Shares in Best Buy are worth barely half what they were a year ago, and the firm has abruptly scaled back its international-expansion plans, offloading its stake in Carphone Warehouse in Britain.
百思买的股价仅仅是一年以前的一半。企业也减少了国际扩张计划，并且减少了英国车载电话仓库的库存。
Despite the recent gains, average house prices in most countries are barely higher than a year ago.
尽管最近反弹，大多数国家的平均房屋价格几乎不会超过去年。
Lorne Stockman, the author of the report, said: "a peak in oil demand was barely discussed even a year ago, but now it is a viable idea."
报告作者劳恩·斯道克曼说，石油需求极限一年前还没怎么被提起，但现在这个观点并不算缥缈。
America's total saving rate fell in the third quarter of last year to only 10% of GDP, barely half its level a decade ago.
美国的整体储蓄率在去年的第三季度下降到只占GDP的10%，几乎是十年之前的一半。
Last August, for example, the bank thought that inflation would barely rise above 2% in the first three months of this year. Indeed, a year ago, the bank thought it would peak in early 2010 at 1.4%.
以去年八月为例，央行认为通胀率在前三个月会略超2%，事实上，一年前央行认为2010年早期通胀率会达到峰值1.4%。
Sandoz recently reported that its sales in the six biggest such markets were 14% higher in the first half than they were a year ago, while sales in Europe edged up by barely 3%.
山德士最近透露，和去年相比，该公司今年上半年在全球前6大市场的销量增加了14%，而在欧洲的销量同比仅增长了3%。
Up until a year ago, I could barely spell.
直到一年前，我几乎不懂拼写。
The 19-year-old arrived at Arsenal as a scholar from AZ Alkmaar in 2008 and has barely looked back since, making his first-team debut in the Carling Cup two weeks ago.
这位19岁的小将在2008年以学徒的身份从阿尔克·马尔来到阿森纳，两周前在联赛杯中代表阿森纳首次登场。
The 19-year-old arrived at Arsenal as a scholar from AZ Alkmaar in 2008 and has barely looked back since, making his first-team debut in the Carling Cup two weeks ago.
这位19岁的小将在2008年以学徒的身份从阿尔克·马尔来到阿森纳，两周前在联赛杯中代表阿森纳首次登场。
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