I'm hardly a clotheshorse, but the few new items I buy once again trumped the amount of water flowing from my faucets each day.
我不是一个讲究穿衣的人，但我买的几件新衣服又一次超过了每天从水龙头流出的水量。
So Joshua and the Israelites destroyed them completely — almost to a man — but the few who were left reached their fortified cities.
约书亚和以色列人大大杀败他们，直到将他们灭尽，其中剩下的人都进了坚固的城。
Cerro DE Pasco has never been a beauty spot. But the few local landmarks, such as the main church, would disappear into the hole by 2014.
塞罗迪·帕斯科从来都不是一个美丽的地方，因为这里几乎没有什么当地的显著标志，例如到2014年，主要的教堂也将会消失。
This is not a major topic for the introductory software engineering course, but the few patterns I introduce are considered valuable.
这并不是一门介绍性质的软件工程学课程所要关注的主要课题，但是我所介绍的那几种模式相当有价值。
Personally, I'm using an -ac-based kernel with the EVMS patch; there weren't many rejects, but the few rejects and compilation problems that I did experience were a bit tricky to figure out and fix.
我亲自将evms补丁应用于基于-ac的内核；被拒的补丁不是很多，但我确实遇到了少数被拒的补丁和编译问题，理解和修正它们需要一定的技巧。
The commission is still mulling over most of the bank-restructuring plans that have been submitted to it since April, but the few decisions it has made suggest its mercies will be anything but tender.
委员会仍在对四月以来递交上来的大部分银行重组计划进行斟酌，但为数不多的决策已显示了其铁石心肠。
I know it sounds obvious but I've seen a few people suddenly find the camera's stopped working right in the middle of class.
我知道这听起来人尽皆知，但是我看到过一些人就在上课的时候才突然发现相机坏了。
Honey made from such nectar can cause the effects the texts describe, but only if eaten fresh since the honey loses its toxicity within a few weeks of being made.
用这种花蜜制成的蜂蜜会产生书上所描述的效果，但只有在新鲜食用的情况下才会如此，因为蜂蜜在制作几周内就会失去毒性。
Oxen were not used at all but donkeys were used by a few households in the northern part of the district.
"这个地区的人们完全不会使用牛，但北部的一些住户会使用驴。
Most states permit either a civil or religious ceremony, but a few require the ceremony to be religious.
大多数州允许习俗规定的或宗教仪式，但少数州要求仪式是宗教的。
The Lapita left precious few clues about themselves, but Efate expands the volume of data available to researchers dramatically.
拉皮塔人几乎没有留下任何关于他们自己的宝贵线索，但艾菲特岛极大地增加了可供研究人员使用的数据。
After days, many of the cells had died, but a few continued to grow and divide.
几天后，许多细胞已经死亡，但少数细胞继续生长和分裂。
Many people enjoy eating fried eel, but few stop to think about the life of this unique fish.
很多人喜欢吃炸鳗鱼，但很少有人会停下来想想这种独特鱼类的生活习性。
But because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills.
但是因为很少有人能想出如何处理塑料，大部分塑料最终被掩埋在垃圾填埋场。
The first horse often goes hell for leather, hits a few fences but gets away with it.
第一匹马往往跑得飞快，会撞落几根横杆，但一般不会被罚分。
The parking areas in the town are few, but strategically placed.
城内停车场虽少，但都设在关键地方。
He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months.
他曾一直显得很年轻，但是在过去的几个月里他似乎显得老了。
In his last few days the pain seemed to have stopped, but by then he was so far gone that it was no longer any comfort.
在他最后的几天里疼痛似乎已经停止，但那时他已病入膏肓，这已不再是什么安慰了。
Few senior figures have issued any public statements but privately the resignation's been welcomed.
几乎没有高级人物发表过任何公开声明，但私底下辞职是受欢迎的。
The locally manufactured wheelbarrows were still too expensive for all but a few of the households.
本地生产的独轮车对于多数人来说仍然太昂贵了，只有少数家庭负担得起。
The exoplanet is a few times the mass of Earth, but it should still be small enough to be rocky rather than a gas giant like Jupiter.
这个系外行星的质量是地球的几倍，但是它足够小，能够由岩石构成，而不是像木星是一团巨大的气体。
Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.
社会学家凯瑟琳·科勒·里斯曼在她的新书《离婚谈话》中写道，她采访的大多数女性——只有少数男性——认为缺乏沟通是他们离婚的原因。
Not the 20% profit margins that were routine a few years ago, but profit all the same.
尽管不是几年前惯常的20%的利润率，但依然赚取了利润。
I had to see her a few times, but what impressed me most were the magazines in her waiting room.
我不得不去看她几次，但最令我印象深刻的是她等候室里的杂志。
Almost all the oxygen in water is oxygen 16, but a few molecules out of every thousand incorporate the heavier isotope 18.
水中几乎所有的氧都是氧16，但每一千个分子中就有几个含有较重的同位素18。
Mrs. Sesemann had noticed the child's unhappiness, but let a few days pass by, hoping for a change.
赛赛曼夫人已经注意到了孩子的悲伤，但希望过几天能有所改变。
In Type 3 situations, there are few alternatives, but the ability to switch without difficulty creates a threat that companies can use to negotiate concessions from existing suppliers.
在第三种情况下，几乎没有其他选择，但毫无困难地转换的能力造成了一种威胁，企业可以利用这种威胁与现有供应商谈判让步。
My father is a man of few words, but somewhere deep beneath the surface of him lies a caring character.
我的父亲是一个少言寡语的人，但是在其外表之下内心深处的某个地方保留着关爱他人的品格。
Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia.
非洲大部分地区的狮子已经消失了，但在过去的几年里，科学家们猜想这种大型猫科动物仍然存在于苏丹和埃塞俄比亚的偏远地区。
Lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia.
非洲大部分地区的狮子已经消失了，但在过去的几年里，科学家们猜想这种大型猫科动物仍然存在于苏丹和埃塞俄比亚的偏远地区。
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