one-quarter

Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate .

四分之一以上的成年人不具备完全的读写能力。

It is a very long and thin animal , being often a foot long , yet less than one-quarter of an inch in thickness .

这是一种身体很长却又非常纤细的动物，长度通常跟我们的脚长度相仿，但宽度却不会超过四分之一英寸。

Chinese annual savings are about one-quarter of world savings .

中国每年的储蓄约为世界储蓄的四分之一。

They use only one-quarter of the electricity to give off the same light .

莹光灯泡只需用四分之一的电力，就能发出同样的亮度。

The tragedy is that only one-quarter of these people are in treatment .

可悲的是，这些人中只有四分之一在接受治疗。

Nearly one-quarter ( 24 % ) complain of higher overall costs .

几乎四分之一（24%）的受访者抱怨更高的总成本。

Unemployment rose to one-quarter of the labour force in important countries , including the US .

失业人数增至包括美国在内的重要国家总人口的四分之一。

This figure may be almost one-quarter of the world 's giant pandas population .

这个数字也许是世界上大熊猫数量的四分之一。

Yields on 10-year government debt have actually fallen about one-quarter .

10年期美国国债的收益率居然还下降了大约四分之一。

As many as one-quarter of the elderly may have mild B12 deficiency .

在老年人中有四分之一的人有轻度的B12缺乏。

Scots were playing a leading role in ruling one-quarter of the world 's population .

那时的大英帝国统治着全世界四分之一的人口，而苏格兰人正积极参与这种统治。

One-quarter of humanity as well as the rest of the international community deserves better , she added .

全球四分之一的人口，以及国际社会的其他成员，理应得到更好的对待，她补充称。

China is fast becoming the behemoth of the global economy ; it already produces one-quarter of global production .

中国正在迅速成为全球经济中的庞然大物，其产量已占全球总产量的四分之一。

She says about one-quarter of the world 's poor live in Africa , according to the MPI .

她表示，按照MPI来看，世界上大约四分之一的贫困人口居住在非洲。

They estimate that the number of poor has doubled since 2013 to hit one-quarter of the population .

他们估计，自2013年以来穷人数量翻了一番，达到总人口的四分之一。

About one-quarter of our fruit , both fresh and frozen , is imported .

进口水果在国内水果（包括新鲜和冷冻水果）的份额中约占四分之一。

It says its total registered users hit 250m in September , up one-quarter in three months .

新浪微博表示，去年9月其注册用户总数已达2.5亿，在三个月内增加了四分之一。

One-quarter of roller coaster deaths are occupational fatalities involving workers .

其中，因过山车而死的职业工作人员占了1/4。

The six accountancy bodies alone have more than 330,000 members , one-quarter of them abroad .

仅6个会计机构就拥有超过33万名成员，其中四分之一在国外。

Of about 1 , 000 different nuclides now known , only about one-quarter are stable .

在目前已知的约1000种不同的核素中，大约只有四分一是稳定的。

Since 1966 , probably one-quarter of the world has listened to or watched the championship game .

1966年以后，每次世界杯赛，世界上都有大约四分之一的人收听或者收看过锦标赛。

By contrast , Nissan , its largest Japanese rival , makes one-quarter of its sales in China .

相比之下，它在日本最大的竞争对手日产（nissan）在华销量占其总销量的四分之一。

The computing time required for the split explicit integration scheme is only one-quarter of that for the corresponding explicit scheme .

从计算时间上看分裂显式积分方案所花费的计算时间仅是显式积分方案的四分之一左右。

In China , nearly 100,000 people died in traffic accidents every year , in which pedestrians accounted for about one-quarter .

在我国，每年约有十万人死于车祸，当中有四分之一是行人。

But , the United Nations reports one-quarter of a million cyclone survivors have still not received international assistance .

但是联合国报告说，依然有25万风灾幸存者没有得到国际援助。

For companies with both A and H shares , moreover , the Hong Kong lines are one-quarter cheaper .

此外，在内地和香港两地上市的公司，其H股股价相对便宜四分之一。

Industrial electricity costs fell by almost one-quarter on2008 , a far larger decline than in peer countries .

工业用电成本2008年下降了近四分之一，比同等国家都较大跌幅。

By 2031 , more than one-quarter of the population will be elderly , putting an impossible strain on the public health system .

到2031年，香港超过四分之一的人口将是老年人，将对公共医疗体系造成无法承受的压力。

How can people make a living in this arid area ? One-quarter of the country is reckoned as unproductive .

这片不毛之地上的人们怎么谋生呢？这个国家有四分之一被认为是不毛之地。

In one-quarter of infertility cases - roughly one in 70 women under the age of 44 - doctors cannot find a cause .

在四分之一的病例中，也就是70名44岁以下妇女中的一人，医生找不到病因。