"They're a small group and their purpose is to show their own strength against the general society which they feel is a mockery of Jewish identity or a mockery of what a Jewish society should be.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The polis, as Aristotle as well as Plato clearly understand, is a small society, what could be called today a closed society.

如亚里士多德及柏拉图清楚明白,是一个小型的社会，即今日所称的封闭社会。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Will the best regime be a small closed society ? that through generations has made a supreme sacrifice towards self-perfection? Think of that.

最优的政体会是一个小型封闭的社会吗,经过多代之后，已壮烈地牺牲于自我完善之中,想想这个问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

So we thought this was the time to actually convene policy makers together with civil society with small communities of people living with HIV, to get together under one roof and start talking what's next.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Another thing that you need to understand about these farms, if you're going to grasp their significance for the society that will come, is that they are small, really small.

关于这些农场,另一点要搞清楚的是,如果你要理解它们,所带来的社会意义,那是很细微和缓慢的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"This past year, I was a visiting scholar for the Phi Beta Kappa Society and went to small liberal arts colleges in the United States, and not only gave public lectures about science, but also research lectures, and then also spoke with women about the importance of bringing their intellectual force, which is formidable, to the scientific arena in the future."

VOA: standard.2010.03.29