How else could this instrument make so much out of barely three dozen measly morsels of sound?
仅仅采用三十多个简单的音节，语言究竟是如何创造出这么多词句呢？
Dominic, the show-off of the group, picked up one measly pear, put it on top of his snout, and performed a balancing act as we made our way back to the cave.
多米尼克，队伍里最爱耍酷的家伙，拿起一个很小的梨子，把梨子顶在鼻子上玩找平衡的杂耍，在我们回山洞的路上捣腾个没完。
Four hours later-four measly hours!
四个小时后——短短四个小时！
Why are women a measly 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs?
为什么财富500强的CEO只有3%的女性？
You mean saving some measly ants means saving lives?
你说我救了一些小蚂蚁就是救了许多生命？
On those reserves, Banks receive measly 2% in interest.
银行只能从这种储备中得到2%的收益率。
What? You mean saving some measly ants means saving lives?
什么？你说我救了一些小蚂蚁就是救了许多生命？
"I asked." Just take this measly 10 cents an hour and smile?
“我问，”接受这可怜兮兮的每小时10美分然后还要微笑吗？
The average British bathroom measures a measly 3.5 square metres.
英国人的卫生间平均只有区区3.5平方米。
The cost to the system-a measly $600 billion injection of Funds by the Fed.
整个体系的成本，即美联储通过购买国债注入的资金，不过区区的6000亿美元。
With land at a premium, nearly 80% was incinerated, and a measly 16% recycled.
在土地资源宝贵的情况下，其中80%被焚毁，只有区区16%被回收。
And the White House reckons average fuel efficiency is currently a measly 25mpg.
白宫估算燃油的效率现在是25英里每加仑。
The personal savings percentage in the US is a measly 4.9% of disposable income.
在美国，个人存款占可支配收入的比重仅有4.9%。
With interest rates at a measly .001%, it seems silly to leave your savings sitting in the bank.
固定利率只有可怜的001%，于是把你的积蓄留在银行里变成了一种愚蠢的行为。
With interest rates at a measly. 001%, it seems silly to leave your savings sitting in the bank.
固定利率只有可怜的001%，于是把你的积蓄留在银行里变成了一种愚蠢的行为。
Only 23 percent have taken a self-defense class. And a measly 6 percent always run with a partner.
只有23%的人上过自我防卫的课程，仅仅6%的人经常和同伴一起跑步。
One ounce oI most cheeses----one measly slice----averages about 100 calories and 7 or 8 grams of fat.
大部分的奶酩只要一盎司____即使是微不足道的一小片___平均都含大约100卡的热量与7到8克的脂肪。
If the stock market goes up 50 percent, an annuity owner's annual 8 percent can feel measly by comparison.
如果股票市场收益增长了50%，年金投资者得到的8%就看起来微不足道了。
And a measly 35 percent said they would give up the Internet if doing so would allow them to cure cancer.
而仅有35%的人愿意放弃上网来换取治愈癌症的能力。
But by the time I reached 30 years of age, my own body had ground to a halt at the measly height of 6ft 2in.
但我到30岁时，身体不再长了，只有6英尺2英寸。
Retail investors, disappointed with measly returns on savings accounts, are piling into corporate-bond funds.
零售投资者对于仅仅由储蓄账户带来的回报感到失望，因而涌入公司债基金市场。
But the British are quietly coining it: a measly 5% of the value of an aeroplane is addedwith final assembly.
但是是英国在安静地创造它：最终的组装仅为飞机增加了5%的价值。
He sat up front in the dining area, drinking coffee and being particular about the restaurant's measly offerings.
他就坐在用餐区前面，一边喝咖啡，一边挑剔着餐厅里食物的份量太少。
Natural selection is like a robot that can only climb uphill, even if this leaves it stuck on top of a measly hillock.
自然选择就如同一个只能上山的机器人，即使这会使它停留在一座微不足道的小山的山顶。
The article opens with the expected number of entities for any given application, which is a measly 50 to 100 entities.
该文章首先谈到了无论对任何应用来说，期望的实体数量在50到100之间。
Between 2001 and 2005 Labour productivity grew at a measly 0.1% a year, and between 2006 and 2009 it shrank by 0.8% a year.
2001年到2005年间劳动生产率每年仅有0.1%的增长，而2006年到2009年更缩减至每年只有0.8%。
It is a potent magnet for those millions of country people who can barely live off the measly landholdings available to them.
数百万的农村人在自己极少的土地上几乎到了无法生存的地步，这样城市生活就成了他们的一个强烈向往。
It is a potent magnet for those millions of country people who can barely live off the measly landholdings available to them.
数百万的农村人在自己极少的土地上几乎到了无法生存的地步，这样城市生活就成了他们的一个强烈向往。
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