1·Their economy is still a fraction of ours.
他们的经济仍然是我们的一部分。
2·After five treatments, there has been dramatic improvement in my arm, and the pain is a fraction of what it was.
经过五次治疗后,我的手臂有了明显的改善,而且疼痛范围也是原来的一小部分。
3·When you spend $90 for a pair of Nike sneakers, only a fraction of it flows to China and even less to workers there.
当你花90美元买一双耐克运动鞋时,只有一小部分的钱流入中国,到劳动者手中的就更少了。
4·These days conservation is all about efficiency: getting the same—or better—results from just a fraction of the energy.
如今,节能的关键是效率:如何仅用一小部分能源就能达到同样或更好的效果。
5·Unless smokers are consistently located near more hospitable warm-water vents, chemosynthesis can account for only a fraction of the vent faunas.
除非烟囱始终位于更适宜的暖水喷口附近,否则化学合成只能占喷口动物群的一小部分。
6·If we could power such an elevator with solar energy, we could simply rise up into space for a fraction of the cost of a trip by rocket or shuttle.
如果我们能利用太阳能为这样的电梯提供动力,我们只需花费乘坐火箭或航天飞机旅行费用的一小部分就能进入太空。
7·Yet spending on ads carried over cell-phone networks last year amounted to just $1.5 billion worldwide, a fraction of the $424 billion global ad market.
然而,去年全球手机网络广告支出仅为15亿美元,仅占全球广告市场总额4240亿美元的一小部分。
8·While these buildings could be renovated at a fraction of the cost of rebuilding the Cathedral, planners are more likely to knock them down and rebuild.
虽然这些建筑的翻新成本仅为大教堂重建成本的一小部分,但规划者更有可能将其拆除并进行重建。
9·When researchers look really carefully at the DNA in Chromosomes though, they were amazed to find that only a fraction of it, maybe 20-30%, converts into meaningful genetic information.
当研究人员仔细观察染色体中的 DNA 时,他们很惊讶地发现,其中只有一小部分,大约是20%到30%,能转化成有意义的遗传信息。
10·A second-hand car costs a fraction of a new one.
二手车的花费只是新车的零头。
—— 《牛津词典》