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Only a handful of agents patrol a land mass comparable in size to some smaller American states.

只有少数代理人巡逻的土地面积比较大的一些较小的美洲国家组织。

A handful of companies have been able to issue bonds, and emerging-market currencies have risen off their lows, as the availability of $200 billion in short-term credit from the Fed and IMF eases fears of a liquidity squeeze.

许多公司允许发放债券，新兴的市场流通已经回升，从联邦和国际货币基金组织那里得到的2000亿的短期信贷减轻了流动性逃避的担忧。

Not just a part of the city, or confined to a handful of elite, educated magi.

不只是城市的一部分，也不仅限于少数接受精英教育的法师。

The Celtic peoples were among the western-most settlers of Europe, and occupied some of the bleakest yet most starkly beautiful land in Europe — the Romans, in particular, couldn't understand why any sane race would want to live in those places; but, of course, the Romans are gone, buried, and seldom discussed save for their language and a handful of literary works and historical figures; by contrast, hardly anybody born outside of Scotland or Wales can speak those native languages (or would want to — and the last native speaker of Manx died some years ago), but their music is still played, and their culture exerts a pull on people the world over.

凯尔特人是早期欧洲最西部的定居者之一，他们占据了欧洲最荒凉但又最美丽的土地——罗马人尤其不能理解为什么这个民族想要住在那种地方；然而，罗马人都已灭亡，他们的尸体被埋葬，而他们的语言、文艺作品和历史遗迹的挽救也嫌少被人谈及；相反的，对于那些出生在苏格兰和威尔士以外的人却能讲这些当地的语言，而他们的音乐仍流传至今，他们的文化也影响着世界各地的人们。

This year, several groups published evidence that natural selection has recently favored a handful of uniquely human genes expressed in the brain, including those for endorphins and a sialic acid receptor, and genes involved in microcephaly.

今年（2005年），一些研究小组找到了证据证明自然选择在近期赋予了人类一些在大脑表达的、独有的基因，包括表达内啡肽和一种唾液酸受体的基因，以及与头小畸形相关的基因。

Yet there is a handful of reasons for thinking that something special about the middle class itself—some intrinsic quality of middle-classness—contributes to growth, efficiency and the enrichment of a society.

有一手根据可以证明中产阶级的与众不同-----这个阶级的某些本质推动了社会的进步，提高了效率，创造了富裕。

A handful of advance patrols had gotten across the Moselle River north and south of Nancy, but Third Army was caught up in a terrible battle for the ancient fortresses of Metz, which were practically impervious to artillery shells or bombs.

一支先头搜索部队越过马斯河，出现在南锡城南北两侧，但是由于遭遇梅斯的古代要塞，第3集团军陷入苦战，炮弹和炸弹无奈于这些要塞。

The highly specialized and dangerous technique of harpooning narwhal from a kayak is practiced by only a handful of people in Northern Greenland.

在高度专业化的和危险的技术用捕鲸鱼叉对准独角鲸从爱斯基摩人用的皮艇老练的只有少数人在北格陵兰。

Indeed, so devoted was the rich Miller to little Hans, that be would never go by his garden without leaning over the wall and plucking a large nosegay, or a handful of sweet herbs, or filling his pockets with plums and cherries if it was the fruit season.

的确，有钱的磨坊主对小汉斯是非常忠实的，每次他从小汉斯的花园经过总要从围墙上俯过身去摘上一大束鲜花，或者摘上一把香草。遇到硕果累累的季节，他就会往口袋里装满李子和樱桃。

It is a waste of an observatory code if only a handful of observations are ever obtained there.

如果你只有少数的观测报告，这对于观测站编号资源是个浪费。

I am accused of being overreligious," she said in her quiet, frank manner,"but that does not prevent me thinking the children very cruel who obstinately commit such suicide.""

客人们在卡罗利娜·埃凯家里，举止就文雅一些，因为卡罗利娜的母亲治家很严厉。

Designed by French fashion house Herm è s, this elegant uniform was manufactured in our home, Hong Kong, and was the first without a hat.

由著名品牌 Herm è s 设计，这件高贵的制服是香港本土制造，是我们第一套不配帽子的制服。