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By 1987, America's machine tool industry was on the ropes.
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截至1987年,美国的机械用具行业还处于困境。 |
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By 1987, America's machine tool industry (had been on the ropes).
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到1987年,美国的机床工业已经处于困境了。 |
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By 1989, 35 day old seedlings were mostly transplanted and faced with a shortage of farmhand during the busy transplanting season.
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直到1989年,大多采用35天龄苗插秧,遇到农忙季节人手短缺的问题。 |
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By 1990 E-mails were flying all over the world!
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到了1990电子邮件飞遍了全世界! |
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By 1990, formations were appearing that contained dozens of circles and were hundreds of meters long.
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到了1990年,甚至出现由数十个圆圈组成且长达数百公尺的图案。 |
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By 1996 he had decided to move into bottled water and did a deal with Danone to help expand.
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到1996年,他决定进军瓶装水市场,为了实现扩张,他与达能达成了一笔交易。 |
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By 1997 it had become a prosperous, service-oriented economy and a sophisticated, cosmopolitan society.
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1997以后,它变成一个繁荣的,为东方经济服务的,富有经验的,国际化大都市。 |
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By 1997, when sovereignty was transferred to China, its per-capita income was roughly equal to that of the departing colonial power, even though Britain had experienced sizable growth over the same period.
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到1997年香港回归中国时,香港的人均收入已同英国基本持平,尽管英国在同期也经历了高速的增长。 |
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By 1998, China's share of world GDP rose to 11.5%, and its economy was a little more than half the size of the U.S. economy.
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到1998年为止,中国的国内生产总值在全球国内生产总值中所占比例上升到11.5%,经济规模略高于美国经济规模的1/2。 |
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By 1999, nine-year compulsory education had been universal in China.
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到1999年,九年制义务教育在中国已经普及。 |
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By 2000 investment had fallen to $2.5 billion.
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到了2000年投资已经下降到25亿美元。 |