也许我离科幻最近也只能近到这地步了。
在1994年的调查中,他们中近80%能够完成日常的活动,从独立吃饭、穿衣到完成像做饭、理财这样的复杂任务。
Almost 80% of those in the 1994 survey could complete everyday activities ranging from eating and dressing unaided to complex tasks such as cooking and managing their finances.
在一项研究中,近600名孩子,从幼儿园到六年级,参加了旨在让他们吃更多的蔬菜和粗粮的营养课程。
In one study, nearly 600 children from kindergarten to sixth grade took part in a nutrition curriculum intended to get them to eat more vegetables and whole grains.
埃马国际不断壮大,并逐渐兴盛起来;到2006年,它已经在近40个国家建立了350个分支,其中110个在法国。
Emmaus communities caught on and thrived; by 2006 there were 350 of them in nearly 40 countries, 110 in France itself.
克里斯蒂拍卖行察觉到市场的机会,在2006年举行了迪拜的首次拍卖会,实际销售额超过预期近一倍。
Sensing a market opportunity, Christie’s held its first auction in Dubai in 2006, and nearly doubled its sales expectations.
国家公路交通安全管理局还估计说,从1975年到2003年这段时间,将最低饮酒年龄设定在21岁这一举措(1984年前已在某些州得以实施)挽救了全美公路上的近两万三千人的生命。
The NHTSA also estimates that from 1975 to 2003, having a minimum drinking age of 21 (already in effect in some states before 1984) saved nearly 23,000 lives on America's roads.
自四周前发布到网上以来,这位歌手的音乐视频已经被浏览了近900万次。
The singer's music video has been viewed nearly 9 million times since it was posted on the Internet four weeks ago.
通过大家熟知的换档拨片可以实现半自动化换档,在这之后各种控制操作都被集中布置到离驾驶员手指尽量近的区域。
The introduction of semi-automatic gearchanges via the now familiar 'paddles' marked the beginning of the move to concentrate controls as close to the driver's fingers as possible.
在过去的几年里,我从小镇到城区的办公室上班,每天单程要花近两个小时。
For the past several years, I've been commuting almost two hours each way, from my home in a small-ish town to my office in a major city.
如今,每届奥运会的组织工作包括近150项标准,用来衡量它们对主办城市的影响——从环境到社会和经济的各个方面。
Organisation of each Olympic Games now includes nearly 150 criteria for measuring their consequences to host cities - from environmental to social and economic aspects.
然而,近几十年来,有更多的美国企业人士开始认识到,他们需要有更具国际性的眼光。
In recent decades, however, more American business people have come to recognize the need to be more international in their perspective.
近几十年来,环境威胁已经超越了地域边界,发展到全球范围,最令人不安的是,环境威胁正以极快的速度成倍增长。
In recent decades, environmental threats have expanded beyond regional boundaries to have global reach and, most hauntingly, are multiplying at a dizzying rate.
我们通过禁止含氯氟烃安然度过了第一次人为的全球大气危机——到2015年,南极臭氧空洞的面积将缩小近400,000平方英里。
We reversed our first man-made global atmospheric crisis by banning chlorofluorocarbons -- by 2015, the Antarctic ozone hole will have shrunk by nearly 400, 000 square miles.
该机构在其最新的全球就业趋势报告中表示,预计今年的失业人数处于2.1亿到近2.4亿之间。
In its latest update on global employment trends, the agency says projections of the number of unemployed people this year range from 210 million to nearly 240 million people.
把“命令与征服”的世界观从近未来一直继续到现实史实的想法是从哪里来的?
Where did the idea come from to take C&C from the near future to recent history?
伦敦,金融时报100指数开盘即下挫70点至5123点,下跌近1.4%,但是到9点15分时下跌几乎全部收复。
In London, the FTSE 100 tumbled by 70 points, or nearly 1.4%, to 5123 when trading began - but by 9.15am had erased nearly all of its losses.
到2040年,近三分之一的西欧人口将超过65岁。
By 2040, almost a third of Western Europe's population may be over age 65.
生活标准的差距缩小了,东德的人均GDP已经从1991年仅为西德的40%的水平提高到2008年的近70%。
The gap in living standards has shrunk: GDP per person in the east has risen from 40% of west German levels in 1991 to nearly 70% in 2008.
据报道,那里80%的建筑被毁,三千到五千人死亡,近万人受伤。
Some 80% of buildings there were reported to have been destroyed, leaving between 3, 000 and 5, 000 people dead and up to 10, 000 injured.
从1950年到1990年,日本的劳动力增长了近一倍。
这次堵车已经持续了近两个星期,而且有可能会持续到九月份。
It lasted nearly two weeks, and was expected to last into September.
1985年,这个省有23,359公顷冰川,到2006年,就只有9631公顷了——减少了近60%。
In 1985 we had 23, 359 hectares of glacier in the province. By 2006 it was 9631 ha - a decrease of nearly 60%.
1985年,这个省有23,359公顷冰川,到2006年,就只有9631公顷了——减少了近60%。
In 1985 we had 23,359 hectares of glacier in the province. By 2006 it was 9631 ha - a decrease of nearly 60%.
他们仅限于在近地轨道运行,在那做着发射卫星或运送宇航员到国际空间站这样毫无任何浪漫色彩的工作。
They were confined to low-earth orbit, where they did the unglamorous job of launching satellites or ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station.
截止到第三季度爱尔兰境内的外籍工人数量减少了近五分之一,并且他们中很多失业后离开爱尔兰。
The number of foreign-born workers shrank by almost a fifth in the year to the third quarter, and many of those who lost their jobs left Ireland.
截止到第三季度爱尔兰境内的外籍工人数量减少了近五分之一,并且他们中很多失业后离开爱尔兰。
The number of foreign-born workers shrank by almost a fifth in the year to the third quarter, and many of those who lost their jobs left Ireland.
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