凤毛麟角

OPPORTUNITIES are sparse for China's small-time speculators .

对中国的小额投资人来说，机会可谓是凤毛麟角。

Once we learn that, for instance, corporate steno pools today are as plentiful as hens' teeth, we can adjust our job-search story and our materials to position us for jobs that employers are actually trying to fill.

比如说，一旦我们得知速记员的工作现在是凤毛麟角的话，我们就可以据此来整理我们的求职故事和材料，让自己成为雇主想要招聘的员工。

Seeing a single thirtysomething is like finding a unicorn .

在这里，30多岁的单身男性简直是凤毛麟角。

Just as the venerable old two-wheeler is making gains in the west, it is being erased from China's city streets.

当自行车这一中国传统交通工具正在西方逐渐流行开来时，在厦门却是凤毛麟角。

Very few high school teenagers are thought to be investing in China's stock market, but Liang may represent a rising group of young, new investors in the country that are becoming more rational and are armed with well-cultivated independent thinking and analysis skills.

尽管人们认为，投身中国股市的高中生绝对是凤毛麟角，而梁昊恰恰可能代表了这个正在崛起的年轻群体，我国的新一代投资者们变得更加理性，他们拥有着良好独立思考能力以及分析技巧。

An accurate timescale derived from benthic foraminiferal δ^18O is crucial to paleoceanographic studies. In global oceans, there are few continuous δ^18O records for the benthic foraminifers which span the past 5 Ma and have time resolution better than 5 ka.

基于底栖有孔虫δ^18O的精确的年代标尺是古海洋学研究的基础，特别是长度超过5Ma，分辨率小于5ka的连续δ^18O记录在全球大洋深海记录中更是凤毛麟角。

Examples are thin on the ground, either because they do not exist or because they have yet to be discovered.

这样的例子实属凤毛麟角，原因是要么根本不存在，要么还没有被发现。

People who stand taller than 1,70 meters are a rarity of rarities there.

在那儿身高超过1.70米的人有如凤毛麟角。

The accompanying DVD contains 2 versions of the movie: a complete version to be watched for appreciation, and a reedited version for use in the classroom.

对外汉语教学界也普遍使用中国电影进行汉语视听教学，但是，由于种种原因，目前根据中国电影编写出版的视听教材却是凤毛麟角，各个学校大都是使用为中国人出版的光盘进行电影视听教学，学习材料简单，教学也不够规范。

I was told that the part needed for my car is scarcer than hen's teeth,and it would take a long time to find one.

译 我被告知，我的车所需的零件很少，简直就是凤毛麟角，要花很长时间才能找到。

I think he's learned how to approach hitters....

Johhny Damon说，『他已是最好的了，再没有人能够比他做的更好，我想他的球技已经完全成熟了，而且他也已经学会了如何去对付和压迫各种打击者。。。。。。

In effect, an 18 foot King Cobra could actually look down onto the average human being.

际上，一个18尺眼镜蛇王其实可以俯视到的平均人。