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美[les]
- adj. 更少的；较少的
- adv. 更少地；较少地
- n. 少量；次要
- prep. 减
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详细释义
- 更小的，更少的
- 较少的，较小的
- 较次的，较劣的
- 较不重要的
- 身分较低的
- little的比较级
- 减少，减轻
adj. (形容词)
- 较少的,更少的 a smaller amount
- 较少,更少,少 smaller extent;not so much
adj. (形容词)
英英释义
Adjective:
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(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree;
"of less importance"
"less time to spend with the family"
"a shower uses less water"
"less than three years old"
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(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality;
"no less than perfect"
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(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer;
"less than three weeks"
"no less than 50 people attended"
"in 25 words or less"
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used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs;
"less interesting"
"less expensive"
"less quickly"
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comparative of little;
"she walks less than she should"
"he works less these days"
双语例句
- 1. The affixes " un - " and " - less " are often used make negative words, such as unhappy or careless.
- 词缀un - 和 -less 常用来构成否定词, 如unhappy和careless.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.
- 这些文档已经进行了压缩，以节省磁盘空间。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is lined up for no less than four US television interviews.
- 多达4家美国电视媒体排期邀请他上节目接受采访。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Other amenities, less commonly available, include a library and exercise room.
- 还有一些不太常有的设施，包括图书馆和健身房。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. His team-mates opened hotel windows, shouting "Jump!" and somewhat less printable banter.
- 他的队友打开了酒店的窗户，大叫着“跳！”，还开了一些上不了台面的玩笑。
来自柯林斯例句
- It would be good to have less pollution.
如果污染更少的话就好了。 - He spends less time on work than on play.
他在工作上花的时间比在玩上面花的时间更少。 - It is better to complete the task with less money.
最好是用较少的钱就能完成任务。 - The flaw in this vase makes it less valuable.
这个花瓶因为有点缺陷，不那么值钱了。 - Work more and dream less, you will be much happier.
多做事少空想，这样你会愉快得多。 - Malaria is less common in Britain.
疟疾在英国较少见。 - She found the job less and less attractive.
她发觉那工作越来越缺乏吸引力。 - There is less to do in this job than the last.
这份工作没有上份工作量大。 - It seems less of a threat than I'd expected.
威胁性似乎比我预料的要小。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作副词 (adv.)
用作名词 (n.)
- The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year.
公司的资金和人员都比去年少了。 - He has less money than ever.
他从来没有过这样少的钱。 - I received less money than the others did.
我比别人收到的钱少。 - The doctor advises me to eat less meat.
医生劝我少吃肉。 - Statistics show that people now drink less beer than they used to, and smoke fewer cigarettes.
统计数字表明,人们现在比过去喝啤酒少了,而且烟抽也少了。 - I love the country, but I have less opportunity of seeing it.
我热爱乡村,但我几乎没有机会见到它。 - He was reading hard and had less spare time
他正在苦读,几乎没有空余时间。 - Less people go to church than before.
上教堂的人比以前少些。 - Less noise, please!
请不要大声吵闹! - It cost less money than I expected.
它比我预料的要便宜。 - The movie had less success than expected.
影片没有获得预期的成功。 - We got there in less than four hours.
我们用了不到4个小时就到了那里。 - Less people study Latin today than formerly.
现在学习拉丁语的人比以前少。 - Nothing in this shop is less than ￡10.
这家商店的东西没有低于10英镑的。 - Let's speak less and listen more.
咱们少讲多听吧。 - I read much less now than I did at school.
我现在看书远比我上学时少。 - With their children growing up, these mothers have become less involved with their families.
随着孩子长大成人,这些母亲受家庭拖累就少些。 - He was less known than his brother.
他不如他哥哥出名。 - I hope the next train will be less crowded than this one.
我希望下趟火车不会像这趟这么挤。 - I was less surprised as I had had this sort of experience.
因为我有过这样的经验,所以并不感到怎么惊奇。 - Try and speak less indistinctly.
想法子说得清楚些。 - Tomatoes are everywhere in summer but less so in winter.
夏天到处都有西红柿,冬天却不是这样。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语
～+ n.
用作副词 (adv.)
用法讲解
adj. (形容词)
- less是little的比较级,基本意思是“较少的,更少的”,指物体的体积或分量相对于别的物体少。
- less多用来修饰不可数名词,但当名词前有数词或a few等修饰时,其后可接可数名词;在把时间、距离、金钱等短语看作是一个整体时, less可用来修饰可数名词;在有些短语中,说话人着眼于有关事物的大约的量,而不去细算精确的数额时, less可用来修饰可数名词;用在感叹句中, less后可接可数名词。
- 由no less than连接的两个成分,其强势总是落在前面一个。
- less用作副词时的意思是“较少,更少,少”,可用来修饰动词、形容词或副词。
- less有时用在某些形容词前并无比较的意思,只是为了避免使用不大文雅的词语而采用的委婉说法,且less一般不可用于形容词的比较级前。
- much〔still〕 less短语多半用于否定结构,用于肯定结构时,则须改用much〔still〕 more。
adj. (形容词)
- less, lesser
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- 这两个词都是little的比较级。其区别是：
- 1.less通常表示体积大小或者分量轻重;而lesser是正式用语,与价值或者重要性有关。例如:
- As far as I know, he was a lesser writer.据我所知,他是个次要作家。
- 2.lesser不可与than连用,且lesser在句中一般只能用作定语。
- 3.less可用作副词,而lesser则很少这样用。
- not less than, not less...than
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- 这两个短语在写法上很相似,但表达的意思却不同。not less than是“不少于”,多半用来作数量的比较。例如:
- There were not less than 50 members present at the meeting.出席会议的至少有50人。
- not less...than表示“不比…差”,多半用作程度的比较。例如:
- This tool-machine is not less useful than that one.这台机床使用起来不比那台差。
- 下面两句意思不同:
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- There were no less than ten thousand people here.
- 今天,这里不少于10,000人。
- (只有这么多)
- There were not less than ten thousand people here.
- 今天这里有10,000出头的人。
- (至少有这么多)
- 下面两句话的意思是相同的:
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- It is not possible to finish the work in a week, still less in three days.
- It is impossible to finish the work in a week, still more in three days.
- 这项工程用一星期完成是不可能的, 更别说三天了。
- less，lesser
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- 这两个词都是little的比较级，都可指“较少”或“较小”。less偏重于“not so much”的意思，lesser偏重于“not so great或smaller、minor、lower”的意思。它们都可用于数量、重量、程度、重要性、价值等方面，但在用法及跟其他词语搭配上有很大不同，二者不能互换。
- less所修饰的名词是不可数的，且没有冠词在前；less可带than，并指二者或多于二者的比较；
- lesser不用than，而用of，并只限于二者的比较；涉及程度、价值、重要性等方面时，一般用lesser（指 smaller，not so great，minor，lower）。
用作形容词 (adj.)
- no less than
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不少于,多达 as much as
用作副词 (adv.)
- less and less
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越来越小〔少〕地 at a continually decreasing rate
- much〔still〕 less
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更不用说 certainly not
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
- less butter 较少的黄油
- less coffee 较少的咖啡
- less food 更少的食物
- less meat 更少的肉
- less money 更少的钱
- less noise 少一点噪音
- less time 较少的时间
- less work 更少的活儿
用作副词 (adv.)
动词+～
- know less 不知道
- rain less 降雨量少
- read less 读书少
- shout less 少喊
- speak less 少讲话
- work less 工作得少
- less cold 不冷
- less crowded 不挤
- less important 不重要
- less surprised 不惊奇
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