We invited 30 people, but only a handful came. 我们邀请了30人, 但是只到了几个人。
"When the employer arrived, the secretary handed him a handful of letters." "老板一到,秘书就交给他一叠信。"
Tom grabbed up a handful of snow and shoved it down his sister's collar. 汤姆抓起一把雪往妹妹的衣领里塞。
"They invited a dozen companies, but only a handful of them came." "我们邀请了十几家公司,但只来了少数几个。"
A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning. 一把好日子胜过一蒲式耳的学问。
But today I found that in Wuhu there are still a handful of people who still firmly believe in Christianity in this unreligious nation. 不过到了芜湖的天主教堂我才知道在这个城市里还有一小批人信教。