But its quakes, however frequent, are usually quite small. And the sparseness of the country's human population, at just 4m, has meant that severe damage and loss of life are rare.

不过，这里的地震虽频繁，但通常很微弱，且该国人烟稀少，仅仅400万之众，这意味着惨重破坏和人员生命损失几率极微。

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Data sparseness is a serious problem in collaborative filtering system.

数据稀疏性是协同过滤系统面临的一个巨大挑战。

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Wang Chong believed that credulity, no-efficacy and sparseness of knowledge, is the epistemological basis of theism;

王充认为，知贫识浅、苟信闻见、论事不引效验是有神论产生的认识论根源；

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What was great in the quarter century after 1982 was the sparseness of the recessions.

FORBES: The Modern Cycle Of Economic Boom And Bust