The evidence on whether portfolio investment affects growth is even more sparse than the evidence on fdi .
有关有价证券投资是否影响经济增长的证据比有关外国直接投资的证据更加稀少。
First , the supply of experts is sparse , and interviewing them is time-consuming .
首先,专家很稀少,访问他们是在浪费他们的时间。
So sparse is traffic that it often seems more cars are being transported on occasional lorries than are on the road itself .
车流是如此稀少,于是常常是偶尔路过的商品车运输车上的汽车比路上跑的还要多。
We 've been critical of the sparse offering from data.gov but sunlight 's plan looks like it could surpass what even the most ambitious government program is likely capable of .
In contrast to google 's sparse design , bing 's home page features striking pictures that change daily .
对比与google稀少的设计元素,bing的主页中会每天更新一些吸引人的图片。
Looking out of the train window , I spotted a pair of camels feeding on the sparse vegetation amongst the salt flats .
从火车窗外看去,我看见两只骆驼在植被稀少的盐碱平地上觅食。
As smartphones become essential nightlife accessories , app developers are creating new tools to help barhoppers avoid lame drink specials , sparse crowds and awkward theme nights .
After a while a rind of white moon and a few sparse stars settled overhead , enough light for him to make out a human form .
过了一会儿,头顶上出现了白色月亮的轮廓和一些稀疏的星星,足以让他能分辨出一个人形。
First , connectivity is usually better in cities than in the countryside , because it is more lucrative to build telecoms networks for dense populations than for sparse ones .