a small number of people

基本解释

We don’t want to work on problems that only affect a small number of people.
我们不想浪费精力去解决那些只对很少人有意义的问题。
The world has a small number of people who are really satisfied with their lives and a large number of people who do not.
在这个世界上只有很少的人对自己的生活感到真心的满意，为数众多的人是并不满意的。
The truth is often in a small number of people, but few people must obey the truth is most people, in most people's hand, parrot is piling up.
真理往往是在少数人手里，而少数人必须服从多数人，到头来真理还是在多数人手里，人云亦云就是这样堆积起来的。

While the results may be disappointing, proponents of testing say identifying even a small number of people is worth the effort because early treatment saves lives and can prevent the spread of HIV.
That is, if you are one of these commune communities, then you're just a small number of people.
即使是公社，集结成的也只是个小众团体。
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You know, my experience with this is, when you go from having a small number to a really large number of people, if you don't a process, it becomes real chaos.
我的经验是，公司的员工由很少,增长到很多，如果没有一个程序，很容易乱套。
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There are a small number of people who think these drugs might cause high grade cancer.
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