An average record store needs to sell at least two copies of a CD per year to make it worth carrying; that's the rent for a half inch of shelf space.

一个音乐制品店，平均每张CD至少在一年中要卖出两张，才能收回这张CD所占用的半英寸货架的租金。

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Within months, all the pieces were in place for Hill to record her debut CD for Warner Bros.

几个月后，希尔为华纳兄弟录制首张CD的一切准备便就绪了。

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The record companies have been complaining of declining CD sales for the past 20 years.

唱片公司在过去的20年里一直抱怨CD销售的下降。

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That was also before CD drives that can record or "burn" data for a fraction of the price of Zip disks became prevalent.

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The court noted that use of the Napster service harms the market for copyrighted music by causing record companies to lose CD sales they otherwise would make.

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With money market and CD rates at record low levels, investors have been searching in all sorts of places for better returns for their money.

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