one off houses

基本解釋

Techniques and principles developed first for industry and one-off houses were slowly applied at a larger scale, achieving even greater drama and hinting at the shape of things to come.
技術(shù)生產(chǎn)原則首先在工業(yè)化進程中得到發(fā)展，一次性建造逐步應(yīng)用于更大規(guī)模的建筑，人們可以預(yù)見一個更戲劇性，更美好的未來。
The Nine Peaks in Songjiang are the only natural hills in Shanghai. Green trees amid the hills and red-roofed houses set off one another, with dense forests covering in the surface of the hills.
松江九峰是上海唯一一處自然山丘，山間綠樹紅樓掩映，山體表面林木深秀。
Sichuan provincial officials said more than one third of the buildings and houses in Wenchuan were leveled off. The casualties there remain unknown.
四川省委官員說，汶川有三分之一以上的建筑物和房屋倒塌，傷亡人數(shù)現(xiàn)在還無法確定。
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Both issues are likely to matter more as broking houses continue to shift from selling stocks and bonds, which produce only one-off transaction fees, to selling packaged financial products.
ECONOMIST: Wall Street