Moreover, I estimate that more than half of the some 999,000 ethnic Chinese who fall into the age group of 30 to 54 years old, and who represent some 32.2% of Singapore's population, cannot read or write in the Chinese language.

再说,在华族社群中,约有999000人的年龄介于30岁到54岁之间,他们占了新加坡全国总人口的32.2%,而据我的推测,超过半数的人不会阅读华文,也不会书写汉字。

属类：社会文化-新闻报道-

For hospitals, the drug income amounted to more than half of the gross income, and in a few medium-and small-sized hospitals it ran as high as 70--80%.

在医院收入中,药费收入比重占医院毛收入的一半以上,少数中小医院高达70%一80%。

属类：口语表达-演讲-

More than half the workers and staff members in this mill are women.

这个工厂过半数的职工是妇女。

属类：简明汉英词典--

This alarming picture emerges from a two-year programme to map more than half of the world's remaining forests.

这个令人警觉的画面来至于一个为期两年的计划。

属类：社会文化-新闻报道-BBC新闻

The follow-up stories in the leading newspaper say that more than half of the returned students are working at senior professional posts as a new generation of pace-setters in scientific research.

这家大报的追踪报道说,有一半以上的归国留学生正在从事本专业高层次的科研工作,成了新一代的学科带头人

属类：综合句库--

More than half a century has elapsed since the performance of three kinds of triangulations all over Japan

自从在全日本进行这三种三角测量以来,已过了半个多世纪。

属类：综合句库--

A latest follow-up survey shows that more than half of the newly weds prefer to have their own homes to enjoy privacy to the full

最新的一项调查显示,一半以上的新婚夫妇希望能有自己的家,以便充分享受小天地的欢乐

属类：综合句库--

1: ALL-WHITE neighbourhoods are effectively extinct, according to "The End of the Segregated Century", a recent report by the Manhattan Institute, a New York think-tank. 2: Only 0.5% of America’s 70,000 neighbourhoods are now all-white. 3: In fact, American cities are today more integrated than they have been since 1910. 4: And since 1960 the proportion of black Americans living in “ghetto neighbourhoods” (more than 80% black) has dropped from nearly half to about 20%.

1: 纽约智库曼哈顿研究所（Manhattan Institute）在其名为《隔离世纪的终结》的最新报告中写道：“美国几乎已经没有‘纯’白人社区了。” 2:现在，美国70000个社区中，只有0.5%的社区仅有白人居民。3:与1910年相比，现在的美国城市要更加融合。4:自1960年至今，美国居住在“黑人社区（即80%以上都是黑人）”的黑人比例从将近50%下降到20%。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-梦想愈来愈近

1:Mr Romney has won over half of the delegates awarded so far.2:That pace, if sustained, will be more than enough to secure him the nomination outright, although probably not before the final primaries in May and June.3:His rivals, by contrast, would need to improve their showing dramatically, winning the lion’s share of the remaining delegates simply to deny Mr Romney outright victory.4:And they would have to do that in unfavourable states like Maryland, New York and California.

1:目前罗姆尼赢得了一半多的代表支持。2:如果这一良好态势得到保持，罗姆尼完全可以不费吹灰之力地赢得提名资格，至少在五六月的最后初选之前都没问题。3:相反，他的对手们要想获得余下的大部分代表支持来抹杀罗姆尼的的绝对优势的话，就必须好好练练怎么做秀。4:他们得在马里兰，纽约和加利福尼亚这类十分难缠的选区花功夫。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-共和党参选

1:Meanwhile, adults who sheltered with friends or family during the recession are striking out on their own.2:A Goldman Sachs analysis reckons that growth in new households has been some 50% short of trend since the recession began, with over half of the shortfall coming from those aged 18-34.3:Goldman reckons the worst is over, and that the young should soon add to new housing demand.

1:与此同时，在大萧条时期和家人或朋友一起住的人也开始搬出去自己住。2:高盛投资的一位分析师称，在大萧条时期开始后新家庭的增长速度下降了有一半，这50%中有超过一半是18-34岁之间的年轻人造成的。3:高盛称低潮已经过去，那些年轻人马上就有购买新房的需求了。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-房屋市场春寒料峭

1:Plenty could go wrong with this scenario.2:Oil prices could spike again; banks, worried about Europe, could tighten their lending standards, as they already have done for some business loans.3:And at the end of 2012 an even bigger threat looms: taxes will automatically rise and spending shrink unless Congress votes to override existing legislation.4:The CBO reckons that would slice the deficit in half, but at the cost of pummeling the economy.5:For private deleveraging to proceed, public deleveraging may have to wait.

1:在这种情况下，大量的事物将不会按照正常的轨道运行。2:油价可能再次飙升；银行尤其在欧洲可能会收紧贷款标准，就像他们曾经对待一些商业贷款时做的那样。3:到2012年末一个更大的威胁甚至会出现：除非国会推翻现存的立法，否则税金将会自动的增长并且消费将会缩水。4:国会预算局认为那将会使赤字减半，但要以刺激经济为代价。5:为了个人的资金杠杆得以运行，公共的资金杠杆必须的拖后。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-酒醉以酒解 A Hair of The Dog

Evidence from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation suggests that many employers do indeed want these laws. This group says that somewhere between a quarter to a half of companies in the state planning to relocate insist upon going to RTW states.

来自印第安纳经济发展公司的证据表明很多雇主确实需要这样的法律。该公司说，在印州1/4到1/2计划搬迁的公司中，某公司坚持要将其公司所在地搬到通过了RTW的州中。

属类：时事政治-经济学人双语版-印第安纳州毅然通过工作权利法案

"More than half my direct reports are non-Taiwanese, " he says. E-mail and documents have been in English "from day one, " says Chou.

“我有超过一半的直接报告是非中文的，”他说，“从第一天开始”电子邮件和材料都是英文的。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

A Vitality Show report found that more than half of women regularly feel exhausted, and 60 per cent of over-30s feel 'shattered'.

《活力秀》报告发现过半数的女人常感觉疲倦，而30岁以上的女性有60%感到“极度的累”。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

More than half a century on, another man who is 5ft 5in tall is similarly doing his damnedest to conceal the shortness of his stature.

半个多世纪之后，另一个5尺5寸高的人也在为填补其身材缺憾而绞尽脑汁。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

More than half of the world's mammal species for which trends are known are in decline, the report found.

报告还指出，在已知数量变化趋势的哺乳动物种类中，有一半以上都是在逐渐减少。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

By 2100, it is estimated that more than half of the 6, 910 languages spoken on earth will vanish.

报告预计到2100年，地球上所有6910种语言中将有超过一半会消失。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

More than half the population of the northern jungle is poor, compared with a national average of 36%.

北部丛林中穷人占一半以上，而全国的平均贫困水平是36%。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Soon we would be financing more than half the cost of demining worldwide.

不久我们会资助全世界一半以上的排雷费用。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

More than half a dozen soldiers have been killed while patrolling in the vehicles.

超过6个士兵在驾驶豺狼装甲车执行巡逻任务的时候被杀。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

More than half also said that online video helps them to spend more time studying by themselves.

超过半数的学生称在线视频帮助他们有更多的时间自主学习。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

More than half of parents, city dwellers and suburbanites alike, said their kids take home more school work than they did as children.

超过一半的城区和郊区家长都表示，他们的孩子现在带回家的作业比他们当年多多了。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Stressing that more than half of the average individual's ability to communicate is delivered via the Video tools drives home the point.

超过一半的普通个人的交流能力是通过视觉技巧来体现的，强调这一点是关键的。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

More than half of us have been infected with the HSV-1 virus, usually from well-meaning kisses from relatives or romantic partners.

超过一半的人会感染1型单纯疱疹病毒，通常都是通过亲吻传染。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Most studies show that yields under organic cultivation are little more than half what can be achieved elsewhere.

大多数研究表明，有机农业的收益超过一半是可以在其他地方实现的。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Around 90% of bets placed through exchanges and more than half of bets made online in Britain are through Betfair.

大概90%的赔率交易的赌注和英国线上一半以上的赌注都来自Betfair。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But what about people who are putting away more than half of every dollar they make?

但是大家对这些花掉大半他们挣来的每一元钱的人是怎么看的呢？

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

But in an increasingly multispeed Europe, it would rule out nominees from more than half the EU countries.

但是在一个日渐多速的欧洲，这项标准将超过一半的欧盟国家的候选人排除在外。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

While his brother declined to comment, Chinese media said that at the time he was offered a little more than half that sum for his share.

当他弟弟拒绝协商，中国媒体声称那时就已提出给他高于份额总数的一半多。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The US economy has begun to deflate for the first time in more than half a century as a slump in demand pushes energy and food costs lower.

当需求下滑推动能源和食品价格走低，美国经济已开始半个多世纪来的首度紧缩。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-