高考So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities—and you'll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

所以，总是试着活得比你的能力稍高一点，你会发现你的能力比你想象的要大。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考I was able to buy it a little over a year ago because I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of clothes that wouldn't fit.

一年多前，我买了它，因为我的亲戚给了我生日礼物，而不是不合身的衣服。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级Furthermore, students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buying the whole thing, with individual chapters costing as little as $

此外，学生将能够购买课文的各个部分，而不是购买整个内容，每个章节的成本仅为$

2013年6月阅读原文

高考According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about environmental problems.

安德森说，在1970年之前，美国人对环境问题几乎一无所知。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

高考As children, we thought very little about these educational wonders.

作为孩子，我们很少考虑这些教育奇迹。

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

考研Indeed, there is something a little absurd in the state getting involved in the planning of such a fundamentally "grassroots", concept as community sports associations.

事实上，国家参与社区体育协会这一基本“草根”概念的规划有点荒谬。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know- how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

在他们的家庭中，第一个勇敢面对高等教育世界的孩子来到校园时，几乎没有什么学术知识，比同龄人更有可能在毕业前辍学。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

在他们的家庭中，第一个勇敢面对高等教育世界的孩子来到校园时，几乎没有什么学术知识，比同龄人更有可能在毕业前辍学。

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考The girls on the wesleyan academy softball were waiting for their next turns at bat during practice, stamping their feet to stay warm, eighth-grader Taylor bisbee shivered a little as she watched her teammate Paris white play.

卫斯理学院垒球队的女孩们在练习中等待下一轮击球，跺脚保暖，八年级的泰勒·比斯比看着她的队友巴黎·怀特打球时有点发抖。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级We need to accept that fact across much of the planet, so waste with little or no treatment will be used in agriculture for good reason.

我们需要在地球上的大部分地区接受这一事实，因此，很少或根本不经处理的废物将被用于农业，这是有充分理由的。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研Little reward accompanies duplication and confirmation of what is already known and believed.

对已知和相信的事物的复制和确认几乎没有回报。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研One their own, taking our own bags to the grocery store or quitting plastic straws, for example, will accomplish little and require very little of us.

例如，他们自己带着袋子去杂货店，或者放弃塑料吸管，这样做收效甚微，对我们的要求也很低。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Another simple way of building some savings is by depositing as little as two percent of your monthly income into a savings account.

另一种简单的储蓄方式是将每月收入的2%存入储蓄账户。

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

六级Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical （不道德的）behavior in general.

报纸每天都在报道华尔街和主街上下各行各业普遍存在的目标设定情况，但令人惊讶的是，很少有人研究长期鼓吹的目标设定做法是如何导致当前的经济危机的，这是不道德的(不道德的）一般行为。

2012年6月阅读原文

考研6 million patients In 2015 on the basis of a vague agreement which took far too little account of the patients' rights and their expectations of privacy.

2015年有600万名患者，这是基于一项模糊的协议，该协议对患者的权利及其对隐私的期望考虑得太少。

2018年考研阅读原文

四级But an accumulating body of research indicates that some distinctions between one type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.

但越来越多的研究表明，一种类型的老年人护理和另一种类型的老年人护理之间的一些区别对住院医生的表现几乎没有实际影响。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos, whether to loved ones, or to some moral concept.

然而，只有当我们对比我们自己的小自我更大的东西做出承诺时，我们才能实现意义，无论是对所爱的人，还是对某些道德观念。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考It is time you considered that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little.

现在是时候考虑一下，如果你的生活中没有压力，你会取得一些成就。

2016年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 B 原文

四级In critique, however, we are forced to depart, to give up the perfection we thought we had achieved for the chance of being even a little bit better.

然而，在批判中，我们被迫离开，放弃我们认为已经达到的完美，以获得更好的机会。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级When it gets a little boring, I might pull it out," acknowledged Naomi Pugh, a first-year student at Freed- Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn.

田纳西州亨德森市弗里德-哈德曼大学一年级学生纳奥米·普格承认：“当它变得有点无聊时，我可能会把它拉出来。”。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研For a social epidemic to occur,however,each person so affected,must then influence his or her own acquaintances,who must in turn influence theirs,and so on;and just how many others pay attention to each of these people has little to do with the initial influential.

然而，对于一种社会流行病的发生，每个受影响的人都必须影响他或她自己的熟人，而熟人又必须反过来影响他们的熟人，依此类推；而其他人对这些人的关注程度与最初的影响力没有多大关系。

2010年考研阅读原文

高考The little pupil took his grandma by the arm and walked her across the street.

这个小学生拉着奶奶的胳膊，陪她过马路。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 单项填空 原文

四级More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areasWhile there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream.

居住在城市和郊区的人表示，他们想尝试无人驾驶汽车的人数多于居住在农村地区的人。尽管有理由相信人们对自动驾驶汽车的兴趣正在全面上升，但一个人的年龄与自动驾驶汽车如何成为主流没有多大关系。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级While there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream.

虽然有理由相信人们对自动驾驶汽车的兴趣正在全面上升，但一个人的年龄与自动驾驶汽车如何成为主流没有多大关系。

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研But it’s interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren’t in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting “ the Rachel” might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.

但有趣的是，我们想知道，我们每周看到的无压力、幸福感增强的父母形象是否在某种小的、潜意识的方式上导致了我们对实际体验的不满，就像我们中的一小部分人希望得到“瑞秋”可能会让我们看起来有点像詹妮弗·安妮斯顿一样。

2011年考研阅读原文

高考They're the little spots of color like throw pillows, mirrors and baskets that most of US used to add visual interest to our rooms.

它们是我们大多数人用来给房间增添视觉趣味的小颜色点，比如抱枕、镜子和篮子。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a mass audience.

此外，大多数报纸几乎没有吸引大众的内容。

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel ( ' , 服装) on the basis of utility.

当然，在20世纪30-40年代，这一论点的大部分都被提出了，因为在证明服装的合理性方面几乎没有经验（“，服装) 在效用的基础上。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel on the basis of utility.

当然，在20世纪30-40年代，这一观点的大部分都被提出了，因为在根据效用为服装辩护方面几乎没有经验。

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考Like the two little girls growing up at the White House, we made our own beds no one left the house until that was doneand picked up after ourselves.

就像在白宫长大的两个小女孩一样，我们自己铺床。在那之前，没有人会离开家，也没有人会自己收拾。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考One study in America found that students' grades improved a little after the school introduced uniforms.

美国的一项研究发现，在学校推出校服后，学生的成绩略有提高。

2019年高考英语浙江卷 语法填空 原文

六级But I stopped after I showed my wife a little section.

但我给我妻子看了一个小部分后就停了下来。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

高考That isn't a reason to stop, it's just the mind, that little man or woman on your shoulder, trying to talk you out of something again.

这不是停止的理由，这只是思想，你肩上的那个小男人或女人，试图再次说服你放弃某些东西。

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级Our customers come in and enjoy their food and drinks, while little rabbits play about and brush against their legs.

我们的顾客进来享用他们的食物和饮料，而小兔子则在他们的腿上玩耍和刷牙。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

高考A son of immigrants, Chris stared learning English a little over three years ago.

克里斯是移民的儿子，三年多前开始学习英语。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Almost a month ago, he bought popular word game that used little pieces of wood with different letters on them.

大约一个月前，他买了一款流行的文字游戏，游戏中使用了一些小木片，上面有不同的字母。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考Two years ago, while cathy was watching the Olympics, a dream came into her sweet little head—to be a swimmer.

两年前，当凯西在观看奥运会时，一个梦想进入了她可爱的小脑袋，成为一名游泳运动员。

2016年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

四级Peering into the future G) The sharing economy is a little like online shopping, which started in America 15 years ago

展望未来G）共享经济有点像15年前在美国开始的网上购物

2013年12月阅读原文

高考A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.

提前计划一点时间可以节省以后的大量工作。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 选项

四级You just have to do a little thinking ahead and redefine what qualifies as dinner.

你只需要提前想一想，重新定义什么是晚餐。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级They did so though while doing little to stop the erosion of available aid.

尽管他们这样做了，但在阻止现有援助流失方面却做得很少。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级"One of the risk factors for premature deaths is the air we breathe, over which individuals have little control," he said.

他说：“我们呼吸的空气是导致过早死亡的危险因素之一，个人对此几乎无法控制。”。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

考研But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process.

但对航空旅客要求太高或提供的安全保障太少会削弱公众对这一过程的支持。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for process.

但对航空旅客要求太高或提供的安全保障太少会削弱公众对这一过程的支持。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Prior to the new study, little was known about the risks of getting directly infected by common respiratory viruses, such as the flu or common cold, on an airplane, the researchers said.

研究人员说，在这项新研究之前，人们对在飞机上直接感染常见呼吸道病毒（如流感或普通感冒）的风险知之甚少。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级Teachers and students alike have experienced the curious paradox that beginners, as a rule, tend to think too little about what they are doing because they think too much about what they are doing.

教师和学生都经历了一个奇怪的悖论，即初学者通常对自己正在做的事情想得太少，因为他们对自己正在做的事情想得太多。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考Most of us, if we know even a little about where our food comes from, understand that every bite put into our mouths was formerly alive.

我们中的大多数人，如果我们对食物的来源知道一点的话，就会明白每一口放进嘴里的东西以前都是活的。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

四级As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how satisfied its residents or their family members are.

就在我考虑这一切的时候，一家受人尊敬的研究公司的新闻稿在我的办公桌旁出现，宣布医疗保险在2008年开发的帮助家庭比较养老院质量的五星级评级体系与居民或其家庭成员的满意度也没有多大关系。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how sa

就在我考虑这一切的时候，一家受人尊敬的研究公司的新闻稿在我的办公桌旁出现，宣布2008年医疗保险为帮助家庭比较养老院质量而开发的五星评级系统与sa的表现也没有多大关系

2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研But all too often such policies are an insincere form of virtue-signaling that benefits only the most privileged and does little to help average people.

但这些政策往往是一种不真诚的美德形式，只让最有特权的人受益，对普通人帮助甚微。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Perhaps many teachers have too little time to allow students to form and pursue their own questions and too much ground to cover in the curriculum.

也许许多教师的时间太少，无法让学生形成并提出自己的问题，课程中涉及的内容太多。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研Too often we believe that, a new job, bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content, but the reality is these things have little lasting impact on our happiness levels.

我们常常相信，一份新工作、更大的房子或更好的汽车将是让我们最终满足的灵丹妙药，但现实是，这些东西对我们的幸福水平几乎没有持久的影响。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-year-olds—are way down: Little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first given the vote.

同样令人不安的是，我们最年轻的合格选民——18至24岁的选民——的投票率正在大幅下降：即使在全国选举中，也只有四分之一的人参加投票，而18岁的选民首次获得投票时，这一比例几乎是原来的两倍。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-yearolds— are way down: little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first giv

同样令人不安的是，我们最年轻的合格选民——从18岁到24岁——的投票率正在大幅下降：即使在全国选举中，参加投票的选民也只有四分之一多一点，而18岁的选民首次参加giv选举时，这一比例几乎是原来的两倍

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they "know" all the words they are reading.

当孩子们小的时候，我们让他们在老师和其他孩子面前大声朗读，这样我们就可以确保他们“知道”他们正在读的所有单词。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition.

已经经商的出版商，那些拥有成功论文的人，几乎不想改变传统。

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The shift, little noticed outside the medical establishment but already controversial inside it, suggests that doctors are starting to redefine their roles, from being concerned exclusively about individual patients to exerting influence on how healthcare dollars are spent.

这一转变在医疗机构之外几乎没有引起注意，但在医疗机构内部已经引起了争议，这表明医生正在开始重新定义自己的角色，从只关心个别患者到对医疗费用的使用施加影响。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Such prox1fgrams can be expensive, of course, but cheap compared with the millions already invested in scholarships and grants for kids who have little chance to graduate without special support.

当然，这样的项目可能会很昂贵，但与已经为那些没有特殊支持几乎没有机会毕业的孩子投资的数百万奖学金和助学金相比，成本很低。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级If you eat two eggs topped with a little bit of cheese and an orange on the side, you already have 22 grams of protein.

如果你吃两个鸡蛋，上面加一点奶酪和一个橙子，你已经有22克蛋白质了。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级The shift, little noticed outside the medical establishment but already controversial inside it, suggests that doctors are starting to redefine their roles, from being concerned exclusively about individual patients to exerting influence on how healthcare

这一转变在医疗机构之外几乎没有引起注意，但在医疗机构内部已经引起了争议，这表明医生正在开始重新定义自己的角色，从只关注个别患者到对医疗保健方式施加影响

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级But we also found little interest in civic life beyond the tight circles of their family and immediate friends.

但我们也发现，除了他们的家人和直系朋友的紧密圈子之外，我们对公民生活也没有什么兴趣。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级There is also very little detail on who will provide the funds or, importantly, who is responsible for their provision.

关于谁将提供资金，或者更重要的是，谁负责提供资金，也没有多少细节。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Another study also found eating a high-fat and high-sugar breakfast each day for as little as four days resulted in problems with learning and memory similar to those observed in overweight and obese individuals.

另一项研究还发现，每天只吃高脂肪和高糖的早餐四天，就会导致学习和记忆问题，这与超重和肥胖个体的情况类似。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考Of the common berries, strawberries are highest in Vitamin C, although, because of their seeds, raspberries contain a little more protein, iron and zinc not that fruits have much protein.

在普通的浆果中，草莓的维生素C含量最高，尽管由于其种子的缘故，覆盆子含有更多的蛋白质、铁和锌，而不是水果含有更多的蛋白质。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级like good little scientists, children are always testing their child-sized theories about how things work.

像优秀的小科学家一样，孩子们总是在测试他们的孩子大小的关于事物如何运作的理论。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

六级Unlike floating ice shelves which have little impact on sea level when they break up, the ice sheet is anchored to bedrock will blow the sea surface.

与浮冰架不同，浮冰架破裂时对海平面几乎没有影响，冰盖固定在基岩上，会吹向海面。

2010年12月听力原文

高考A scientist working at her lab bench and a six-old baby playing with his food might seem to have little in common.

一个科学家在她的实验台上工作，一个六岁的婴儿在玩弄他的食物，这似乎没有什么共同之处。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.

不幸的是，目前石油、天然气和煤炭的低价格可能无法激励研究寻找更便宜的替代燃料。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研In undeveloped social groups, we find very little formal teaching and training.

在不发达的社会群体中，我们发现很少有正规的教学和培训。

2009年考研翻译原文

考研Even today, in our industrial life, apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world's work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output.

即使在今天，在我们的工业生活中，除了勤俭节约的某些价值观之外，与物质产出相比，从事世界工作的人类交往形式的智力和情感反应很少受到关注。

2009年考研翻译原文

考研Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern reader shave little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.

早在他去世之前，新闻品味就已经发生了变化，后现代主义读者对他所擅长的、装潢华丽的维克瓦尔德式散文几乎毫无用处。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Unlike so-called basic emotions such as sadness, fear, and anger, guilt emerges a little later, in conjunction with a child's growing grasp of social and moral norms.

与悲伤、恐惧和愤怒等所谓的基本情绪不同，负罪感的出现要晚一点，伴随着孩子对社会和道德规范的掌握程度不断提高。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级This is Aesop, the fabulist ( ' , 寓言家 ), the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships, He says.

这是伊索，寓言家（'，寓言家 ), 他说，这些迷人的小故事的主人公，经常以动物和动物关系的方式讲述。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级"This is Aesop, the fabulist, the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships," he says.

他说：“这就是伊索，寓言家，这些迷人的小故事的作者，经常以动物和动物关系的方式讲述。”。

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考But beyond the minimum requirements as social beings, they have little instinct (本能) to help one another.

但除了作为社会人的最低要求之外，他们几乎没有本能(本能) 互相帮助。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

考研The challenge the computer mounts to television thus bears little similarity to one format being replaced by another in the manner of record players being replaced by CD players.

因此，计算机对电视的挑战与一种格式被另一种格式所取代，即唱片播放器被CD播放器所取代，几乎没有什么相似之处。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those who have college debt.

繁荣的经济似乎没能缓解这一代人潜在的焦虑紧迫感，特别是对于那些欠大学债的人。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Any smell might attract natural enemies that would try to eat the little comforting pats.

任何气味都可能吸引天敌，它们会试图吃掉这些令人安慰的小东西。

2016年高考英语四川卷 语法填空 原文

六级If going to university doesn't work out, students pay very little--if any--of their tuition fees back: you only start repaying when you are earning ￡21,000 a year.

如果上大学不起作用，学生只需支付很少的学费（如果有的话）：你只有在挣钱的时候才开始还款￡每年21000人。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考The battle lasts little more than half an hour, in which time around 50, 000 kilograms of tomatoes have been thrown at anyone or anything that moves, runs, or fights back.

这场战斗持续了半个多小时，在这段时间里，大约50000公斤西红柿被扔向任何移动、奔跑或反击的人或物。

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride.

我开始尽我所能帮助他们建立一点自豪感。

2018年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

六级Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don't learn anything.

也许许多大学对学生提供的帮助如此之少的原因是他们知道，即使你什么也学不到，在一流大学学习仍然是一项杰出的投资。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Today, when time zones have less and less meaning, there is little tolerance for offices' closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in cities means workers can't make it home and back fast enough anyway.

如今，时区的意义越来越小，人们几乎不能容忍办公室因午餐而关门，城市交通的恶化意味着工人们无论如何都不能足够快地回家和回家。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考Even though the conference hall is near his apartment, he has to hurry a little if he wants to be punctual.

尽管会议厅离他的公寓很近，但如果他想准时的话，就得快点。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 单项选择 原文

考研visual recognition, reads the study, is "an automatic psychological process, occurring rapidly and intuitively with little or no apparent conscious deliberation".

该研究称，视觉识别是“一种自动的心理过程，快速而直观地发生，很少或根本没有明显的意识思考”。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The subtle and intelligent little book The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University should be read by every student thinking of applying to take a doctoral degree.

每一个想申请博士学位的学生都应该读一本精妙而聪明的小书《思想市场：美国大学的改革与抵制》。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known.

然而，这一任命之所以如此令人惊讶，其中一个原因是吉尔伯特的知名度相对较低。

2011年考研阅读原文

高考The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer.

该模型预测，目前几乎没有浮游植物的蓝色区域可能会变得更蓝。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级That means there's little money around for investment that would make cities liveable and more productive.

这意味着几乎没有钱用于投资，使城市更宜居，更具生产力。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研A young man can decide on a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to arrange the marriage negotiations, or the young man's parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection.

一个年轻人可以自己决定一个可能的配偶，然后让他的父母安排婚姻谈判，或者年轻人的父母可以选择一个配偶，让孩子在选择中没有发言权。

2016年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, wow little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired wow the stories arrived.

其中一个令人震惊的发现是，丽贝卡·布鲁克斯对她的新闻编辑室里发生的事情知之甚少，哇，她几乎不想问，而且她从来没有问过哇，故事来了。

2015年考研阅读原文

六级There's been little research on the topic, Steinberg wrote in a law article about this issue.

斯坦伯格在一篇关于这个问题的法律文章中写道：“关于这个问题的研究很少。”。

2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考As I got a little older, I began to understand what my dad really meant.

随着年龄的增长，我开始明白我父亲的真正意思。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级I've got a little put aside for a rainy day, but I might need to earn a little more before we go.

我已经存了一点钱以备不时之需，但我可能需要在出发前多挣点钱。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级A man who had recently reconciled with his brother told Gold there's something that lets older people to put aside bad deeds of the past and focus a little on what we need now, especially when it's sisters and brothers.

一位最近与哥哥和解的男子告诉Gold，有一种东西可以让老年人抛开过去的坏事，关注我们现在需要的东西，特别是当我们需要兄弟姐妹的时候。

2014年6月听力原文

六级With little else to go on, they were asked to estimate Mr.Williams's salary, professional standing, and educational background.

在没有其他事情可做的情况下，他们被要求估算威廉姆斯先生的工资、职业地位和教育背景。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, how little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived.

其中一个令人震惊的发现是，丽贝卡·布鲁克斯对她的新闻编辑室里发生的事情知之甚少，她想问的很少，而且她从来没有问过这些故事是怎么来的。

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研You might even be tempted to assume that humanity has little future to look forward to.

你甚至可能会认为人类没有什么可期待的未来。

2013年考研阅读原文

四级Her release from prison has drawn little attention.

她从监狱获释后很少引起注意。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Giving little attention to those having difficulty learning

对学习有困难的人很少给予关注

2013年12月阅读原文