as few as 5/10 etcused to emphasize how surprisingly small a number is 只有5/10等〔用于强调数量出乎意料地小〕 Sometimes as few as 20 out of 500 or more candidates succeed in passing all the tests. 有时,500名甚至更多的候选人中只有20名能通过所有测试。
as few as 5/10 etc• The number of bodies that will be left standing is unclear but could be as few as 10.• Infection can result from ingestion of as few as 10 cysts.• But if every worker made pins separately, the factory might make as few as 10 or at the most 200.
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