Gap years are fashionable, as is reflected in the huge growth in the number of charities and private companies offering them.

学业间断年现在很时兴，这反映在提供它们的慈善团体和私人公司的数目呈巨额增长上。

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That is despite huge growth; the number of places has risen almost fivefold in as many years.

无论如何这都是巨大的增长，录取人数五年来增长了近五倍。

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After a number of years of strong economic growth, capacity constraints are emerging.

经过多年强劲的经济增长后，产能的瓶颈正在显现。

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"There are ample supplies beneath the surface of the planet to have significant growth in oil supply for quite a number of years, " Yergin says.

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"If things go on for a number of years, in addition with growth of 10 to 15%, tourism will be Iceland's industry number one, in terms of foreign currency earnings, " he says.

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Ramezani used this measure to correct for the fact that high-growth companies also tend to collapse more often, making it impossible to compare portfolios with different growth characteristics over a number of years.

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