This period may be a month, a quarter of a year, a year, or any other specified period of time.

这个期间可以是一个月，一个季度，一年或任何其它具体规定的时间。

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All that 15.4 million working days were lost to work related stress last year, a jump of nearly a quarter.

去年那1540万个工作日由于工作相关的压力全损失了，减少了近四分之一。

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It produces nearly a quarter of the world's greenhouse gases each year and has stubbornly made it clear that it doesn't intend to do a whole lot about it.

它每年产生全球近四分之一的温室气体，并顽固地表明它不打算为此做什么。

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After a year of shrinking output, the U.S.economy grew last quarter at a 3.5 percent annual rate.

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That would be like a quarter of 1% to postpone your payment by another year; so time was really cheap.

也就是说只需要付1%的1/4就能,延迟一年还款,时间的价值很低

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When exports of automobiles crossed a quarter of a million in the first seven months of the year, India's auto industry had two reasons to cheer.

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For the past 19 years he has received more than a quarter of a million dollars a year.

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For the most part, these gentlemen and soon to be just one lady are paid a quarter of a million dollars a year to serve the shareholders well.

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There are only a few thousand such CF patients worldwide, but Wall Street is excited because the drug could cost a quarter of a million dollars a year per patient.

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