In July Britain's permanent representation to the EU compared the nationality of all commission officials with the population of their home countries to see who was over - or under-represented.

英国驻欧盟常任代表在七月份曾就欧盟的各国官员人数和各国人数做一对比，以便查看这些国家是否被充分代表。

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About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease.

全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。

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People with disabilities comprise a large part of the population.

残疾人占人口的很大一部分。

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Ms.Skariah is teaching Indonesians but also learning about the culture of a country with the world's largest Muslim population.

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with the population of just 1.2 million people

人口只有120万，

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The problem with--there's a problem with gambling behavior because in a certain fraction of the population we have pathological gambling.

赌博行为有个特殊情况,在人群中总会有一小撮人,我们称之为病态赌博

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But he said the target of 10, 000 members was small compared with the population of 500, 000 the trust served.

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With the population of the water-stressed south-east of England projected to grow by almost a quarter by 2035, Lord Smith argued that the number of smaller reservoirs needed to be increased immediately and that new ways of transferring water from areas where it is plentiful to areas where it is scarce must be established.

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He became hugely popular with the Latino population of the city and even wore a mouth guard with the colours of the Mexican flag on it during a USC game, causing controversy with some fans.

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