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In a study of UK companies between 1980 and 1994, they found a wage bonus of up to 13 per cent two years after the acquisition for employees in companies bought by US rivals .
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在一项对1980年至1994年之间英国公司的研究中，他们发现，公司被美国竞争对手收购两年后，雇员工资可提高多至13%。 |
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In a study of island lizards exposed to a new predator, the scientists found that natural selection dramatically changed direction over a very short time, within a single generation, favoring first longer and then shorter hind legs.
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一种岛屿蜥蜴出现了新的掠食者，科学家经过研究发现，一段短短的时间——仅仅一代，自然选择戏剧般有方向性地出现，使其由长肢改变到短肢。 |
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In a study of nearly 75,000 Europeans aged 60 and above, the diet based on plenty of fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, fish and olive oil was linked to a longer life expectancy.
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一份针对近七万五千名六十岁以上欧洲人的研究指出，这种基本上以丰富的水果、蔬菜、豆类、谷类、鱼与橄榄油为主的饮食，与较长的平均寿命相关联。 |
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In a study of over 10,000 work relationships at five very different organisations, Tiziana Casciaro and Miguel Sousa Lobo, academics at Harvard Business School and the Fuqua School of Business respectively, found that (given the choice) people consistentl
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传统的做法是包容这样的人如果他们确实有点能力——因为工作能力突出的独行侠可以通过培训改变而那些人际关系良好工作能力不强的合群佬却改变不了。 |
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In a study of what attracted mosquitoes to people, Butler said he work off a theory that they go for humans who provide the richest source of cholesterol and B vitamins, which the pesky insects need to live but do not produce themselves.
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在一项关于什么吸引蚊子叮人的研究中，布特勒说他得出这样一条结论：蚊子爱找那些能提供丰富胆固醇和b族维生素的人，因为这些讨厌的昆虫需要这些物质而自己却不能生成。 |
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In a study published in The Lancet medical journal earlier this week, researchers compared the genetic makeup of SARS virus samples taken from 14 people to examine how much the bug is mutating.
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在本周初，医学杂志柳叶刀发表的一项研究中，研究人员比较了取自14人的SARS病毒的遗传组成，以此检查此病毒是如何突变的。 |
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In a study published in the internal medicine journal, conducted among 2,512 elderly men and women living on their own in Memphis and Pittsburgh, those with limited health literacy were nearly twice as likely to die in a five-year period as were those wit
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在内科期刊发表的一项研究表明，孟菲斯及匹兹堡的2,512名中年独居男子及女子在五年的期限内，拥有有限健康知识的人的死亡率是拥有充足健康知识的人的两倍。 |
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In a study published in the journal Obesity Reviews, they calculated the average energy density of menus at McDonald's, KFC and Burger King, using nutritional data from the fast food chains' websites.
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《肥胖评论》杂志发表了他们的研究结果，他们通过快餐连锁网站上的营养数据计算了麦当劳、肯德基和汉堡王食品的平均能量密度。 |
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In a stunning upset, Tehran mayor Mahmood Ahmadinejad, a hard-line conservative who was not considered in the top tier of candidates before the election, squeaked into second place and the runoff vote.
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在选举前并没有被视为主要竞争者的强硬、保守的德黑兰市长马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德令人意外地击败对手，侥幸获得第二位，进入决选。 |
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In a subdued visitors' clubhouse after the game, the Yankees dressed in their travel attire for a trip to Chicago, hoping that a day of respite might wash away the ills of their most recent defeat.
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在球赛后那被制止访客的休息室中，洋基门正著装前往芝加哥之旅，希望一天的休息能够洗去他们大部分最近失败的痛楚。 |
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In a subgroup of 2,015 who had a cancer diagnosis at the start, a great sense of humor cut someone's chances of death by about 70% compared with adults with a poor sense of humor, Svebak says.
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据斯维白克介绍，对一个共有2015名癌症病人的小组的研究表明，幽默感较强的人死亡的几率比没什么幽默感的人低70%左右。 |
