1·The introduction of new screen formats was put off for a quarter century, and color, though utilized over the next two decades for special productions, also did not become a norm until the 1950s.
新屏幕格式的引入被推迟了四分之一个世纪，而颜色尽管在接下来的二十年里被用于特制产品，它也是直到二十世纪五十年代才成为一种常态。
2·I have spent almost a quarter century photographing philosophers.
我为哲学家拍照已经有几乎四分之一个世纪之久。
3·For over a quarter century in Hollywood, Tim Burton has made weirdness good box office.
在好莱坞过去的25年里， 蒂姆伯顿的怪诞电影获得了十分不错的票房。
4·Then began a quarter century of the most rapid growth that these countries had ever experienced.
此后，这些国家就开始了从未经历过的、长达四分之一世纪的最迅猛发展。
5·The unemployment rate rose sharply to 8.1 percent in February, the highest in a quarter century.
根据劳工部的报告，2月份，美国的失业率大幅攀升到8.1%，达到过去四分之一个世纪以来的最高水平。
6·I certainly had no plan to spend the next quarter century pursuing philosophers around the globe.
我确实没有计划用接下来25年的时间在全世界追逐那些哲学家们。
7·Last month the unemployment rate climbed above 10% for the first time in more than a quarter century.
在近25年中，上月，失业率首次超过10%。
8·I've been on two real dates in my life, both of them in my freshman year of college, nearly a quarter century ago.
在我的生活中有过两次真实的约会，两次都是在我的大学一年级，那是差不多25年以前。
9·The great bull market of the past quarter century is commemorated by millions of empty houses without anyone to buy them.
以往四分之一世纪所承载的隆隆牛市亦因建起了数百万空宅却难觅买家而为人所纪念。
10·But for a quarter century I have worked and rebuilt and beautified the church without asking a centime from the diocese.
但过去的四分之一个世纪里我工作着，重建并美化教堂而没有跟主教区要一文钱。