Very few people, just a handful of people.

In other words, there is perhaps no limit to the number of people who can reach 90 or 100, but getting more than a handful of people past 120 may never be possible, and 150 is probably unattainable, absent genetic engineering-even for a monarch.

换句话说，活到90岁或100岁者的人数或许没有上限，但让一大批人活到120岁以上或许永远都不可能实现，没有遗传工程的帮助，人是很难活到150岁的，即便君主也做不到。

A handful of people took staggering risks with America's largest financial institutions.

一小撮人使美国最大的金融机构承担了巨大的风险。

For this cash, Americans will get to watch a handful of people roam not very far on the lunar surface, and they will have the huge satisfaction of knowing they have returned before the Chinese make their first visit.

花这么大一笔钱只能让美国人看到几个人在月球表面短距离地漫步，并让美国人从得知这几个人在中国人苜次登月前已经返回地球中得到巨大的满足。

Along with English botanist Joseph Hooker, Lyell was one of a small handful of people Darwin had shown early drafts of his own work on natural selection.

同英国植物学家约瑟夫·胡克一样，莱尔是少数了解达尔文在自然选择学说方面研究的早期草稿的人之一。

A handful of people critical of the government attended but stayed on the sidelines and did nothing to attract attention.

一小批对政府持批评态度的人士到场，但一直站在边上，没有做任何吸引关注的事。

The sort of reported marriage to Sergei Fedorov was witnessed by just a handful of people.

库尔尼科娃与瑟戈·费多拉夫的婚礼只有少数人见证。

And even then, only a handful of people would be willing to fork out for styling that lasts only a few days.

即使这样，仍然有少数的人愿意去不停的换发型，甚至这个发型只能维持几天。

In our lives, only a handful of people would be put into jail. However, many of them have indeed locked themselves in the prisons that are created by their own hearts without releasing themselves.

真正进监狱的人毕竟不多，但我却由此想到，很多人正恰与我的这位朋友相反，明明没有进监狱却把自己关在心造的监狱里，不肯自我减刑、自我赦免。

In Beijing, a handful of trouserless people took to the Chinese capital's fast-growing subway, drawing confused glances from onlookers.

在北京，一小群没穿外裤的活动者乘坐着北京快速运行的地铁，引来路人不解的注目。

Only a handful of people came.

只有少数几个人来了。

It took her much longer to find the courage to share her writing and at first she did so with a mere handful of people.

在是否将文章与他人分享这一问题上，她考虑了很长时间，并最终鼓起勇气首先让少数几个人看了她写的文章，本文是之一。

In the United States, a handful of people were camped out Thursday night outside a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area Borders store to guarantee their spot at the front of the line.

在美国，一少部分人周四晚上开始在一家宾夕法尼亚地区，匹兹堡的Borders商店打起了帐篷宿营，以保证自己能在队伍排在前面。

It is more extravagant to lie idle those expensive gears than buying them out. Therefore, used expensive goods sales are increasingly the rage as a handful of people have similar problem.

基于很多喜欢奢侈品的人群有这方面的困扰，二手奢侈品寄卖这种方式正在部分小众人群中悄然流行。

However active the leading group may be, its activity will amount to fruitless effort by a handful of people unless combined with the activity of the masses.

只有领导骨干的积极性，而无广大群众的积极性相结合，便将成为少数人的空忙。

only a handful of people know.

只有少数几个人知道

A handful of people can recall almost every day of their lives in enormous detail — and after years of research, neuroscientists are finally beginning to understand how they do it.

有少数人几乎能回忆起他们生活中每天的大量细节——经过多年研究之后，神经科学专家终于开始了解他们是怎么做到的。

To a handful of people in the world it may mean a lot.

对世界上少数人而言，这也许意味深长。

There are only a handful of other people that know what we know.

只有几个人知道我们秘密。

Nate: I know. I'm just not sure if she's the girl for me.

我知道, 我只是不确定她是不是我的 真 爱.

This stuff does stick to your fingers, doesn't it?

这东西真(爱)粘手, 不是 吗 ?