A new study says that if you eat just a quarter pound of meat every day, it could give you a higher risk of dying from cancer and heart disease. 美国的一项最新研究表明,如果每天吃大约100克肉,就会更有可能死于癌症和心脏病这样的致命疾病。
The average American consumes anywhere from a quarter to a half pound of sugar a day. 普通的美国人平均每天消耗的糖分在四分之一磅到半磅(约合110克至220克)之间。
Its trade-weighted value has fallen by around a quarter since mid-2007, a bigger decline even than after the pound was turfed out of the European exchange-rate mechanism in1992. 英镑汇率跌去了近四分之一,该下跌幅度甚至比1992年英镑被踢出欧洲汇率机制时下跌幅度还要大。
A quarter of a pound of tea. And a tin of tobacco. 四分之一磅茶叶,一听烟丝。
What's the quarter of sixteen? I would like a quarter of a pound ( 1/ 4 1b) of tea please. 十六的四分之一是多少?我要买四分之一磅(四英两)的茶叶。