Five pounds doesn't buy much nowadays.

如今五英镑买不到多少东西了。

《牛津词典》

"How much is he paying you?"—"Oh, five thousand."—"Not bad."

“他付你多少工资？”—“哦，五千。”—“还不错。”

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years.

在吉姆5岁前的大部分时间里，他的爸爸离家在外地工作。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

After his two thousand five trial, the singer spent much of his time in Europe and the Middle East.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

This was not just about today,tomorrow for the five years; they followed them through much of their lives.

这调查不只是今天，明天或五年内的事;,而是研究了他们的大半生。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

This is one the questions I get a lot from people who just staring out and say "Wow, technology has changed so much last five years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years." Are all the great companies created?

这是我从很多只是向窗外眺望，然后说,“科技在近5年，10年，15年亦或是20年里,发展如此飞速“的人那儿得到的一个问题，所有伟大的公司都是创造出来的吗？

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

Power plants that burn coal produce more than 90 times as much sulfur dioxide, five times as much nitrogen oxide and twice as much carbon dioxide as those that run on natural gas, according to the Government Accountability Office, the regulatory arm of Congress.

MSN: Coal producers find themselves in a hard place

And if like me, you grew up spoiled on real New York style cheesecake, well the mail order variety is better than any you will find pretty much anywhere on earth outside the five boroughs, much to the chagrin of many respected pastry chefs who try and fail to outperform it.

FORBES: Mail Order Meals -- My Favorites

Korean Air is not the only South Korean firm with excessive borrowing: the top 30 chaebol have around five times as much debt as equity, and the five conglomerates that went bust this year all had debt-to-equity ratios of more than 400%.

ECONOMIST: Korean Air