A small number – five, to be exact – have been bad.

一个小数目–确切地说是5–已经很糟了。

Five women in a group of 18 people is a pathetically small number.

18个人中5位女性是个小得可怜的数目。

Only a small number of Kadare's books have been translated into English.

卡达莱的书只有一小部分被翻译成了英文。

The legal profession is still a largely male world, as evidenced by the small number of women judges.

法律界在很大程度上仍然是男人的世界，这一点从女法官的人数屈指可数即可得到证实。

I go ahead and print out a small number.

我继续打印出一个小数字。

You can either have a big number and a small decimal point or small number and a big decimal point.

你可以有一个大数字和小的小数点，也可以有一个小数字加大的小数点。

In arid and semiarid regions, on the other hand, the small number of lakes and the great distances between them reduce the possibilities for correlation.

另一方面，在干旱和半干旱地区，湖泊数量少，湖泊之间距离远，减少了相互关联的可能性。

A small number of Marines were wounded.

几名海军陆战队士兵受了伤。

The emergent layer contains a small number of very tall trees.

露生层包含少量非常高大的树木。

Such systems are going through tests in a small number of stores.

这种系统正在少数商店进行测试。

In my early childhood, I was often surprised when I saw my father making a small number of money with difficulty.

在我的童年早期，我经常惊讶于我的父亲工作艰辛却赚钱很少。

There are a small number of people involved, possibly as few as twenty.

有一小部分人参与其中，可能只有20人。

Only a small number of undergraduates will continue in an academic career.

只有少数本科生会继续从事学术工作。

Only a small number of tree species have the genetic capacity to grow really big.

只有少数树种拥有长到很大的遗传能力。

A very small number of people are able to remember almost every detail of their life.

只有极少数的人能够记住生活中的几乎每个细节。

Most European and Asian universities provide an elite service to a small number of people.

大多数欧洲和亚洲的大学为一小部分人提供精英服务。

Certain types of bacteria are extremely harmful, and it takes only a small number to make you sick.

有些种类的细菌非常有害，只需要一点点就能让你生病。

Also, certain types of bacteria are extremely harmful, and it takes only a small number to make you sick.

此外，有些类型的细菌是非常有害的，只需要少量细菌就能让你生病。

From the small number of impact craters that appear on Martian lava flows, one can estimate that the planet was volcanically active as recently as a half-billion years ago—and may be active today.

从火星熔岩流上出现的少量陨石坑中，我们可以估计，在5亿年前，这个星球上的火山还很活跃——也许现在依然活跃。

We found a small number of very important facts about bijectivity.

我们发现了一些关于双射性的非常重要的事实。

And 59 is a pretty small number.

而59次则是一个很小的值。

So this is a very small number here.

所以这是个很小的数。

How can anyone say that's a small number?

怎么能说这是一个小数目呢？

That is a really small number of people.

那样人少之又少。

Mr Ellsberg: Well it's a small number. It's three.

埃尔斯伯格先生：嗯，人数不是很多，只有三位。

A small number of children have convulsions (fits).

少数孩子有惊厥。

History is directed by a small number of great figures.

历史是由少数伟大人物指引着方向的。

And then at some point, this becomes a really small number.

那么在某点时，这个会变成一个很小的数。