few and far between

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If you wait for inspiration to slap you in the face, your work sessions will be few and far between.
如果你等著靈感在你的臉上扇一巴掌，你的工作進(jìn)展將稀少而漫長(zhǎng)。
That didn’t matter so much 20 years ago when personal computers were few and far between , but times have changed.
20年前個(gè)人計(jì)算機(jī)還相當(dāng)稀少的時(shí)候，這件事并沒有那么重要，但是時(shí)代不同了。
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But it also has ambitious nuclear power targets and its quest for uranium – repositories of which are few and far between – has thrown the rivalry into sharper focus.
但它同時(shí)還有著雄心勃勃的核實(shí)力目標(biāo)，中國對(duì)儲(chǔ)量稀少的鈾資源的追逐，讓人們更為關(guān)注上述競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

The bad news is that life is messy, and neat experiments few and far between.
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Wildlife cops are few and far between, and the bad guys operate deep underground.
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My own encounters with the Prince were few and far between, but nonetheless memorable.
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