1.
and for about a quarter of Singapore's children,
对大约四分之一的孩子来说，
2.
"About a quarter of a mile down the road."
“沿这条路下去大约四分之一英里。”
3.
We dab the brush to the canvas, transferring a faint quarter-inch diameter smudge to the canvas.
然后将画笔轻碰画布，将颜料点在上面，是大约四分之一直径的一点微弱的点。
4.
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。
5.
Dr. Suchat Chinoraso, a Buddhist abbot from Thailand, said about 25 percent of his fellow monks smoke.
来自泰国的寺院主持素察·奇诺拉索说，他所在寺院的僧侣中大约四分之一的人都有吸烟的恶习。
6.
He tours the world on long business trips and devotes about a quarter of his time each year to "evangelism" (preaching the superiority of Microsoft and Microsoft products).
他因生意长年奔波于世界各地，而且每年有大约四分之一的时间用在宣传微软公司及微软产品。
7.
About one fourth of the earth is dry land.
地球约四分之一是陆地。
8.
About three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered by water.
大约四分之三的地球表面被水覆盖。
9.
Stocks tumbled and the rouble lost nearly four per cent of its value.
股价大跌，卢布亦贬值约百分之四。
10.
That's about four times wider than an atom and more than 1,000 times narrower than a human hair.
一纳米大约有一个原子宽度的四倍，比人的一根头发宽度的千分之一还要细。
11.
Look at restaurants A large percentage fail, about a quarter in the first year
以餐馆为例，绝大多数餐馆最终经营失败，其中约有四分之一甚至在第一年就关门大吉。
12.
About three quarters of the students passed the final exam.
大约有四分之三的学生期终考试及格了。
13.
About 40 percent of all water transportation in the nation's interior is carried on the Great Lakes.
美国内陆的水道约有百分之四十取道五大湖。
14.
A day is about one thirtieth of a month.
一天大约是一个月的三十分之一。
15.
So far as I can judge, I suppose this to be a quarter of my father's revenue."
这笔款子，我估计，约占家父每年收入的四分之一。”
16.
Yes, Twenty-five gram is enough for a washing-machine per batch. The volume of it for hand washing is equal to1/4 of the ordinary ones.
可以。用洗衣机洗，每次用量大约为25克；手洗时用量为一般洗衣粉用量体积的四分之一。
17.
Holland has two-thirds the inhabitants of the state of New York, which is four times the size of Holland.
荷兰的居民是纽约州的三分之二，而纽约州却是荷兰的四倍大。
18.
In fact, in Britain now only about four or five per cent of people live in rural areas.
事实上，英国现在只有大约百分之四到百分之五的人口住在农村。