It was only a little better than living out of their car, and she wished with all her heart that she could provide more for her child.
算是有个落脚的地方，至少比露宿街头要好一点点。凯伦真心希望，能给孩子提供更好的条件。
To the uninitiated, this approach may sound little better than guesswork.
对于门外汉，这种方法听起来比猜测好不了多少。
Actually, now, in 1999, people dress a little better than before.
事实上，1999年的现在，大家穿得比以前好。
To be honest. I was expecting something a little better than this.
说实话，我还在期待比这更好的呢。
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。
Patient:A little better than yesterday.
病人：比昨天稍好一点。
Mastery of the Light requires a focused mind and tremendous willpower. Without these, you are little better than street thug.
掌握圣光需要专注的意志和极大的毅力。如果没有这些，你几乎不如街头流氓。
In fact, the national team does a little better than you would expect, given the country「s size, wealth and experience in international football.
其实，要考虑英国在国际足球中的规模、银子和经验，国家队表现比您感觉得还好一些。
Unless spending picks up as Christmas approaches, demand growth in the fourth quarter of 2006 is likely to be little better than in the third.
除非销售额能抓住圣诞节来临的机会上升，否则2006年第四季度需求增长率几乎不会比第三季度好到哪里。
The problem is that the cops seem little better than the crooks.
可问题是，这两个条子也没比恶棍好到哪里去。
Dr Potti and Dr Nevins answered the queries and publicly corrected several errors, but Dr Baggerly and Dr Coombes still found the methods」 predictions were little better than chance.
波提博士和奈文斯博士回答了他们的问题，还公开更正了几个错误，但是拜格里博士和库姆斯博士还是发现，他们的所谓预测方法其实跟碰运气差不多。
Nightclubs and bars along the waterfront have laughably poor singers who are usually little better than the average drunken karaoke star-for-the-night.
湖边夜总会和酒吧里的歌手很差劲，常常比喝醉酒唱卡拉ok的客人好不到哪里去。
This car is a little better than that one.
这辆汽车比那辆稍好一点儿。
The combative Mr Correa has treated his former supporters little better than he does foreign bondholders.
好斗的科雷亚对以前支持他的人跟外国债券持有人没什么两样。
「All you have to do is show up at the regular time,」 he says, 「and you know there「s a good chance you」ll end up leaving the pool feeling a little better than when you arrived.」
「你所需要做的就是在规定的时间内出现，」他说，「然后你就会知道这是个好机会，一个你能达到离开泳池时感到比来之前的心情好点了的状态的机会。」
What evidence there is tends to indicate that human lovebirds are little better than their feathered counterparts.
现有的证据表明人类情侣稍微比那些带羽毛的强点。
Journalists fared little better than politicians with 24% of people trusting them, putting them below bankers, estate agents and lawyers.
记者比政客好点儿，24%的人信任他们，但位列银行家、房地产经纪人和律师之下。
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。
Dante: Well, isn」t that special? To be honest, I was expecting something a little better than this.
但丁：嗯，这还不够特别吗？说句实话，我还指望能够受到更加隆重的款待呢。
Let go of what’s been done, focus on the good and continue to strive to make each day a little better than the one before.
让已经成为定局的昨天过去吧，专注并且继续为了使今天和明天比以往更加美好而努力。
The police are in even worse shape, regarded by most Afghans as little better than robbers in uniform.
警察的状态更糟，大多数阿富汗人将其视为与着制服的强盗无异。
Today, we make a sincere effort to ensure that the children left the world a little better than now.
今天，我们做出诚挚的努力，确保留给孩子们的世界，比现在的再好一点点。
In one recent poll Mr Obama was perceived as doing little better than his predecessor, George Bush.
在最近的一次民意调查中，奥巴马被认为并不比他的前任乔治·布什做得好多少。
He dressed and ate little better than the peasants.
他的饮食和穿着一点不比农民强。
But results are a little better than what economists had been predicting.
但这样的结果相比经济学家所预测的要稍微好些。
Shivinder Singh, head of Fortis, a rival hospital chain based in New Delhi, says that most of the new, expensive imaging machines are only a little better than older models.
福尔蒂是一家总部设在新德里的竞争对手的连锁医院，它的总裁ShivinderSingh也表示，大多数新的昂贵的成像机只比旧机械好一点。
Bloggers understand the web just a little better than most and can provide their knowledge to others in a positive fashion.
博主们对网络的理解稍高于大多数人，他们用一种积极的方式将自己的知识传播给他人。
The group used facial expressions, body language and ways of talking and thinking to spot liars while the others did little better than chance.
这个团队使用面部表情，肢体语言和说话与思考的方式和还识别说谎的人，然而有些人靠运气识别出来的没有做的比这个好。
What these obstacles are really getting in the way of is you doing what you feel matters; what you feel will make this planet a little better than when you got here.
这些障碍真正阻碍的是你觉得事关重要的事情的发展；你能感觉到的是通过你的努力让世界变得更美好一些。