The three companies are roughly comparable in size, although Shell has a bigger workforce, with 104,000 employees at the end of last year, compared with 98,000 for BP and 81,000 for Exxon.
这三家公司的规模基本相当,尽管壳牌雇员多一些,在去年底达到10.4万名,相比之下,英国石油公司和埃克森美孚分别有劳工9.8万名和8.1万名。
At best, prices could remain flat while they catch up with rents. Before the bubble, the monthly costs to rent a home were roughly comparable with the monthly costs to carry a mortgage.
最好情况下,价格依然会持平,同时,会赶上租房价格。在住房泡沫之前,租房每月成本和抵押贷款购房成本相当。
But, in my experience, roughly comparable AMD and Intel processors and chip sets are equally compatible with common software like Office and Windows.
但凭我的经验来看,AMD和英特尔同类别的处理器及芯片组都同样兼容Office和Windows等常用软件。
Whereas Pakistani and Bangladeshi men have employment rates roughly comparable to black men, the women「s employment rate is around half that of other ethnic-minority women.
巴基斯坦、孟加拉国男性的就业率几乎和黑人一样,但女性的就业率差不多是其它少数民族的一半。
To criticize it for such failure is roughly comparable to criticizing a thermometer for not measuring wind velocity.
因为这样的失败对其开展批评,好比苛责温度计不测量风速。
The huge gap between the best and worst producers in roughly comparable farming areas shows the scope for improvements.
在大致可以比较的农业地区,最好和最差生产者之间巨大的差异表明了有改善的余地。 东欧和西欧适合种植小麦。
It」s roughly comparable to trying to draw air through a straw while someone else is doing likewise at the opposite end.
它大致相当于试图用吸管吸取空气,当其他人也在另一端如此。