small是什么意思？

an accelerating speeda shift to city centersa new focus on small citiesan ever-increasing demandPeople can live without private cars.

They need to keep teams small and focused: giving in to pressure to be more inclusive is a guarantee of dysfunction.

They can only afford small apartments.

Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume,said Mintel analyst Jack Duckett.

Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.

In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago, Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined.

As smaller cities copy the model of these 24-hour cities, more affordable versions of these places will be created.

A very small number of people are able to remember almost every detail of their life.

With wild carrots, the roots are white, small and skinny, so you’d have to pick a lot of wild carrots to get enough to eat.

[The most recent of these studies, published in The Journal of Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes ( ' , known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes).

So the formerly small supper after sundown becomes the big meal of the day, the only one at which the family has a chance to get together.

Later, at 5 or 6, you'd have a smaller supper.

Italians, says Counihan, traditionally began the day with a small meal.

Indeed, we have made substantial progress in some parts of the world on at least one of these—the distribution of family-planning services and the associated shift to smaller families.

In between the midday meal and a late, smaller dinner came a small snack.

A person who had input into where he would move and has had time to adapt to it might do as well in a nursing home as in a small residential care home, other factors being equal.

The researchers, led by Martin Reimann, carried out a series of experiments to see if people would choose a smaller meal if it was paired with a non-food item.

The odds of a criminal using technical means to bypass a security system are so small that the FBI doesn't even track those statistics.

The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting, says Reimann.

Only a very small proportion of burglaries are committed by technical means.

Most kids and adults would choose a smaller meal that came with a non-food item.

Even more interesting is that the promise of a future reward was enough to make adults choose the smaller portion.

Eating a smaller portion of food does good to the health of kids and adults alike.

Cracker Jacks has been gamifying its snack food by putting a small prize inside for more than 100 years, he adds, and the turn-ofthe- century steel magnate ( ' , 巨头) Charles Schwab is said to have often come into his factory and written the number of tons of steel produced on the past shift on the factory floor, thus motivating the next shift of workers to beat the previous one.

But how probable is it that someone will successfully jam their way into your home and steal your stuff?Let's imagine that you live in a small home with a wireless security setup that offers a functional anti-jamming system.

Adults chose the smaller portion on the mere promise of a future award.

According to a new study from Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, small nonfood rewards—like the toys in McDonald's Happy Meals—stimulate the same reward centers in the brain as food does.

When a group of craftsmen expands to include more members, a small craft organization is formed.

This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office, but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time.

Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.

Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.

"In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago," Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, life Reimagined.

"Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume," said mintel analyst Jack Duckett.

"The fact that participants were willing to substitute part of a food item for the mere prospect of a relatively small monetary award is interesting," says Reimann.

"The move to recapture a small part of the profits from an industry that pushes a product that contributes to diabetes, obesity and heart disease in poorer communities in order to reinvest in those communities will sure be inspirational to many other plac

A plant uses only a small part of the energy produced by that process.

A raccoon, a small cat like animal climbed to the top of a 25-story sky scraper early on Wednesday.

According to a new study from Cornell University's Food and BrandLab, small nonfood rewards—like the toys in McDonald's Happy Meals—stimulate the same reward centers in the brain as food does.

Also, certain types of bacteria are extremely harmful, and it takes only a small number to make you sick.

And I can see myself sitting on a small chair by the fire doing needlework.

And there were small towns, and New York wasn't that far away.

And they target a small amount of money.

Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rath

Being depressed can mean feeling "lost in your own small, negative, dark world," Dowrick says.

Cracker Jacks has been "gamifying" its snack food by putting a small prize inside for more than 100 years, he adds, and the turn-of-the-century steel magnate (巨头 Charles Schwab is said to have often come into his factory and written the number of tons of

Each time, the rook deposits a cigarette end or a small piece of rubbish.

Even men and schoolchildren are swelling the ranks,among them my friend's three small grandsons.

I felt like it was a small fortune, even though it wasn't.

In the mornings you can go down to a small local cafe, soaking up the sun's rays, and drinking coffee.

Let's imagine that you live in a small home with a wireless security setup that offers a functional anti-jamming system.

Most urban Africans work for a small minority of the rich, who tend to be involved in either cronyish businesses or politics.

Nadeau is part of a small revolution developing across California.

One of the best known of these small countries is Monaco.

Only a small 31 percentage of people had "all-male" or "all-female" characteristics.

Other small independent states in Europe are San Marino and Luxembourg.

Returning to a normal life can be difficult, but some small routines mail delivery being one of them may help residents remember that their communities are still their communities.

Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?

So-called roads of national importance were designated, but they were mostly small country roads.

Some of those small mammals help to sustain such big birds as golden eagles.

The birds will be encouraged to clean the park through the use of a small box that delivers a small amount of bird food.

The carts he refers to are small shopping carts—the symbol of a true Venetian.

Their invention is a small biological circuit they call E-Kaia.

They need to keep teams small and focused: giving in to pressure to be more "inclusive" is a guarantee of dysfunction.

Thinking small, being engaging, and having a sense of humor don't hurt.

We'll all get the kids to build a small boat.

Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.

The bills in both chambers would create health insurance exchanges on which small businesses and individuals could choose from an array of private plans and possibly a public option.

The amount spent on interactive advertising on television is still small.

My own research at the Stanford Center on Adolescence uses in-depth interviews with small samples of youngsters rather than large-scale surveys.

In fact, other recent studies have found there has never been a time in American history when so small a proportion of young people have sought or accepted leadership roles in local civic organizations.

He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due.

Many of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, the majority of which are African or small island states, produce a very small quantity of emissions.

But over the last couple of years, and in this one in particular, we are starting to see companies shift from what is the largest screen size, the smallest form factor or the shiniest object and more into what all of these devices do that is practical in a consumer's life.

Welcome to the third lecture in our series on the future of small businesses in Europe.

The purpose of today’s lecture, as you have seen from the title and the abstract, is to examine in more detail the problems facing small- and medium-sized enterprises which arise at least in part from having to adapt to rapid advances in technology.

The legend says that when seven girls were attacked by bears, they took refuge on top of a small rock, and they appealed to the Rock God for help.

Small wonder that an Indian legend described Devils Tower as being formed by supernatural powers.

Tennessee State's overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.

Students are placed in small groups with counselors ( ' , trained seniors on campus); they have access to cultural and ethnic affinity ( ' , 联 系 ) groups, tutoring centers and also have a summer orientation specifically for first-generation students ( ' , the latter being one of the most common programs for students).

Still, Jones represents a small percentage of first-generation students who are able to gain entry into more elite universities, which are often known for robust financial aid packages and remarkably high graduation rates for first-generation students.

Like many first-generation students, he enrolled in a medium-sized state university many of his high school peers were also attending, received a Pell Grant, and took out some small federal loans to cover other costs.

It's not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those opportunities for a small subset of this population, Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online programs, two-year colleges, and commuter state schools.

If we can help to direct students to more of these types of campuses and help students to understand them to be realistic and accessible places, have them apply to these schools at greater frequency and ultimately get in and enroll, we are going to raise the success rate, Rubinoff said, citing a variety of colleges ranging from large state institutions to smaller private schools.

Asia led the way, with the biggest number from China followed by Japan and India, most European and Asian universities provide an elite service to a small numberof people.

"It's a very small number of games that would trigger this secondary compensation issue," said voice actor Crispin Freeman, who's a member of the union's negotiating committee.

"It's a very small number of games that would trigger this secondary compensation issue," said voice actor Crispin Freeman, who's a member of the union's negotiating committee. "This is an important aspect of what it means to be freelance (从事自由职业的) perfor

"It's not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those opportunities for a small subset of this population," Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online programs, two-year col

A small percentage, about 1% and that can be built into the price of the bike.

After that, a few small populations left Africa to populate the rest of the world.

Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a Cube Sat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.

CubeSat researchers suggest that now's the time to ponder unexpected and unintended possible consequences of more people than ever having access to their own small slice of space.

first of all, small is beautiful: people definitely prefer working for smaller organizations or companies with less than 100 staff.

For decades, many downtown cores in small to mid-sized cities were abandoned after work hours by workers who lived in the suburbs.

For instance, a research group here at Arizona State University recently claimed their developmental small CubeSats could cost as little as $3, 000 to put in orbit.

Here we have three of the most important problems facing small businesses that I want to look at today.

In fact, analysis actually showed a small weight loss.

In recent years, many mid-sized cities have begun to adopt a middle-of-the-road approach incorporating the excitement and opportunity of large cities with small cities' quiet after midnight.

It was an increase that was on a small base of 6.9 percent.

Last summer, Massachusetts grass-fed beef advocate John Smith launched Big Picture Beef, a network of small grass-fed beef farms in New England and New York that is projected to bring to market 2,500 head of cattle from 125 producers this year.

like many first-generation students, he enrolled in a medium-sized state university many of his high school peers were also attending, received a Pell Grant, and took out some small federal loans to cover other costs.

Many of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, the majority of which are African or small island states, produce a very small quantity of emissions.

More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep, Apple's massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon's small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night.

Now, all of these problems involve significant costs for all businesses, but there're particularly challenging issues for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Only a small fraction of the population was literate, but the production of books grew at an extraordinary speed.

Recently though, I turn my photography hobby into a small business.

Researchers at small labs or at institutions focused on teaching arguably have the most to lose when sharing hard-won data.

since 2010, the couple has helped 125 small dairy farms convert to grass-fed, with more than 80% of those farms coming on board during the last two years.

Small communities, with their distinctive character—where life is stable and intensely human—are disappearing.

So during the first few moments of the big bang, the universe was extremely hot and very small.

Some of these spectacular churches are no more than small buildings, barely 4 meters wide and 6 meters tall.

Speaking from New Zealand via Skype, Moffitt explained that self-control problems were widely observed, and weren't just a feature of a small group of misbehaving kids.

Starr recently conducted a small study that found that adding extra protein foods to the diet of obese older individuals who were trying to lose weight strengthened their muscles.

Students are placed in small groups with counselors trained seniors on campus; they have access to cultural and ethnic affinity(联系) groups, tutoring centers and also have a summer orientation specifically for first-generation students.

The death of a small child would have no effect upon the income of the family.

The idea was to test the machines on a database that included up to 1 million different images of nearly 700, 000 different people—and not just a large database featuring a relatively small number of different faces, more consistent with what's been used

The most common CubeSat is a 10cm cube, so small that a single CubeSat could easily be mistaken for a paperweight on your desk.

The Old Order Amish, who arrived on American shores in colonial times, have survived in the modern world in distinctive, small communities.

They called a submarine an iron fish and a small bomb thrown by hand a potato.

They found that adolescents who spent a very small amount of time on digital devices—a couple of hours a week—had the highest well-being.

They have purchased a home with a small down payment and a 30-year mortgage.

This would generate steam that could be used to fill tanks on a small steam train without the use of fire.