" Terms: Cash on delivery, up to but not exceeding one-fourteenth of total profit, if any." Seems fair.

“条款：货到付款，如有获利，每人最高可得十四分之一。”听起来挺公平。

I'll allow you a further term, not exceeding five years.

我同意续期 但不能超过五年。

Secondly, that the eggs are remarkably small, not exceeding those of the skylark—a bird about one-fourth as large as the cuckoo.

其次，蛋非常小，不超过云雀的蛋——云雀的蛋大约是杜鹃的四分之一。

Even as far north as the Fresno, I counted 536 saplings and seedlings, growing promisingly upon a landslip not exceeding two acres in area.

即使远在弗雷斯诺北部，我数了数也有 536 棵树苗和幼苗，在面积不超过两英亩的土地滑坡上长势良好。

Elbert Hubbard said: " Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding that limit" .

埃尔伯特哈伯德说：“每个人每天至少有五分钟是该死的傻瓜。智慧在于不超过这个限制” 。

Even as far north as the Fresno, I counted 536 saplings and seedlings growing promisingly upon a piece of rough avalanche soil not exceeding two acres in area.

甚至远在弗雷斯诺北部，我数了数，在一块面积不超过两英亩的粗糙雪崩土壤上，有 536 棵树苗和幼苗长势良好。

This suggests a marginal propensity to consume not exceeding 6o to 70 per cent-a figure quite plausible for the boom, but surprisingly, and, in my judgment, improbably low for the slump.

这表明边际消费倾向不超过 6% 到 70%——这个数字在繁荣时期相当合理，但令人惊讶的是，而且根据我的判断，在萧条时期这个数字不太可能低。

Unhappily the measure struck a mortal blow at the principle of universal liability by excusing any person who found a substitute for himself or paid into the war office a sum, not exceeding three hundred dollars, to be fixed by general order.

不幸的是，这项措施对普遍责任原则造成了致命打击，因为任何人都可以找到自己的替代者或向战争办公室支付不超过三百美元的款项，由一般命令确定。