" They're for freeborn Volantenes with enough property to vote. Precious few voters west of the river" .

" 达到财产标准的瓦兰提斯自由民才有投票资格。河西岸就没几个人能投票。"

In 2020, we predict that precious few parents will be naming their little baby girl Fiona.

我们预测，到2020年将会有极少数父母会给他们的宝贝女儿取名费欧娜。

Certainly not many… which is why we predict that precious few parents will name their kid Joe in 2020.

肯定不会有很多人想用这个名字… … 这就是我们预测到2020年给孩子取名乔的父母会很少的原因。

But precious few have mourned the passing of Mr. James K. Polk our eleventh president, young Hickory, Napoleon of the stump.

但少有人为詹姆斯·K.波尔克，这第11任总统，年轻的山胡桃，树桩拿破仑惋惜。

The Lapita left precious few dues about themselves, but Efate expands the volume of data available to researchers dramatically.

拉皮塔人留下的关于他们自己的宝贵资料很少，但 Efate 极大地扩展了研究人员可用的数据量。

But precious few of these are left—hence the present hype over plans by an American billionaire for hotels, casinos and conference centres outside Madrid.

但是现在这样宝贵的工作也所剩无几——正因如此，眼下美国财阀投资马德里市外酒店、赌场、会议中心的计划才会得到大肆宣传。

In those precious few moments, an American sniper dressed head to toe in a camouflage ghillie suit inches forward a few centimeters.

在那宝贵的几分钟里，一名从头到脚都穿着迷彩吉利服的美国狙击手向前走了几厘米。

There have been precious few positives during the Covid pandemic, but British academics may have unearthed one: People look more attractive in protective masks.

新冠疫情期间的正面新闻少之又少，然而英国学者们却给我们带来了一则积极的讯息，那就是戴口罩会让人看起来更有魅力。

As Mr. Carter and other presidents learned, Mr. Biden has precious few tools to bring down costs at the pump, especially when Russia, one of the world's largest energy producers, has started an unprovoked war against a smaller neighbor.

正如卡特和其他总统所知晓的，拜登几乎没有什么工具可以降低加油站的成本，尤其是在俄罗斯这个世界上最大的能源生产国之一，对一个较小的邻国发动了一场战争的情况下。

" His claim, you mean" ? Renly laughed. " Let us be blunt, my lady. Stannis would make an appalling king. Nor is he like to become one. Men respect Stannis, even fear him, but precious few have ever loved him."

" 您指的是… … 他的继承权？" 蓝礼大笑。" 就让我们直说吧，夫人。史坦尼斯要当上国王那才叫可怕。不，他不适合当国王。人们尊敬他，甚至畏惧他，但没有人喜欢他。"

Though a goodly number of animals have now been identified as dating from it, many bore scant resemblance to those which followed and, in particular, precious few had easily preserved hard parts in the form of shells, teeth or bones.

虽然现在已经确定有相当多的动物可以追溯到它，但许多动物与后来的动物几乎没有相似之处， 尤其是很少有珍贵的动物可以轻易地保存为贝壳、牙齿或骨头等坚硬的部分。