More than one-quarter of the world's oil and almost one-fifth of the world's natural gas come from offshore, even though offshore drilling is six to seven times more expensive than drilling on land.
全球超过四分之一的石油和近五分之一的天然气来自近海，尽管近海钻探的成本是陆地钻探的六到七倍。
Fifth Third reported its first profit since the fourth quarter of 2007 as nonperforming loans fell by 8% from the first quarter.
五三银行公布说它自2007年第四季度以来首度赢利，其不良资产也比第一季度下降了8%。
The economy is probably in its fifth quarter of recession and the Royal bank of Canada thinks the New Zealand central bank may have to resort to foreign-exchange intervention.
该国的经济很可能处于进入衰退的第五个季度，加拿大皇家银行认为，新西兰央行逼不得已可能也会诉诸于外汇干预。
An away tie in the last eight against Chelsea awaits the winner of the Blues fifth round FA Cup replay at Stoke following the draw for the quarter finals.
上轮足总杯的比赛结束，切尔西顺利晋级，并且在晋级四分之一决赛的对手，将是第五轮重赛后获胜的曼城或斯托克城中的一支。
But they are also more susceptible to depression: a fifth to a quarter of women experience depression at some point in their lives, compared with around a tenth of men.
但是她们更容易抑郁：五分之一到四分之一的女人会在人生的某一时刻经历抑郁，而男人抑郁的比例仅为十分之一左右。
A quarter said they were expected to remember too much, and a fifth said there weren't enough hours in the day to deal with everything.
四分之一的人说他们总是被要求记住太多事，还有五分之一的人则认为一天中没有足够的时间处理每件事情。
A third of all bread, a quarter of fruit and a fifth of vegetables-all are thrown out uneaten.
三分之一的面包，四分之一的水果和五分之一的蔬菜，都是吃还没有吃就扔掉了。
The country accounts for about a fifth of the world's population, yet it gobbles up more than half of the world's pork, half of its cement, a third of its steel and over a quarter of its aluminum.
这个拥有世界五分之一人口的国家，却狼吞虎咽了世界上超过一半的猪肉、国内一半的水泥、三分之一的钢铁和超过四分之一的铝。
Together, China and the United States account for about one third of the world economy, one quarter of the world population and one fifth of the international trade.
中美两国经济总量占世界的三分之一，人口之和占世界的四分之一，贸易总额占世界的五分之一。
About a fifth of white children are classified as poor; the figure runs from a quarter among Caribbeans and Indians to more than half among Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.
大约五分之一的白人孩子被归入穷人的行列；在加勒比海人和印度人中这个指数是四分之一，而在巴基斯坦人和孟加拉人中则是大于二分之一。
Per capita consumption among rural Chinese is only one quarter or one fifth that of their urban Cousins.
在中国，农民的人均消费仅为城市居民的五分之一到四分之一。
The number of foreign-born workers shrank by almost a fifth in the year to the third quarter, and many of those who lost their jobs left Ireland.
截止到第三季度爱尔兰境内的外籍工人数量减少了近五分之一，并且他们中很多失业后离开爱尔兰。
The economy shrank by a seventh in 2009, pay fell by a quarter and nearly a fifth of the workforce became jobless.
然而国家的经济在2009年还是下降了七分之一，居民的收入下降了四分之一，劳动力市场有近五分之一的人失业。
Just over a quarter of all industrially emitted carbon moves about in this way, up from a fifth in 1990.
超过四分之一的工业碳排放以这种形式流动，超过1990年的五分之一。
Global smartphone sales grew 56.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year, and now account for nearly one-fifth of the broader mobile phone market, according to research firm IDC.
根据研究公司IDC的数据，全球智能手机销售在今年第一季度增长56.7%，如今占整个移动手机市场近五分之一。
Nearly one quarter of all children die before they reach their fifth birthday.
几乎四分之一的儿童活不到五岁。
The proportion of the world's young people who go on to university climbed from below one-fifth to above a quarter from 2000 to 2007 alone.
世界年轻人进入大学的比率由2000年的不到五分之一攀升至2007年的四分之一以上。
New foreclosures were 17.7% lower in the first quarter than they had been at the end of 2010, and household delinquency improved for a fifth consecutive quarter.
与2010年底相比，第一季度新的止赎房屋少了17.7%，住户还款滞纳率则连续五个季度得到改善。
China's insurance market, though still less than a fifth the size of America's, was the fastest-growing big market last year, with total premiums surging by more than a quarter in real terms.
中国保险市场虽然仍不及美国的五分之一，但它是去年增长最快的大市场，保费实际总额增长超过四分之一。
Of more than 3, 000 respondents a fifth were smokers and a quarter lived with at least one person who smoked.
在超过3000名调查人员中，五分之一是抽烟者，四分之一的人至少和一名抽烟者住在一起。
Almost a quarter of Brits name their partner as their best friend while a fifth name their mum and 14 per their brother or sister.
近四分之一的英国人会把他们的父母归为最好的朋友，五分之一只把妈妈当作好友，而百分之十四的人会把兄弟姐妹囊括在内。
The People’s Bank of China raised interest rates for the fifth time in eight months, increasing both the one-year lending and deposit rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
中国人行8个月内第五次提高了利率，将一年期的存贷款利率提高了零点二五个百分点。
Corporate profits are already on the verge of falling for a fifth straight quarter, according to Thomson Financial.
根据汤姆森金融公司的报告，公司利润已经处在连续五个季度下滑的边缘。
America's economy grew in the third quarter of 2010, the fifth consecutive quarter of expansion.
2010年第三季度的美国经济增长，在继前四次之后出现第五次季度性的连续扩大。
GDP shrank by 7% in the year to the first quarter. Industrial production has fallen by over a fifth.
GDP今年首季下降了7%，而工业生产则减少了超过五分之一。
Taylor reunited with producers Max Martin and Johan Shellback for her fifth studio album, which is reportedly due out in 'the fourth quarter' of this year.
泰勒与制片人麦克斯跟约翰一起准备第五张专辑的录制，据说会在今年“第四季度”实现。
A quarter of respondents admitted to wasting their cash on alcohol, and almost a fifth admitted to throwing money away on credit card interest.
四分之一的受访者承认把钱浪费在饮酒上，约五分之一承认花费在信用卡利息上。
China's capital stock per worker is just a quarter of South Korea's and a fifth of America's.
中国劳动者的人均股本仅仅是韩国的四分之一、美国的五分之一。
China's capital stock per worker is just a quarter of South Korea's and a fifth of America's.
中国劳动者的人均股本仅仅是韩国的四分之一、美国的五分之一。
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