Elsewhere, boardroom bosses tightened their belts - but only slightly.
在其他地方，董事会老板们也收紧了裤带——但只是那么一丁点儿。
Economists' predictions are less rosy than at the start of the year, but only slightly.
经济学家们的预期并没有年初那么乐观，但也没差多少。
Here's a metaphorical but only slightly exaggerated version of my typical coaching process.
这是对我典型的辅导过程的一个隐喻，但是却仅仅少有夸张。
It's quieter, but only slightly: the wind drowns out the engines as it buffets the tail and wings.
这只是更加安静，但只是轻微些：风扑打着尾翼和机翼的声音吞没了引擎声。
Statistically, coal mining remains more dangerous than other kinds of mining, but only slightly.
数据上看，煤矿开采的危险性要高于其他类型开采，但差别微乎其微。
The rate at which companies can borrow over short periods is starting to fall, but only slightly.
公司间短期借贷利率已经开始下降，但幅度很小。
PE participation held steady between 1995 and 2003, after which it began to increase, but only slightly.
在1995年至2003年间，体育课参与人数维持稳定，2003年后也只有轻微的增加。
We are closest to African apes, but only slightly less distanced from monkeys, and slightly further from lemurs.
我们最接近非洲类人猿，与猿猴之间仅有少量差异，但与狐猴的差异也不过略多一点。
Throughout Asia companies have become more optimistic about hiring than they were a year ago, most dramatically in Singapore but only slightly in Japan.
亚洲所有的公司在招工上要比去年更显乐观，新加坡的公司最为乐观，而日本的公司表现的不太明显。
If your kid ends up as his or her parents did mentally and emotionally (basically neurotic), but only slightly farther ahead financially, was this all worth it?
如果你的孩子最终情绪上或精神上(基本上是神经性的)像他们的父母，但是经济上只有一点点超越，这是值得的吗？
But even then the difference was only between some positive signals and slightly more positive signals.
但即使在那时，唯一不同的是，这些积极的信号只是稍微变得更积极。
But in richer Chile and Brazil, urbanites account for only slightly more consumption than population.
但在较为富裕的智利和巴西，城市居民占的消费比重仅略大于总人口。
But the median American bank values its loans at only slightly below fair value, so the overall impact would be modest.
但美国中等银行所记贷款价值仅略低于公允价值，因此其整体影响将十分有限。
But if you widen your search slightly, you can find other products that offer the basics, only better, and have other useful features.
不过若是你稍稍扩大一下搜索范围，就能发现那些在更优的基本功能之外还具备其他使用功能的软件。
Box jellyfish can not only move more rapidly than other jellyfish due to their slightly different structure but are also significantly more beautiful as they are almost transparent.
盒装水母并不能像其他水母那样快速的移动，由于它们那略微不同的结构，但是也是因此他们具有更加引人注目的美丽- - -因为它们几乎是透明的！
The Kobe quake was only slightly bigger than the Northridge tremor but more disastrous.
神户地震的规模仅稍大于诺斯·里奇地震，造成的灾情却严重得多。
It's slightly less effective than a manual transmission, but remember you only need to use the stall recovery technique on really steep hills where traction is compromised.
这套办法在自动变速器上比在手动变速器上的效果略差，不过记住，只有在真正的陡坡上牺牲牵引力的情况下才需要使用这套熄火自救技术。
Foreclosure filings declined only slightly last year, but the counselling service saved over 4,000 homes from the auction block.
丧失抵押品赎回率去年仅仅稍稍下降，专家的意见挽救了4000多所房子免于破产。
For one thing, we're less dependent on oil: America has more than twice the real G.D.P. it had in 1979, but consumes only slightly more oil.
在一方面，我们对石油的倚赖有所减少：美国现在的GDP是1979年的两倍，但是石油消耗只多了一点点。
But the price per pound of American raw sugar has doubled in the past year and reached a peak of 40 cents per pound in February, retreating only slightly last month.
但是，美国每磅生糖的价格在过去的一年里翻了一番，并于今年二月达到每磅40美分的顶峰，而这一价格在上个月只微微有所下降。
But each strain is slightly different, and only the fastest growing one - determined by which tube turns the darkest green - will be chosen for further development.
但是每个品种略有差异，只有生长最快的那个——管子里颜色变得最绿——会被选择进一步开发。
Sarah Palin’s sentences were not only longer than those of Joe Biden, her supposedly verbose rival, but were slightly longer than Mr Obama’s.
萨拉·佩林的句子不仅比她的对手乔·拜登（此人是公认的啰嗦）更长，而且比奥巴马先生的句子也略长。
True, paper consumption in American offices peaked in 2001, but since then it has declined only slightly from its high of around 150 pounds (68kg) of paper per worker per year.
诚然，美国办公室纸消耗量2001年达到了顶峰，但是，其后每位工作人员一年150磅(68公斤)的高消耗仅仅些微地下降。
Group chat is slightly less common a need than IM, and is less useful for informal access in your daily workflows. But for certain use cases, only group chat will do.
对群组聊天的需求并不如即时消息那样普遍，在日常工作过程的非正式联系中也不那么有用，但在特定情况下，只有群聊才能发挥作用。
An attempt at viewing new ABC show Rookie Blue was only slightly more successful, as he was able to load a Toyota AD before the player froze up, but he wasn't able to actually load up the episode.
浏览abc公司的新剧《雏鹰展翅》时也仅仅是稍微好一点，因为在播放器死掉之前，成功的加载了一段丰田汽车的广告，但是仍然不能完全加载整个片段。
If you run out of similar concepts, jot down opposites, jot down things that are only slightly related, or jot down your grandpa's name, but try to keep moving and associating.
当近似的术语写尽了，写下相反的、相对的名字，写下略微相关的词语，甚至是写下你想到的祖父的名字，但是要尽量推进和联想。
If you run out of similar concepts, jot down opposites, jot down things that are only slightly related, or jot down your grandpa's name, but try to keep moving and associating.
当近似的术语写尽了，写下相反的、相对的名字，写下略微相关的词语，甚至是写下你想到的祖父的名字，但是要尽量推进和联想。
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