1·The moon is in its first quarter.
月亮正处于上弦。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.
果然，美国人口普查局刚刚公布的数据显示，2015 年第一季度至 2016 年第一季度，在线零售额增长了 15.2%。
3·Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.
工人每小时的产量在第1季度下降了1.3%。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 percent.
第一季度的股息增加了近4％。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016.
2016年第一季度零售额的3%。
6·Improvements in childhood nutrition in the first quarter of the twentieth century, for example, gave today's elderly people a better start in life than their predecessors.
例如，二十世纪开始的二十多年中儿童营养状况改善，使今天的老年人比他们的先辈有了更好的人生起点。
7·More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016.
在互联网向商业开放20多年后，人口普查局告诉我们，在2016年第一季度，实体店销售占零售额的92.3%。
8·It was 12.4 cents in the first quarter.
2009年第一季度是12.4美分。
9·Growth in the first quarter was a feeble 1.8%.
第一季度的增长是微弱的1.8%。
10·What is our gross profit for the first quarter?
我们第一季的毛利是多少？