little better than
In fact, the national team does a little better than you would expect, given the country's size, wealth and experience in international football.
实际上，考虑到国土面积，国家财富，国际大赛经验，这届国家队的表现其实比你所能期待的要好一点。
Employees at times fare little better than the environment.
员工的境遇有时比环境稍好一些。
I guess. I suppose that a meritocratic elitism is a little better than a purely inherited or wealth-based elitism.
我猜想，自致的精英们比那些单纯依靠继承或者财产而来的精英们要好得多。