n. 少数, 一把, 棘手事
"Without my job I don't know who I am," is a sentence that has been uttered on more than a handful of occasions from my office chair.
六级 · CET-6 2024年6月 第2套
While this can be good news for the world's poorest people who now consume more calories, protein and fat than in the past, homogeneity(同一性) and over-dependence on a handful of staples leave us vulnerable to threats such as drought, disease and pests—all of which are predicted to worsen in many parts of the world as a result of climate change.
四级 · CET-4 2023年12月 第1套
At the other end of the spectrum is a handful of colleges that have fewer than a hundred students on campus and no online courses: colleges such as Sterling College, Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, and Deep Springs College.
六级 · CET-6 2023年6月 第3套
Most other healthy eating cultures also make meals an event—say, multiple courses around the family table, or a glass or two of red wine at a long lunch—as opposed to hastily wolfing down handfuls of cereal above the kitchen sink and calling it dinner.
四级 · CET-4 2022年12月 第1套
Before the 20th century, a handful of scientists had been interested in the theoretical relationship between greenhouse gases and climate change, but only the empirical evidence accumulated since the late 20th century established a clear connection between the burning of fossil fuels and a vastly accelerated rise in global temperatures.
六级 · CET-6 2022年6月 第2套