After a few false starts he is now investing in greenhouse gas reduction projects across China.

After a number of false starts, she finally found a job she liked.

她起初失败了几次，之后终于找到了喜欢的工作。

The least experienced athletes had caused a great many false-starts through the day's proceedings.

那天的比赛中，经验最浅的运动员抢跑无数次。

Three-fourths of all the men sent there never came out alive.

送到那里去的人有 四分之三 再也不能生还了.

Of course, as it turned out, three-fourths of the people in the group were psychiatrists.

当然，结果是那群人中3/4是精神病学家。

What does three twelfths plus three fourths equal?

十二分之三加上四分之三等于 多少 ?

At seven weeks, an embryo is about three-fourths of an inch long and recognizably human.

在第7周的时候，胚胎有3/4英寸长，人形已清晰可辨。

Male members account for three fourths of the seats of the committee.

男士成员占了该委员会四分之三的席位.

A soft spleen can be palpated in about three fourths of the patients.

四分之三的患者可触及脾脏,其质地柔软.

Three-fourths meter is waltz time.

三/四拍是华尔兹曲的节拍.

The surface is in general level, and about three-fourths are under crop.

地面大致平坦, 并且大约有3∕4的地种着庄稼.

The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the world's surface.

海洋几乎占地球表面的四分之三.

Water forms almost three fourths of the human body.

人体约四分之三都是水.

About three fourths of the people in China are working in agriculture.

在中国有将近四分之三的人口从事农业.

If I ate two pieces, I ate two-fourths , namely one-second .

如果我吃了两块, 我就吃了 四分之二,亦即二分之一.

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.

我们假造自己的 四分之三,以便和别人相似.

The flowerbeds, always before so meticulously tended , needed weeding as well.

过去总是精心料理的花坛现在也亟待除草.

The area around the lake is covered with lawns and flowerbeds.

湖的四周,都是草坪和花圃.

Many gardeners grow curly parsley as a border for flowerbeds.

很多花园种植皱叶欧芹用来做花圃的边界.

Helping the unemployed meet house payments reduces foreclosures, addressing one the underlying causes of the crisis.

帮助失业者交上房贷,能减少房屋断供而被拍卖的情形, 从而解决造成这场危机的根本性原因之一.

If interest rates go up, won't foreclosures rise?

如果利率上调，抵押品赎回权取消的情况也会增多吗？