The soil absorbs only a fraction of the rain that beats down.

Only a fraction of the sculptures were on display at the museum.

博物馆里展出的只是这些雕塑的碎片.

Start enjoying luxury vacations at a fraction of the price other people pay!

这个是众人都可支付的价格,就能开始享受豪华假期!

Every month a fraction of my allowance is spent on roses.

每个月我用零花钱中的一小部分买玫瑰花.

With a fraction of sympathy, we would reap double gratitude.

我们付出一份同情心, 收获的将是双倍的感激.

A fraction of the 26 miles he once ran in the Big Sur International Marathon.

就是冉迪曾经跑过的26英里国际马拉松赛程的一小段.

Washing machines now do the job in a fraction of the time it once took.

如,洗衣机的应用就节省了不少时间.

Even native speakers know only a fraction of these.

即便是母语为英语的人也只认识其中一小部分。

Most people use only a fraction of their lung capacity for breathing.

多数的人们仅仅是用他们肺活量的一部分进行呼吸.

They complain that moneylenders advance only a fraction of the item's value.

他们抱怨说借款人只能提前支付一小部分物品的价值.

Ofcourse, in an introductory document we can only cover a fraction of the whole technology.

当然, 在一篇介绍性文章中我们只能提及整个技术的一部分.

He has done only a fraction of his homework.

他只做了家庭作业的一小部分.

Only a fraction of the A ions are in tetrahedral sites.

只有一部分A离子处在四面体的位置上.

There, a slight shift in a mirror of a fraction of a wavelength was fatal.

在那里, 反射镜稍稍移动几分之一个波长都是致命的.

Naturally, only a fraction of our huge investment was ever make public.

自然, 我们巨额的投资中只有一小部分是公之于众的.

However, experimentally one never detects a fraction of an electron; electrons behave as indivisible entities.

然而, 实际上,从未探测出一个电子的一部分, 电子表现为一个不分的实体.

The cost is only a fraction of his salary.

那项费用不过是他薪水的一小部分.

The car missed me by a fraction of an inch.

那车子差一点儿就要撞到我了.

The goods will be sold for a fraction of their value in order to discharge the debt.

货物将被贱价卖出以清偿债务。

They gave the decorator a free hand in doing their apartment over.

他们给装修师全权来翻修他们的房子.

How about giving him a free hand and see how it works.

不如让他放手去干,看看结果如何.