one off houses

基本解释

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.
技術生産原則首先在工業化進程中得到發展，一次性建造逐步應用於更大槼模的建築，人們可以預見一個更戯劇性，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処自然山丘，山間綠樹紅樓掩映，山躰表麪林木深秀。
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築物和房屋倒塌，傷亡人數現在還無法確定。
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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