1、The number employed in construction reached 272, 000, around one-eighth of the workforce, in 2007.
2007年，愛爾蘭建筑業(yè)的雇傭人數達到了27.2萬（相當于1/8的國家勞動力），帶動了諸如地產公司，抵押貸款及銀行等相關行業(yè)就業(yè)率的上升，為愛爾蘭提供了1/5的就業(yè)崗位。

2、A person whose ancestry is one-eighth Black
一個有八分之一黑人血統(tǒng)的人

3、The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.
冰山運動的尊嚴在于只有八分之一露出水面。

4、The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.
冰山運動之雄偉壯觀，是因為他只有八分之一在水面上。

5、He just finished one-eighth part of the task.
他剛完成任務的八分之一。