Married Americans are happier, ceteris paribus, by approximately one quarter of a happiness point on the 1-3 scale.

其他条件不变，已婚的美国人会更幸福，在1-3规模上约高四分之一的幸福点。

youdao

Germany's GDP is reported to have dipped by as much as 1% in the second quarter.

据报道，德国GDP在第二季度已下降1个百分点之多。

youdao

Ford recorded a wholly unexpected profit for the third quarter of nearly $1 billion, thanks in large part to a huge improvement in its North American operations.

Ford第三季度盈利额达到出人意料的10亿美元，很大程度上要归因于其在北美市场运营的巨大改进。

youdao

Unusually severe rains began falling on September 1 in Burkina Faso, depositing about one-quarter of the country's annual rainfall on the capital,Ouagadougou in just one day.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

That would be like a quarter of 1% to postpone your payment by another year; so time was really cheap.

也就是说只需要付1%的1/4就能,延迟一年还款,时间的价值很低

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In 2007, third quarter, they were $1.868 trillion -that's almost 2 trillion dollars, so they're much smaller -savings banks and savings and loans--than the commercial banks.

007年第三季度,它们的总资产合计1.868万亿美元,接近2万亿美元,所以它们要小得多,储蓄银行和储贷协会要比商业银行小得多

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Revenue rose 1.3% in the third quarter and fell 5.1% in the second quarter and 1.4% in the first quarter.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Rockwell Collins

It increased 1.3%in the second quarter, 1.3% in the first quarter and 1.7% in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Merck

Revenue fell 25.3% in the third quarter and rose 2.1%in the second quarter, 50.1% in the first quarter and 38.1% in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Chesapeake Energy