City dwellers have a higher death rate than country people do.
城市居民的死亡率高于农村里的人。
He is sure to pass the exam if he studies at this rate.
他保持現在這種速度溫習的話,考試合格絕對沒問題。
The unemployment rate went up to 5% because of the recession.
經濟不景氣失業率上升到了5%。
I've heard that if you default on the water rates your water supply will be suspended, is that true?
聽說不交水費就會被停水,是真的嗎?
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.
The Chinese government has spent a lot of money on research into successful panda breeding in order to increase their birth rate.
为了提高出生率,中国政府花了很多钱在大熊猫成功繁殖的研究上。
Interest rates and inflation were high.
利率和通货膨胀很高。
Canada's crime rate is decreasing.
加拿大的犯罪率下降了。
This medicine will increase the survival rate of the patients.
这个药品会提高病人的存活率。
Previously, Mr Johnson also proposed banning the consumption of alcohol on public transport in the capital, which is believed to have reduced the crime rate on trains and buses.