The trouble is a quarter-century of unprecedented growth in girth.
问题是人们的腰围增长了25%，这是前所未有的。
The unemployment rate jumped to 8.1% in February, the highest in a quarter-century.
2月的失业率跃升至8.1%，为25年来之最。
The interview with the Obamas will air May 2 on one of Winfrey's final shows in a quarter-century run.
对奥巴马夫妇的采访将与五月二日播出，作为温弗瑞的脱口秀播出二十五年的最后节目之一。
[font=Times New Roman][color=#000000]In a quarter-century of predicting, we have had our share of hits and misses.
[color=#000000][font=宋体]在过去的四分之一个世纪的预测中，我们既有说中的，也有失误。
Nearly a quarter-century after a German boy tossed a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he's received an answer.
在一个德国男孩把一个瓶子装上自己的信息从船上扔到波罗的海的近四分之一个世纪后，他终于收到回信了。
As such, its future can and will be in jeopardy every time a disaster strikes, even when those occurrences are a quarter-century apart.
因此，每次有灾难发生核能产业的前景都将处在危险之中，即使这样的危险发生的概率很小。
Fearing future unrest, Congress banned the interstate transport of fight films, a law that remained in force for more than a quarter-century.
由于对未来可能的动乱怀有恐惧，议会禁止拳击影像在州与州之间进行传送。这项法令延续了达四分之一个世纪之久。
My hunch is that that is right, and that we're every bit as open-minded about racial minorities as Jamaicans already were a quarter-century ago.
我的直觉告诉我，那是对的，对待少数族裔方面我们会像牙买加25年前一样开明。
GestureTek, with offices in Silicon Valley and Ottawa, has spent a quarter-century trying to perfect its technology and has enjoyed some success.
位于硅谷和渥太华GestureTek公司，已经花了25年努力完善自己的手势控制技术，并已颇见成效。
He says the measures are needed to counter one of the worst crises since the 1930s and a recession that is already the longest in a quarter-century.
他说，必须采取措施打击最严重的危机之一，因为1930年的衰退，已经是最长的四分之一个世纪。
Sri Lanka is preparing for a major celebration following the battlefield defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, ending a quarter-century civil war.
斯里兰卡正准备举行结束长达四分之一世纪内战的盛大庆祝活动。此前泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织在战斗中被击败。
The original idea was that people should enjoy a bit of a rest after a life at work, but nobody imagined that the rest would stretch to almost a quarter-century.
最初的想法是人们在工作了一辈子之后应该享受一些休闲时光，但是没人想象的到这一些休闲时光几乎长达25年。
Lin, who tops Harvard in points (18.1 per game), rebounds (5.3), assists (4.5) and steals (2.7), has led the team to a 9-3 record, its best start in a quarter-century.
林是哈佛大学的得分王(平均每场18.1分)，篮板王(5.3个)，助攻王(4.5次)和抢断王(2.7次)，带领球队以9胜3负的纪录创下四分之一个世纪以来的最佳开局。
William Lindesay, a Briton who has spent nearly a quarter-century working on wall conservation, says he thinks camping at a World Heritage site is simply "unacceptable".
几乎用了25年时间研究城墙保护的英国人威廉·林赛说，他完全不能接受在世界遗产地露营这一行为。
It's now virtually certain that the unemployment rate will go above 7 percent, and quite possibly above 8 percent, making this the worst recession in a quarter-century.
现在可以肯定失业率会超过百分之七，也有可能会超过百分之八，成为二十五年来最糟糕的经济衰退。
Mild mannered and precise when he speaks, he is a far cry from the mix of Quakers, pacifists, drafts resisters and hippies who founded the organization a quarter-century ago.
他讲话时举止适度，措辞准确，同那些由辉格党人、和平主义者、草案抵制者以及嘻皮士所组成的大杂烩截然不同，这些人二十五年前创建了该组织。
The fact that a report showing the highest unemployment rate in more than a quarter-century was embraced optimistically testified to the stark fears over the economy in recent months.
事实上，一份报告显示失业率是25年来最高的，由完全恐惧转变为乐观超过了前几个月。
S. rate in a quarter-century, some college seniors have grown "so anxious" and are not looking for a job, said University of Wisconsin, Madison, career services director Leslie Kohlberg.
面对这样的形势，一些大学应届毕业生“非常焦虑”，甚至放弃了找工作。
Well, you could say that American bankers, empowered by a quarter-century of deregulatory zeal, led the world in finding sophisticated ways to enrich themselves by hiding risk and fooling investors.
好吧，你可以说美国的银行家们，四分之一个世纪内从放宽的金融政策中授权了热情，引领着世界寻找复杂的方法通过隐藏风险和愚弄投资者来为自己创造财富。
A century later the picture was completely different: by then, the world had an electric industry, and a quarter of its generating capacity was water powered.
一个世纪后，情况完全不同了：这时，世界上已经有了电力工业，其四分之一的发电量是水力驱动的。
Improvements in childhood nutrition in the first quarter of the twentieth century, for example, gave today's elderly people a better start in life than their predecessors.
例如，二十世纪开始的二十多年中儿童营养状况改善，使今天的老年人比他们的先辈有了更好的人生起点。
The introduction of new screen formats was put off for a quarter century, and color, though utilized over the next two decades for special productions, also did not become a norm until the 1950s.
新屏幕格式的引入被推迟了四分之一个世纪，而颜色尽管在接下来的二十年里被用于特制产品，它也是直到二十世纪五十年代才成为一种常态。
For a quarter of a century finance basked in a golden age.
过去四分之一世纪是金融业的金色光景。
But for a quarter century I have worked and rebuilt and beautified the church without asking a centime from the diocese.
但过去的四分之一个世纪里我工作着，重建并美化教堂而没有跟主教区要一文钱。
Then began a quarter century of the most rapid growth that these countries had ever experienced.
此后，这些国家就开始了从未经历过的、长达四分之一世纪的最迅猛发展。
I have spent almost a quarter century photographing philosophers.
我为哲学家拍照已经有几乎四分之一个世纪之久。
I have spent almost a quarter century photographing philosophers.
我为哲学家拍照已经有几乎四分之一个世纪之久。
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