High dividend payments have been a ray of light for shareholders: On average, the big Banks pay out almost a third of their earnings, for an average dividend yield of about 4.7%.

对于股东来说，高股息支付已成为一道曙光：平均来看，四大国有银行将收入的近三分之一用于派发股息，平均股息收益率约为4.7%。

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In the 12-week study period, dieters instructed to drink water with every meal lost an average of 15.5 pounds; dieters given no instructions lost, on average, just 11 pounds.

在为期12周的研究过程中，减肥者每餐定量喝水，平均减掉15.5磅，而那些没有喝水的减肥者平均只减掉11磅。

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There were on average 675 fewer deaths in a year, from an average 1, 793 in the years before the vaccine, down to 1, 118 in the years after the vaccine.

接种前数年平均死亡1,793人，接种之后年平均下降到1,118人，一年死亡平均极少675人。

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The average college student in America spent an estimated seven hundred dollars on textbooks last year.

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There's no ladder, no differences between CEO and an average engineer on the surface.

没有阶级划分,表面上看来，普通员工和CEO也没有差别。

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The government has also submitted legislation that would increase the excise tax on beer by an average of 50 percent per year from 2010 to 2012.

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Police say the arrested traders, who mostly come from Bihar, said that 25 to 30 elephants were annually taken out of the state on an average over the past 15 to 20 years.

BBC: India police discover elephant smuggling racket

The newcomer to the field is Kevin Daly, an economist at Goldman Sachs, who calculates that on average the host nation of an Olympics wins 54% more medals than usual.

ECONOMIST: Which economist will win the medal-prediction gold?

Separate analysis found some trusts were charging much more than the national average (77p) for an hour's hospital parking, based on the average from a three-hour stay.

BBC: NHS hospital parking fee rises criticised