakened by disease, mites, or an ageing or dead queen, will have to be replaced.
据此项报告，大约四分之一的考虑范围内的排放气体产生于制作电脑等相关产品的过程。
According to the report, about a quarter of the emissions in question are generated by the manufacture of computers and so forth.
世卫组织说，大多数烟民在18岁之前就开始吸烟，大约四分之一烟民10岁之前就开始吸烟。
The World Health Organization says most people start smoking before the age of 18, and almost a quarter of those before the age of 10.
他因生意长年奔波于世界各地，而且每年有大约四分之一的时间用在宣传微软公司及微软产品。
He Tours the world on long business trips and devotes about a quarter of his time each year to "evangelism" (preaching the superiority of Microsoft and Microsoft products).
现在仅仅有大约四分之一的要求科学补助的申请得以通过，而在五年之前还有三分之一的幸运儿。
Roughly a quarter of proposals for research grants now succeed, down from a third five years ago.
同时，去年是家庭主妇人数持续减少的第四年，跌至500万人，即大约四分之一的已婚家庭还有家庭主妇。
The number of stay-at-home moms, meanwhile, dropped last year for a fourth year in a row to 5 million, or roughly one in four married-couple households.
同时，去年是家庭主妇人数持续减少的第四年，跌至500万人，即大约四分之一的已婚家庭还有家庭主妇。
The number of stay-at-home moms, meanwhile, dropped last year for a fourth year in a row to 5 million, or roughly one in four married-couple households.
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