The commanding officer led his army into enemy territory.
指揮官は軍を率いて敵地に入った。
A quarterly growth of 1.2% means an annual growth rate of 4.8%.
四半期１．２％の成長は年率４．９％の成長率を意味する。
Some people listen to music when writing, but others say it hampers their productivity.
音楽を聞きながら書き物をする人もいるが、音楽を聞きながらだと能率が下がるという人もいる。
The Japanese telephone system is highly efficient.
日本の電話網は非常に能率的にできている。
Secondly, the literacy rate in Europe of that time was low.
第二に、当時のヨーロッパの識字率が低かったことだ。
Everyone strives for efficiency but few seem to attain it.
誰もが能率を上げるよう努力するが、ほとんどの人がそうできないようだ。
In the OECD survey, northern European countries are keeping their high ranking in tax-rates.
ＯＥＣＤの調査で北欧諸国が税率において世界の上位をキープした。
While American methods are often successful, the Japanese educational system that produces the most literate people in the world surely has some lessons to teach the U.S.
The rate of increase in households is higher for apartment houses than for individual houses.
一戸建より共同住宅に住む世帯の増加率の方が高い。
It is well known that the city has a high crime rate.
その都市の犯罪率が高いことは有名です。
We have agreed on the rate of discount.
私たちは割引率について合意している。
Gradually the interest rate will increase.
利率は少しずつ上昇するだろう。
While the birth rate is intended to be decreased in developing countries, that of developed nations is selfishly planned to be increased, resulting in the difficulty of getting mutual consent.
I admire people who express their opinions frankly.
私は率直に意見を述べる人を尊敬します。
The income tax rate increases in proportion to the salary increase.
給与が増えるに比例して、所得税率もあがっていく。
He was rather careless to say the least.
控え目に言っても彼はちょっと軽率だった。
Could you share your honest opinion on this issue?
本件についての率直なご意見をお聞かせください。
The movie star ate crow many times because of all the thoughtless things she said.
その映画スターは軽率な発言が多く、何度もあとで謝る事になった。
This is true partly because non-Westerners have begun to take pride in their own cultures and partly because those areas of the world where forks are not used have some of the highest birth rates.
The English language is undoubtedly the easiest and at the same time the most efficient means of international communication.
英語は明らかに、最も簡単であると同時に最も効率の良い国際コミュニケーションの手段です。
Efficiency is the dominant idea in business.
商売では能率のよさということが最も重要な考えである。
He took the lead in fighting pollution.
彼は率先して公害と戦った。
He has a high batting average.
彼は打率が高い。
He liked the boy's frank way of speaking.
彼はその子の率直なものの言い方が好きだった。
You have to think of the example you're setting. You'll never be able to lead if you don't set an example worth following.
まずは自ら見本を示す。そういった率先垂範の気持ちがなければ誰も君には付いてこないよ。
Americans are all ears when people say something.
人が何かを率直に言うと、アメリカ人たちは、聞き耳を立てる。
In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.
