1·JAPAN's economy probably shrank by over 10% (at an annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2008.
2008年第四季度，日本经济大概收缩了10%以上(按年率计算)。
2·New, positive retail data this morning inspired Macroeconomic Advisers to push its forecast for fourth quarter growth up to a 3.1% annual rate.
最新消息，今早零售数据可观，宏观咨询师为之一振将第四季度平均增长率预期推高为3.1%。
3·The resulting rate of escalation would place the third attack approximately 2 months (66 days) after the second, with the fourth an estimated 52 days after that.
逐步上升的发生概率将大致得出第三次袭击会在第二次袭击的2个月（66天）后发生，而约52天后会发动第四次袭击。
4·Corporate America has been raking in massive profits – they flooded in at a record $1.68 trillion annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2010 – with unemployment near 9%.
在失业率接近9%的情况下，美国企业界已实现大量利润——2010年四季度的年化利润额达到创纪录的1.68万亿美元。
5·Growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 was over 6% at an annual rate (though unemployment is still 14%).
在2010年，第四季度增长超过了6%(虽然失业率仍然处于14%的高位)。
6·"Many were expecting a strong fourth quarter but not a doubling of rate levels in a matter of weeks," said Mr Gaylard.
“许多人当初确实预计第四季度会比较红火，但没有料到运费水平会在几周内翻倍，”盖拉德表示。
7·For sheer awfulness nothing can touch Ireland, where prices dropped by 10.8% in the fourth quarter and the rate of decline increased.
不过要论悲惨，谁都比不过爱尔兰，该国房价在第四季度下跌了10.8%，而且还在加速。
8·At the same time, unemployment will stay high, with the rate averaging 9.3 percent in the first quarter of this year and inching slightly lower to 9 percent in the fourth.
同时，失业率仍将居高不下，今年第一季度失业率平均将达到9.3%，到第四季度将稍稍回落到9%。
9·Their rate of fatal heart attacks was one-fourth the American incidence.
心脏病致死率仅占美国的四分之一。
10·It was the fourth consecutive month that the jobless rate has fallen. It is now the lowest since March, before Sars hit the city.
失业率已连续四个月下降，是本年三月沙士爆发以来最低水平。