How the word made the leap from "someone who makes you want to cuddle" to "someone who makes you cringe" isn't really known but there are a few enticing clues.
这个词是如何从“一个让你想要拥抱的人”变成“一个让你畏缩的人”，我们不得而知，但其中有一些诱人的线索。
Few of us wish to turn the clock back, but perhaps we need to remind ourselves how useful the right obstacles can be.
很少有人希望时光倒流，但或许我们需要提醒自己，适当的障碍是多么有用。
The worst may be behind them now, but the shocking losses of the past few years have reshaped nearly every facet of their lives—how they live, work, and spend—even the way they think about the future.
最糟糕的情况可能已经过去，但过去几年令人震惊的损失几乎改变了他们生活的方方面面，包括他们的生活、工作和消费方式，甚至他们对未来的看法。
We really don't know a lot about how long a wood frog normally lives, probably just a few years but there is no evidence its longevity.
对于一只树蛙通常能活多久，我们确实知道得不多，可能只有几年，但没有证据表明它能长寿。
She never knew how she did it, but for the next few minutes, she worked, blindly obeying Laurie.
她不知道自己是怎么做到的，但在接下来的几分钟里，她盲目地跟着劳里行事。
Rival fund managers and some hedge fund due diligence firms said Friday they had wondered for years how he pulled it off, but few thought to sound alarms with regulators.
对赌基金经理和一些谨慎的对冲基金公司表示他们不明白，马多夫是如何能在那么多年里面蒙混过关的，但是很少有人觉得有必要给监管者敲响警钟。
Indeed, you've already seen some examples of how to do that, but we'll discuss a few more here.
实际上，您已经看到了这方面的一些例子，但是这里我们还要再讨论一些例子。
I'm sure it would have got a few people saying, oh, how interesting, they've broken out into North African music, but actually it just didn't sound convincing.
我敢肯定，会有一些人那么说的，哦，多有趣啊，他们突然就开始做北非音乐了，但是实际上，它听起来可不是那么一回事儿。
Others dispute the figures, but few deny that savings could be made. The question is how.
其他人对这些数字存在争议，但几乎没人否认这些开支是可以节省的，问题是如何节省。
I am aware there are more than a few, but if you were limited to discussing two, what would they be and how do we combat these erroneous thoughts?
我明白这种歪曲俯拾即是，但如果我们将探讨限定于其中两种的话会是什么。同时，我们应该如何对抗这些错误的观点。
Research in the past has emphasized materialism's role in influencing consumers, but few studies have looked at how it affects people's thoughts and actions toward buying.
过去的调查研究强调实利主义在影响消费者方面所扮演的角色，但很少有调查研究能够看到其在购买时对人们思想和行为的影响。
Few in eastern Europe object to that in principle. But many worry about how it will work in practice.
原则上，东欧无人对此予以反对，但许多人担心实际运作会如何。
Few believe that he acted alone, but identifying those who colluded, and how, is proving difficult.
很少有人相信他是单独操作诈骗的，但是要查明他的同党的身份，以及怎么查是一个很大的难题。
Sue Jutras explained to us how her husband grew his record pumpkin and a few smaller but still really big ones.
SueJutras向我们解释了他丈夫是怎样种植这种破纪录的南瓜和其它一些相对较小但实际上仍然很大的南瓜。
We are each becoming archivists of our lives, but few of us have training in how to manage an archive.
我们每个人都正在变成自己生活的档案保管员，然而却少有人在管理档案方面有什么训练。
Have you ever noticed how cities or towns build new parks, but after only a few years, they fall into disrepair?
你是否留意过城市和乡镇是怎样建设新公园的，但只是几年之后，它们便因为失修变得破烂了？
Few saw it coming, but if a lack of transparency was pervasive, how could they have?
很少人看到透明性的来临，但是一旦透明性的缺乏充斥各处，他们将怎样获得？
She favours free markets and a robust defence, but other than that she offers few specifics about how she would grapple with the big problems America actually faces.
她支持自由市场以及稳固的防御措施，但是除了这些，她几乎没有提出任何关于解决美国目前面临难题的具体措施。
Mothers learn how to raise their children by reading books after getting married, but more than a few become distressed when things don't go well.
母亲在结婚以后就开始看育儿书，学习养孩子的方法，但是仍有很多母亲因为带孩子不顺手而烦恼。
"We understand how much the fans have suffered through our not winning trophies for a few years, but we will make sure this changes," he said.
他说道：“我们非常理解球迷们因为球队近几年无法夺冠而忍受的一些痛苦，但是我们将会确保在下赛季改变这一状况。”
At this point, I'd normally show you how to use the DOM or at least give you a few code examples, but even that would be misleading.
现在，按照常规也许应该说明如何使用DOM，或者至少要给出一些示例代码，但这样做也可能误导您。
In this chapter, we're going to examine a few useful modules and the functions that they have. But first, we're going to see how to import modules.
在本章，我们看一下几个常用的模块，在开始浏览其中的函数之前，我们先得知道如何装载模块。
Most dieters are used to keeping track of what and how much they're eating -- this is good, but with a few tweaks it could be better.
大多数的节食者习惯于跟踪记录她们吃了什么，吃了多少，这很好，没什么纠结，也能做得很好。
Nokia yesterday refused to say how much it thinks the licences to use its technology should cost, but typical licence payments are a few dollars.
诺基亚昨天拒绝说明使用它的技术需要付多少牌照费，但典型的牌照费没有几个钱。
But until now, few groups have considered how neural devices might be hijacked to perform unintended actions.
但是到目前为止，几乎没有研究小组考虑过神经装置可能被劫持并执行意外任务的方式。
But then again, action completely stops in tennis every few second between points, so how something like Hawk-Eye would fit into soccer remains to be seen.
不过在网球比赛中，每个球之间会有几秒钟的停顿，所以类似鹰眼系统的技术能否适应足球比赛，仍有待考察。
Mr Walsh is not surprised by the correlation but says he is surprised by how few companies recognise it and miss out on a good financial strategy.
沃尔什对这种相关性并不感到意外，但他表示，令他意外的是，很少有公司意识到这点，并且在优秀的财务战略上忽视了该问题。
Perhaps the most insidious effect of the long hours and poor wages was how it tore families apart, separating mothers and fathers from their children for all but a few days a year.
也许长时间工作和低工资的最大隐患就是拆散家庭，把父母和孩子分隔两地，一年之中仅有几天能够相聚在一起。
Perhaps the most insidious effect of the long hours and poor wages was how it tore families apart, separating mothers and fathers from their children for all but a few days a year.
也许长时间工作和低工资的最大隐患就是拆散家庭，把父母和孩子分隔两地，一年之中仅有几天能够相聚在一起。
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