Only about half a dozen people turned up.

　　只有六七個人到場。

　　The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.

　　這個公司頂多雇用了幾十個人。

　　He has reversed himself on a dozen issues.

　　他已經(jīng)不再堅持自己在一系列問題上的立場。

　　The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.

　　這種湯是用多達十幾種不同的魚熬制而成的。

　　She was chatting away, nineteen to the dozen.

　　她沒完沒了地聊著。

　　This phrase comes from bakers' old custom of adding one extra loaf to an order of a dozen.