The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages.
一般来说，气候温和的地区语言相对少一些。
That might seem rather an obscure point, but it sets the tone for an exhibition that contains a lot of black-and-white photographs and relatively few natural objects.
这可能会有些晦涩难懂，但它为一个展览奠定了基调，展览中包含了大量的黑白照片和相对较少的自然物体。
On Mars, there are relatively few craters less than 5 kilometers in diameter.
在火星上，直径小于5公里的陨石坑相对较少。
The remote queries return relatively few rows.
远程查询返回相当少的行。
Principles should be relatively few — on average 10 to 20.
原则数量应该相对较少——平均10到20个。
So far, relatively few influential voices are calling for an immediate withdrawal.
到目前为止，在那些有影响力的人士中，呼吁立即撤军的声音还相对较弱。
But electric cars use only basic motors and gearboxes, and have relatively few parts.
但电动轿车只采用基本的马达和变速箱，零部件相对较少。
Because underwater photography is a specialized art, relatively few photographers attempt it.
因为水下摄影是一种特殊的艺术，所以只有较少的摄像师尝试着去创作。
That he had relatively few guards on the spot also suggests he trusted others for security.
在那里只有很少几个守卫也表明对于安全问题他是信赖其他人的。
The modest starting point for the minimum wage meant that it affected relatively few workers.
replyview最低工资的起点设定适度，就意味着它影响的工人相对较少。
It is one of the relatively few Indian consumer-goods firms that have expanded outside India.
Dabur的业务已经跨出印度国门，这在印度消费品公司中还很少见。
This approach is nothing new, but relatively few teams actually build their skills in this way.
这种方法并不是什么新方法，但是很少有开发团队以这种方式来培养他们的技能。
Most species of pelagic shark take many years to mature and have relatively few young when they do reproduce.
大多数深海鲨鱼物种需要许多年才能进入成熟期，而且就算它们繁殖，产下的幼鲨也相对较少。
However, relatively few of them were born in December, historically the month with the eighth-highest birth rate.
但他们中很少有人是在12月出生的，这个月份历年的出生人数排在12个月中的第八位。
Another oddity is that although Britain pursues international students, it sends relatively few of its own abroad.
另外一个奇怪的地方是，虽然英国吸纳了很多的留学生，但是他们却很少送自己的学生出国学习。
Luckily, there are relatively few Ultimate Plans to choose from, so it's just a matter of selecting the right one.
值得庆幸的是，可供选择的方案十分有限，所以，我们只要选出恰当的就可以了。
An application should contain relatively few of these messages, as they imply that human intervention may be required.
应用程序应该尽量少包含些这种消息，因为它们暗示可能需要人工介入。
The pattern was not easily understood by service developers, so was only applied to a relatively few service interactions.
模式不容易被服务开发人员理解，因此只在较少的服务交互中得到应用。
That is still relatively few—IBM, an American technology giant, receives around 3, 000 a year—but it is increasing quickly.
这仍然相对较少——美国的科技巨头IBM一年所获专利超过3000项——但它正在迅速增加。
Public broadcasters levy a compulsory fee, but relatively few people pay cable or satellite broadcasters for extra channels.
虽然公共电视台征收强制费用，但是很少有人为通过有线电视或者卫星电视接收的额外频道而多付费用。
But previous sightings and sound recordings closer to the surface suggested that the sperm whales are relatively few and far between.
但是之前位于水面附近的目击和录音都说明抹香鲸在那儿相对稀少。
Up to that time, the growth of modern sport had been rapid, but relatively few competitors were involved in international competitions.
在那时，现代体育事业已经在飞速发展了，但是只有相对很少的运动员参加国际性的比赛。
The problem is that if the decision is reached rapidly, as it might have to be in an emergency, then relatively few scouts know the route.
问题在于如果决策过快，比如在紧急情况下，知道路线的侦查蚁就会相对过少。
A: Although relatively few people have heard of it, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) kills on average one person every 10 seconds.
答：虽然相对而言听说过慢性阻塞性肺病的人并不多，但平均每10秒就有一人因该疾病而死亡。
History shows that while many countries have been able to make it from low income to middle income, relatively few have carried on to high income.
历史表明，虽然许多经济体都能够从低收入进入到中等收入水平，但较少国家能够继续攀升到高收入水平。
Few Chinese are knowledgeable about the region (Mr Qiu speaks no Portuguese, though he is one of the relatively few Chinese diplomats who speak Spanish).
也鲜有中国人熟知这一区域(尽管邱大使是相对少数会说西班牙语的中国外交官之一，但却不会说葡萄牙语)。
Though some coastal towns have hunted whale for centuries, relatively few Japanese ate whale regularly before the postwar years, which is when it took off.
虽然有些沿海小镇的捕鲸史长达几个世纪，在二战结束之前，吃鲸鱼的日本人相对来说还是很少的。二战以后才逐渐普及开来。
Though some coastal towns have hunted whale for centuries, relatively few Japanese ate whale regularly before the postwar years, which is when it took off.
虽然有些沿海小镇的捕鲸史长达几个世纪，在二战结束之前，吃鲸鱼的日本人相对来说还是很少的。二战以后才逐渐普及开来。
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