The army would try to hold the western desert with a bare minimum of forces.

军队将尽量用最少的兵力控制西部沙漠。

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At the other extreme are "competitors", almost all of whose resources are invested in building a huge body, with a bare minimum allocated to reproduction.

另一个极端是“竞争者”，他们几乎把所有的资源都投入到建立一个庞大的身体上，而只把最少的资源分配到繁殖上。

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The lamp itself uses a bare minimum of materials.

灯本身则使用了刚够用的最少的材料。

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"To be able to negotiate with the other side, at a bare minimum the other side has to have an incentive to talk to you.

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Looking back, Ms. Romine wishes she had taken only "a bare minimum" of student loans.

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"Ideally it'll generate a profit, but breaking even is a bare minimum, " he said.

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The plant reduced the number of expatriates to a bare minimum on more than one occasion.

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