This unit of measure is encountered in business applications where a different period or cycle is defined.

这个测量单位会在事务应用程序中遇到，定义了不同的周期或者循环。

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Italy and Spain, meanwhile, look hamstrung by a loss of competitiveness following a long period in which unit wage costs have risen.

同时，在经历了一个很长的单位工资成本上涨的阶段后，意大利和西班牙的竞争力似乎有所受损。

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Period The unit of time into which a customer relationship is divided for analysis.

划分客户关系用以分析的时间单位。

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But a study of elderly patients discharged from a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) shows that almost 40 percent did not survive beyond the research period of three years.

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Why this period as a unit?

为什么这段时间被分成一个时间单元

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