by the end of last year

常見例句

Before the crisis, around half of mortgages were at variable interest rates; by the end of last year, the share had risen to 69%.
在危機(jī)發(fā)生之前，約有一半的觝押貸款按浮動(dòng)利率；到去年年底，這一比例已經(jīng)陞至69％。
Evergreen was selling solar panels made in Devens for $3.39 a watt at the end of 2008 and planned to cut its costs to $2 a watt by the end of last year — a target it met.
2008年年末常春公司在德文斯生産的太陽能電池板的銷售價(jià)格爲(wèi)3.39美元一瓦計(jì)劃在去年年初將成本砍到2美元一瓦特。預(yù)期目標(biāo)。
By the end of last year, Sweden’s public-debt ratio was 47% ofGDP, well below international norms.
去年底，瑞典的公債與其GDP的比率爲(wèi)47%，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)低於國際水平。

As for how long the recession will last, Bryson predicts that the economy could turn positive by the end of the year.

By the end of last year more than 76m smart meters had been installed worldwide.
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But by the end of last year, only 522, 000 loans had been permanently modified.
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By the end of last year, Apple's share of the smart phone market was 27%.
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