英语释义

• the last fourth of the moon's period of revolution around the Earth

片语

last quarter moon半月；下弦月

over the last quarter在过去的四分之一

last quarter old moon下弦月

The Last Quarter相川七瀬

In The Last Quarter在上个季度

the last-quarter moon slid down残月西沉

And Last Quarter上个季度

In Last Calendar Quarter在去年日历季度

Last quarter of the month下弦之月

英汉例句

• for the best crab viewing, australian officials advise tourists (pictured, a christmas island visitor in an undated photo) to arrive during the last quarter of the moon in either november or december.

  每年十一月或十二月的下弦月是最佳的观蟹时机，澳大利亚官方建议游客们选择这个时间前来圣诞岛观光。

• european union statistics released friday showed german gdp fell more than any quarter since the country「s 1990 reunification, falling 3.8 percent from the last quarter of 2008.

  欧盟在周五公布统计报告，德国国内生产总值本年度首个季度的下跌，是自1990年东西德统一以来最严重的一次，比2008年最后一个季度下降了3.8个百分点。

• during the last quarter same-store sales declined, but less sharply.

  虽然上季同店销售仍然在下降，但是趋势已经放缓了许多。

• the product development landscape has changed appreciably in the last quarter century, largely because of technology improvements, and especially because of advances in microelectronics and software.

  产品开发的方式已经在最后的四分之一世纪略微发生了变化，这多半是由于技术的改进，尤其是由于在微电子电路和软件方面的发展。

• the crabs breed on a strict timetable: unwaveringly, females spawn before sunrise during the last quarter of the moon, according to the christmas island national park website.

  圣诞岛国家公园网站介绍说，红蟹的繁殖遵循严格的时间表：雌蟹只有在下弦月时的日出之前才会产卵。

• it has instead become a game-changing hit -- selling over 5 million units and owning, as of the last quarter of 2010, over 72 percent of the country」s rapidly expanding smartphone market.

  然而，它却取得了一场改变令整个行业面貌为之一换的巨大成功----销量超过5百万台，到2010年最后一个季度为止，占据了该国急速增长的智能手机市场超过72%的份额。

• americans「 evaluation of their own well-being fell quite sharply between the last quarter of 2008 (with the first drop coming soon after lehman brothers collapsed) and the beginning of 2009.

  诚然，紧随雷曼兄弟的倒掉，美国民众的幸福指数在2008最后一季度跳水，跌势持续到2009年初；

• after the full moon and between the last quarter moon, the moon will be in its waning gibbous phase.

  驼背； 圆形隆起物）”。满月以后与满月与下弦月之间，月亮将处在其渐亏的阶段。

• a new gallup poll finds that president obama」s approval rating averaged 44.7% for the last quarter - a new low since taking office.

  美国盖洛普最新民意调查显示，美国民众对总统奥巴马最近一季施政满意度仅为44.7%，创下他上任以来的新低。

• after collapsing during the recession, investment in business equipment has bounced back, rising 17% in the last quarter of 2010 from the figure a year earlier.

  商业设备方面的投资在衰退中近于崩溃，现在已经反弹了，在2010年的最后一个季度同期增长17%。

• and in the last quarter of 2008, japanese gdp contracted at an annual rate of 12.7%!

  而在2008年的最后一个季度，日本的gdp年率收缩了12.7%。

• china「s output has topped japan」s before, in the last quarter of the year, when the chinese economy tends to run hotter for seasonal reasons.

  中国过去曾有第四季度经济产出超过日本的情况，因为在一年的最后一季度，中国经济会出于季节性的原因而更加活跃。

• reports yesterday showed the nation's current-account deficit narrowed last quarter to the least since 2002, and retail sales and building approvals rebounded in july.

  昨天的报道显示国家上季的经常帐赤字缩小，是2002年以来最小的数字。七月的零售额与建筑许可也双双反弹。

• and the government says the economy contracted in the last quarter of 2007 but grew in the first and second quarters -- and forecasters say it appears to be growing in the soon-to-end third quarter.

  另外，政府也表示，继2007年最后一个季度经济出现萎缩后，今年第一、二季度已经回升，并且专家也预计即将结束的第三季度经济同样有望实现增长。

• the subsequent crisis vindicated him, but britain’s relapse into negative growth in the last quarter has brought new demands for tax cuts, or, from the left, slower spending cuts.

  随后的金融危机证实了他的英明所在。但是英国经济在去年最后一个季度再次陷入负增长，减税之诉求卷土重来，左翼则号召缩减开支。

• 「santa claus governs our entire economy for the last quarter of the year and without him businesses would go broke,」 said co-author allan lazar.

  作者阿兰拉撒尔说：「圣诞老人在每年的最后一季度都是经济增长的最大动力，没有圣诞老人，很多企业会破产。」