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巴西的GDP较上年同期同比增长9%。 Brazil's GDP grew by 9% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier. | ||
房地产开发的衰退拖累了增长，跟上年如出一辙。 The decline in homebuilding dragged down growth, much as it has done for the past year. | ||
上年享受了难忘的克鲁斯堡首秀的球员。 B player who enjoyed a memorable crucible debut last year. | ||
他上年方才结业，现在恰是事业的开始走阶段。 He was graduated last year and now is on the threshold of his career. | ||
今年第四季，这部分公司得到的钱比上年同期减少了39%。 That group received 39 percent less money in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. | ||
中东北非地区的增长率在2004年从上年的5.5%放缓至5.1%。 MENA 'growth slowed to 5.1 percent in 2004, down from 5.5 percent the year before. | ||
第三产业增加值达到12．05万亿元，比上年增长9．5％，2003年以来增幅首次超过第二产业。 The value-added of tertiary industry rose 9.5% to 12.05 trillion yuan in 2008, the first time since 2003 that it grew faster than secondary industry. | ||
湛江、钦州、北海等港，来自大西南的进出口物资也比上年增加五成以上。 At ports such as Zhanjiang, Qinzhou, and Beihai, etc. import and export goods and materials from the great southwest also grew by more than 50% over the previous year. | ||
其签约奖金为上年“产出”的160%，3至5年后还有类似比例的绩效奖金。 Its upfront offer is 160 per cent of the previous year's production, with a similar production-based payment three to five years later. | ||
今年2月份，中国平均房价较上年同期下跌了1.2%，而美国房价的降幅要大得多。 In February, average housing prices in China were down 1.2% from a year earlier. | ||
