1·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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·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。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·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。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·I go ahead and print out a small number.
我继续打印出一个小数字。
6·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。
7·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。
8·A small number of Marines were wounded.
几名海军陆战队士兵受了伤。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
9·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。
10·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。