So what she got in Iowa wasn't the worst-case scenario. It was the second-worst-case scenario.

她在爱荷华的结果还不是最坏情况。差不多是第二坏的结果。

Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin.

弗莱德曼只在奥斯汀市雇用了为数不多的雇员。

Here's one along the lines you described.

这儿有一件跟您说的差不多。

Determined that there should be nothing in his conduct towards his mother resembling sullenness, he had occasionally spoken to her on passing matters, and would take no notice of the brevity of her replies.

他打定主意，对母亲决不有怒的表现，间或跟她说说眼前正在发生的事情，对她言辞不多的回答也毫不在意。

The young woman stood, smiling at him–an uncertain, imploring, almost abject smile.

那女郎站在那儿对他微笑着——一种没有把握的、乞求的、差不多是低三下四的微笑。

You know, he-he didn't have much, so he reaches into his little satchel and he pulls out this shirt.

但他有的东西不多，所以他把手伸进他的小包里，掏出了这件衣服。

Definitely none that were mobile first and definitely none that were monster catching.

在这些为数不多的游戏中，完全没有以移动端为主的，也没有抓怪兽的游戏。

More or less, this quantity together. It's one single portion of olive oil.

差不多像这样全部的量。这样算是一份橄榄油。

" Time's nearly up. Porter's had his hour. He's not coming."

“时间差不多了。波特的一小时到了，他不会来了。”

He practically invented the prank phone call.

" 整盅电话" 差不多就是他发明的。

The few vacant homes need work because of the harsh climate and substandard construction.

由于气候恶略、建筑不合格，为数不多的空房可以使用。

Many business folk reckon that the relatively few newcomers that have made it big since 2000 are in old-economy “rent-seeking” sectors that require more brawn than innovation.

很多商业人士估计，能够在2000年以后大幅赢利的新企业为数并不多，这些为数不多的新企业都是属于旧经济中的“寻租”部分，在这些行业中魄力比创新更重要。

The concierge will be somebody of very modest means.

门房的财产不多。

My house is about the size you described, but my neighbor's is bigger.

的房子和你描述的差不多大，但邻居的房子要大一些。

Well, not many, although two-thirds of the people who thought they were early stopped to help, fewer than half of those who are told they were just on time did so.

结果并没有多少人停下了脚步，尽管认为时间充裕的一组中三分之二的人停下提供了帮助，但时间不多的一组中只有不到一半的人提供了帮助。

Unfortunately, there is only a limited number of such goals to go round, and by definition, not all the competing companies in an industry can seriously claim to be the best.

但不幸的是能起到这样激励作用的目标不多。另外，说到最好，不可能一个行业里所有的公司都适合立志成为最好。

He said that time runs out on us but we never lose.

他说们的时间不多了，但们从来不是失败者。

Today we were pretty much at the limit of our word count.

今天们差不多到了词数的上限。

In San Francisco's public schools, a district roughly the same size as Charleston's, Deputy Superintendent Gentle Blythe says full in person instruction is only offered for preschool and special needs students across the entire district.

在旧金山的公立学校中，这是一个面积与查尔斯顿差不多的学区，副主管Gentle Blythe表示，全区只为学龄前儿童和有特殊需要的学生提供面对面学习指导。

In Germany, using apes as lab animals is mostly illegal.

在德国用类人猿做实验差不多是违法的。