modicum

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  • n.少量
  • Web一点点；少许；少量的

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modicum
n.
1.
少量，一点点（好事或愉快的事）a fairly small amount, especially of sth good or pleasant
They should win, given a modicum of luck.
只要有一点点运气，他们就会赢。

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AllAll,少量少量,一点点一点点,少许少许,少量的少量的
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1.
Then a modicum of peace, monetary stability and open markets was all that was expected.
那时，人们所冀望的不过是些许的和平、货币的稳定和开放的市场。
nà shí , rén men suǒ jì wàng de bú guò shì xiē xǔ de hé píng 、 huò bì de wěn dìng hé kāi fàng de shì chǎng 。
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2.
For the moment, however, injections of seawater appear to have created a modicum of stability inside the cores of the two reactors.
但目前海水的注入似乎使两个反应堆的堆芯内部略微稳定下来。
dàn mù qián hǎi shuǐ de zhù rù sì hū shǐ liǎng gè fǎn yìng duī de duī xīn nèi bù lüè wēi wěn dìng xià lái 。
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3.
For her part, Jolie makes a modicum of effort with her cut-glass accent, but mostly lets her eyes, lips and hips do the work.
女主角，朱莉对她那种能“切碎玻璃”的口音做了微不足道的调整，不过大部分的工作都是靠她的眼睛，嘴唇和臀部来完成的。
nǚ zhǔ jué , zhū lì duì tā nà zhǒng néng " qiē suì bō lí " de kǒu yin zuò le wēi bù zú dào de tiáo zhěng , bú guò dà bù fen de gōng zuò dōu shì kào tā de yǎn jing , zuǐ chún hé tún bù lái wán chéng de 。
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4.
He said the company has substantially trimmed back its operations and is now providing only a 'modicum of support' to Huawei.
他说，Amerilink大幅削减了业务规模，现在只向华为提供“少量支持”。
tā shuō , Amerilink dà fú xuē jiǎn le yè wù guī mó , xiàn zài zhǐ xiàng huá wéi tí gōng " shǎo liàng zhī chí " 。
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5.
Whether you achieved fame in arts and letters, athletics, or politics, it was necessary to have at least some modicum of skill.
不管你获得名气的领域是艺术，文学，体育或是政治，你总是需要或多或少的能力。
bù guǎn nǐ huò de míng qi de lǐng yù shì yì shù , wén xué , tǐ yù huò shì zhèng zhì , nǐ zǒng shì xū yào huò duō huò shǎo de néng lì 。
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6.
If only a modicum of calm returned to markets, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs should be able to survive.
只要市场能恢复少许平静，摩根士丹利和高盛就应该能够生存下去。
zhǐ yào shì chǎng néng huī fù shǎo xǔ píng jìng , mó gēn shì dān lì hé gāo shèng jiù yīng gāi néng gòu shēng cún xià qù 。
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7.
Everyone knows a modicum of ethics is called for in any business -- you can't cheat you customers forever and get away with it.
大家都知道各行各业都需要有一点伦理道德——你不能永远欺骗并侥幸逃脱。
dà jiā dōu zhī dào gè háng gè yè dōu xū yào yǒu yì diǎn lún lǐ dào dé —— nǐ bù néng yǒng yuǎn qī piàn bìng jiǎo xìng táo tuō 。
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8.
He hardened his heart. In this unjust world, the poor have to be hard hearted to retain their modicum of freedom.
他狠了心，在没有公道的世界里，穷人仗着狠心维持个人的自由，那很小很小的一点自由。
tā hěn le xīn , zài méi yǒu gōng dao de shì jiè lǐ , qióng rén zhàng zhe hěn xīn wéi chí gè rén de zì yóu , nà hěn xiǎo hěn xiǎo de yì diǎn zì yóu 。
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9.
Of course, civilisation requires a modicum of material prosperity -- enough to provide a little leisure.
当然，文明的发展需要一定程度的物质繁荣，至少让人们在饱暖之余还能有一点休闲娱乐。
dāng rán , wén míng de fā zhǎn xū yào yí dìng chéng dù de wù zhì fán róng , zhì shǎo ràng rén men zài bǎo nuǎn zhī yú hái néng yǒu yì diǎn xiū xián yú lè 。
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10.
In practice, developers and users tend to want URIs to embed at least a modicum of semantic information, not only a syntactic form.
在实践中，开发人员和用户喜欢在URI中嵌入一些语义信息，而不只是采用语法形式。
zài shí jiàn zhōng , kāi fā rén yuán hé yòng hù xǐ huan zài URI zhōng qiàn rù yì xiē yǔ yì xìn xī , ér bù zhǐ shì cǎi yòng yǔ fǎ xíng shì 。
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