如今有太多的人在角逐寥寥无几的工作职位。

Too many people are chasing too few jobs nowadays.

在高级别公务员中，女性仍然寥寥无几。

There are still few women in the upper reaches of the civil service.

优秀的经理人常常寥寥无几。

Good managers are often thin on the ground.

和欧洲其他国家相比，英国留在学校继续学习的青少年寥寥无几。

So few teenage Britons stay on at school, compared with the rest of Europe

尽管他的提名得到总统的大力支持，但支持他的参议员却寥寥无几。

His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate.

如果回到1960年，你会发现工作机会寥寥无几。

If you go back to 1960, you'll find that very few jobs were being created.

他吃了亏后才发现自己真正能够交心的人寥寥无几。

There are very few people he can talk to in total confidence, as he has discovered to his cost.

照理说，学校也有牙医诊所，可实际上，里面的牙医寥寥无几。

A school dental service exists in theory, but in practice, there are few dentists to work in them.

看演出的观众寥寥无几。

The show is drawing but a meagre audience.

号召自愿参加，但响应者寥寥无几。

A call for volunteers was sent out, but very few people responded.