He certainly wasn't going to bid $18 billion for this company.

The organization now has around 18,000 members who receive a quarterly newsletter.

该组织现有大约18,000名成员，他们会收到一份内部通讯季刊。

Another minister clung on with a majority of only 18.

另一位部长仅以18票的微弱优势保住了职位。

Our personal space extends about 12 to 18 inches around us.

我们的个人空间是周围12到18英寸的范围。

That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons.

那项研究调查了18名外科医生的工作表现。

Among those 18 and over, 510,000 benefit claimants were not unemployed.

18岁及以上人群当中，有51万救济金申领者并非是失业者。

Since 1951, 18,000 people have been evacuated from the area.

自1951年以来，已有18,000人撤离了该地区。

There are 18 runners in the top race of the day.

在当天最高级别的赛马中有18匹马参加。

He blew £533,000 in an 18-month orgy of spending.

他在18个月的奢靡生活中挥霍了533,000英镑。

They aim to cut production lead times to under 18 months.

他们力求把开发周期缩至18个月以下。

He was jailed for 18 months and ordered to pay £550 costs.

他被监禁了18个月，还责令他支付550英镑的诉讼费。

Only 18 percent of those surveyed opposed the idea.

被调查者中只有18%的人反对该主张。

The money will be put in trust until she is 18.

钱会交付他人托管，直到她年满18岁。

She was scarcely 18 when she made her debut.

首次出镜时，她刚满18岁。

When I left school at 16, I couldn't read or write.

我16岁退学的时候既不识字也不会写字。

We saw in Chapter 16 how annual cash budgets are produced.

在第16章我们了解了年度现金预算是怎样制订的。

By 1922 the public schools had an enrolment of nearly 16,000 students.

到1922年，公学的注册学生数接近16,000。

I don't eat much, yet I am a size 16.

我吃得并不多，但是却穿16码的衣服。

I see your handicap is down from 16 to 12.

我发现你的差点已从16杆降到了12杆。

Eye-witnesses claimed Mr Melton whipped the horse up to 16 times.

目击证人称梅尔顿先生抽打了这匹马16鞭之多。

It is 24 ins wide and 16 ins high.

它有24英寸宽，16英寸高。