There has been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work.

失业人数急剧增长。

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The number of people who fail each year is now in single figures.

每年考试不及格的学生现在不足十人。

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The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade.

过去十年，农业从业人数已经下降。

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It will do that,he says, by reducing the cost of computers and increasing the number of people who search the Internet.

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I'll count up the number of people killed in every church that I go to visit to look at.

每次我去一个教堂里,我都会数当地记录的阵亡人数

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Given the number of people in the room there may be multiple winners, I accept that possibility.

教室里每个人都写个数字,确实有可能出现多个赢家

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Between 1995 and 2010, the number of people in the Netherlands with dual citizenship nearly tripled.

BBC: The equation of dual citizenship

Since 1993, he said, the number of people living in Old Montreal has grown from 100 to 6, 000.

BBC: A new look for Old Montreal

Christian group Scarborough Street Angels said it had doubled the number of people on duty.

BBC: Street patrols in Scarborough increase after death