A minuscule amount of rain

极少的降雨量

A letter written in minuscule .

小书写体字母

Minuscule : Lower-case letter.

小写:英文的小写字母。

a minuscule fraction

一小部分，零头.

Organic produce formerly accounted for a minuscule portion of total American farm output, but it has seen a huge proportional increase in sales in recent years.

有机农作物过去只占美国农产品总输出的极少部分，但近年来的销售量已有大幅度的成长。

Sometimes they become so technical that athletics ceases to be a sport in their eyes as they argue over minuscule points of no real interest to practising athletes

有时他们对技术钻牛角尖钻到如此地步。他们争论那些实际训练的运动员毫无兴趣的细枝末节。此刻，在他们眼里，运动已不成其为运动。

As a man who spent time during World War II on a minuscule South Pacific island, I recognized the symptoms of acute homesickness

作为一个二战期间曾在南太平洋小岛上服过役的老兵，我听得出他非常想家。

The amount involved is minuscule , as is the quantity of electricity needed to keep the filter charged (a small solar panel would be sufficient to supply it).

银的使用量非常小，与维持滤水器运转所需电量（一小块太阳能电池板就足够了）一般。

Only minuscule quantities of silver are used and there is no waste, unlike chemical-etching processes.

与化学蚀刻处理法不同，这种方法不仅银用量极少，并且不会浪费。

Windows’ share of tablets is minuscule .

在平板电脑市场Windows所占份额更可谓是芝麻粒豆。

Windows’share of tablets is minuscule .

在平板电脑市场Windows所占份额更可谓是芝麻粒豆。

Most important, each of Booz’s 300 partners would have to trade meaningful sway over the direction of a highly profitable firm for a minuscule stake in a diversified, lower-margin empire.

最重要的是，为了从高盈利的公司转化成一个极小的股权多元的、低利润的帝国，博斯的300个合作伙伴每一个都要作有意义的贸易。

I just quit my job yesterday, I got tired of working 12 hours a day for such a minuscule salary.

（我辞去了昨天的工作，我已经厌倦了每天工作12小时却只能拿这么点薪水。）

“The students are such a minuscule portion of this program. ”

“在校学生在整个计划中其实只占了极小的一部分。”

The chances of the asteroid going through the keyhole, which is tiny compared to the asteroid, are “minuscule , ” Yeomans added.

“这个小行星运行到这个关键点的机会也不大，和小行星本身比起来，机会实在太微小，”也欧曼斯说。

Eight years ago I caught flak from my wife for not voting; I tried pointing out the minuscule impact of a single vote (mine).

8年前，我因为没投票而受到了妻子的指责，而我试图以（我的）一张选票影响甚微为自己辩解。

This season, we’ve seen everything from lower limbs completely wrapped in leather to minuscule peep-toe and cut-out booties.

本季我们看到各式各样的靴子，从包覆整个下肢的皮靴，到小露脚趾或镂空的裸踝靴款式都有。

The ships use energy from the wind to propel themselves around and spray minuscule droplets of sea water into the air.

船舶使用风能推动其自身旋转并将海水的微小水滴喷洒到空气中。

But if the Japanese example is any guide, that effect is minuscule , if any, and is far from sufficient to turn the economy around.

但是，如果日本例子是一种借鉴，这种效果是微不足道的，如果有的话，远不足以扭转经济衰退。

When solar contributed a minuscule proportion of Germany’s total power output that excess was easily overlooked.

当光伏发电量在德国总发电量中只占很小一部分时，这种额外的成本很容易被忽视。

Of course, this solution presents its own issues; at the time of this writing the knowledge base is minuscule .

当然，这个解决方案也有问题；到编写本文时，知识库的内容还不丰富。

Others are equally evangelical in their assertions that the sun plays only a minuscule role in climate change.

而其他人却断定太阳在气候变化问题上只担当了个跑龙套。

It ranges from grand vision to minuscule details such as technical specifications on lighting fixtures.

该法案大到宏观视野，小到照明灯具的技术规格等细节，都一揽无余。

For the first century of America’s existence, the federal government’s presence was minuscule .

建国后第一个世纪里，美国联邦政府的作用是佷有限的。

Minuscule though the number is, it is a rise on the previous two years (1. 87 per cent and 1. 57 per cent).

尽管该比例极小，但相较前两年的1.87%和1.57%，它还是上升了。

But although tea production in America is minuscule , consumption is booming.

尽管美国茶产量很少，但是消费需求却是在高涨。

Sulfur atoms, which can bind poisonous mercury, coat each of the minuscule holes.

硫原子能吸附有毒的水银，用它们覆盖住每一个微小的洞。

Everybody knows that the chances of winning a big payday are minuscule , a tiny 1 in front of an awful lot of zeros.

每个人都知道赢得大于工资的将近的几率是极小的，小数点后面会跟着一长串的零。

For now, the amounts in circulation are minuscule .

目前，流通的数量非常小。

The muscle you gain is minuscule compared with the total amount of skeletal muscle in the body.

你获得的肌肉相对于全身的骨骼肌来说只是一小部分。