To a small extent; in a limited way.

在小范围内；以限制的方式。

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Fat, in, say, a marbled steak, slows the passage of food through the intestine, but only to a small extent.

脂肪(比如说一块雪花牛排)会减缓食物通过肠道的速度，但影响程度很小。

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We instinctively mimic, even to a small extent, the mood, manners, yawns and actions of the people around us.

我们周围人的情绪，态度，厌倦感和动作，哪怕是不易察觉的，都会被我们本能地模仿。

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"The detainees were kept naked for weeks, months at a time - kept in very small cells, whose temperatures were kept artificially low, sometimes to the extent that the naked detainees, as one official said,seemed to turn blue,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

And this list is a list of ways it might have at least to a small extent done that.

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And there was the continuation of a great tradition of graphics, seen to a small extent in the Olympics posters and those for the 1951 Festival of Britain, but even more so in the signage for Britain's transport systems.

WSJ: Design Innovation in Britain | 'British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age' at the V&A

The processing power of the device matters to a small extent (an iPad 2 will deliver somewhat better performance than a slightly slower first generation iPad) but the most important factor is the speed of the network which is why the company recommends WiFi or a 4G mobile connection.

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