| 单词 | 寥寥 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔OBVIOUS〕Cuzco's few tourists are conspicuous as they explore the old cobbled streets. 库斯科那寥寥可数的游客在铺着鹅卵石的旧街道上闲逛，很惹人注目。朗文写作活用〔RARE/RARELY〕The schools are crowded, and good teachers are few and far between. 学校里学生众多，优秀的教师却寥寥无几。朗文写作活用〔bare〕Few men would have bared their soul to a woman as he had.像他那样对一个女人敞开心扉的男人寥寥无几。外研社新世纪〔bury〕A blanket of snow had buried the first few flowers of spring.厚厚的一层雪盖住了寥寥几朵早春的花。韦氏高阶〔chase〕Too many people are chasing too few jobs nowadays.如今有太多的人在角逐寥寥无几的工作职位。牛津高阶〔colourless〕It is a rather grey, colourless city, with few interesting sights.这是一个灰暗、了无生趣的城市，有趣的景点寥寥无几。剑桥高阶〔cost〕There are very few people he can talk to in total confidence, as he has discovered to his cost.他吃了亏后才发现自己真正能够与之交心的人寥寥无几。外研社新世纪〔cost〕There are very few people he can talk to in total confidence, as he has discovered to his cost.他吃了亏后才发现自己真正能够交心的人寥寥无几。柯林斯高阶〔damp squib〕After all that media attention, the whole event turned out to be a bit of a damp squib, with very few people attending.那次活动虽然媒体很关注，但来参加的人却寥寥无几，与预期相差甚远。剑桥高阶〔depressed〕We were very depressed by the poor response from parents.我们对家长们的反应寥寥感到很沮丧。麦克米伦高阶〔dignified〕He dignified a small collection of books by calling it a library.他把寥寥几册藏书美其名曰图书馆。21世纪英汉〔dismay〕The poor election turnout dismayed politicians.寥寥的投票人数，使政治家们感到失望。朗文当代〔few〕His memories of his father are few.他对父亲的记忆寥寥无几。柯林斯高阶〔gallery〕There were very few people in the gallery.展览馆内的人寥寥无几。牛津搭配〔go back〕If you go back to 1960, you'll find that very few jobs were being created.如果回到1960年，你会发现工作机会寥寥无几。柯林斯高阶〔ground〕Good managers are often thin on the ground.优秀的经理人常常寥寥无几。柯林斯高阶〔handful〕There was only a handful of people at the concert.音乐会上只有寥寥几个人。外研社新世纪〔handful〕We have received only a small handful of letters on this subject.关于这个问题的来信我们只收到寥寥几封。牛津搭配〔if〕There are very few trees, if any.即使有树,也是寥寥无几。英汉大词典〔inflate〕One could inflate or diminish a person by a few words.人们寥寥数语可以把一个人捧得趾高气扬,也可以把一个人贬得无地自容。英汉大词典〔issue〕Little money will issue from the bonds this year.今年债券将收益寥寥。21世纪英汉〔lean〕With fewer tourists in town, the taxi trade is going through its leanest patch for 30 years.城里游客寥寥无几, 出租车业正经历着30年来最惨淡的时期。外研社新世纪〔line〕Just a line to say thank you.寥寥数语聊表谢意。外研社新世纪〔loading〕Very few planes fly with 100 per cent loadings.百分之百载荷飞行的飞机寥寥无几。外研社新世纪〔major〕Minor poets are legion; the majors are few and far between.二三流的诗人不计其数;大诗人则寥寥无几,多少年才出一个。英汉大词典〔many〕Many are called, but few are chosen.召来的人很多,选中的却寥寥无几。英汉大词典〔number〕Applicants were few in number.申请者寥寥无几。英汉大词典〔observe〕He observes keenly, but says little.他观察敏锐，但言语寥寥。牛津高阶〔overall〕The college has few ways to assess the quality of education overall.总体看来，这所大学评估教育质量的方法寥寥无几。柯林斯高阶〔owing to〕The concert has been cancelled owing to lack of interest.由于响应者寥寥，音乐会被取消了。剑桥高阶〔pall〕It's one of the few delights that never palls.永不乏味的乐事寥寥无几, 这是其中一件。外研社新世纪〔paradise〕Very few people have the money to take advantage of this consumer paradise.有钱来享受这个购物天堂的人寥寥无几。外研社新世纪〔poorly〕The classes were poorly attended.来上课的人寥寥无几。外研社新世纪〔reach〕There are still few women in the upper reaches of the civil service.在高级别公务员中，女性仍然寥寥无几。牛津高阶〔reasonable〕There was a reasonable attendance at yesterday's lecture.昨天到场听讲的人数还可以。(指虽不多也不是寥寥无几)英汉大词典〔response〕We sent out over 100 letters but the response rate was low (= few people replied).我们发出了一百多封信，可是回信寥寥。牛津搭配〔response〕We sent out over 1 000 letters but the response rate has been low(= few people replied).我们寄出了 1 000 多封信，但回信寥寥。牛津高阶〔sidewalk〕A handful of pedestrians walked down empty sidewalks.寥寥几个行人走在空荡荡的边道上。牛津搭配〔sign〕The lack of interest in the media is a telling sign of the industry's health.人们对媒体兴趣寥寥，这足以说明传媒业的业态状况。牛津搭配〔sketch sth out〕She sketched out the plan in a few brief sentences.她用寥寥几句话对计划进行了概述。剑桥高阶〔stand〕Only a few homes were left standing after the earthquake.地震过后，没有倒塌的房子寥寥可数。麦克米伦高阶〔stay on〕So few teenage Britons stay on at school, compared with the rest of Europe.和欧洲其他国家相比，英国留在学校继续学习的青少年寥寥无几。柯林斯高阶〔stroke〕A few strokes of her pen brought out his features clearly.她寥寥数笔就清晰地刻画出了他的容貌特征。朗文当代〔stroke〕The small bridge on the painting was no more than a few strokes of a pencil.画中的小桥只用铅笔寥寥涂几笔即成。英汉大词典〔tepid〕His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate.尽管他的提名得到总统的大力支持，但支持他的参议员却寥寥无几。柯林斯高阶〔theory〕A school dental service exists in theory, but in practice, there are few dentists to work in them.照理说，学校也有牙医诊所，可实际上，里面的牙医寥寥无几。柯林斯高阶〔thin〕Attendance at the meeting was rather thin.到会者寥寥无几。剑桥高阶〔thin〕In her world of financial schemers, nice guys were thin on the ground.在她那个遍是金融骗子的圈子里, 好人寥寥无几。外研社新世纪〔thin〕The actors played to a thin audience yesterday.演员们昨天对着寥寥无几的观众演出。英汉大词典〔treatment〕The film was given the absent treatment.这部电影观众寥寥。英汉大词典〔very〕Very few people attended.到场人员寥寥无几。韦氏高阶Few market pundits are prepared to predict the next move in share prices.愿意去预测下一步股票价格走势的市场专家寥寥无几。牛津商务I could count the number of times he's been on time on the fingers of one hand.他准时上班的次数寥寥无几。剑桥国际The attendance at the meeting was rather thin.到会者寥寥无几。剑桥国际The death penalty has been abolished in Britain--several votes in parliament have failed to reintroduce it.死刑在英国已被取消，议会中的寥寥几票使死刑无法被重新引入。剑桥国际The party was a disaster--not many people went and the few who did left early.这个晚会是个彻底的失败，没有多少人去，寥寥无几的参加者也早早地离开了。剑桥国际There are few apologists for the old system.旧制度的卫道士寥寥无几。剑桥国际There's only a smattering of people who oppose the proposal.只有寥寥无几的人反对该建议。剑桥国际We advertised the job but received very few replies.我们登广告招聘，但是反响寥寥。剑桥国际We sent out over 1 000 letters, but the response rate has been low.我们发出了 1 000 多封信，但回信寥寥无几。牛津商务With a few bold strokes of her brush she had captured his face on the canvas.她用雄浑的寥寥几笔就在画布上捕捉住了他的面容。剑桥国际 |
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