英 [les] 美 [les]
adv. 更少地，程度较低地
det. （与不可数名词连用）较少的，更少的
prep. 减去，扣除
pron. 更少，较小；更小（或更无关紧要）的事物
adj. <古>等级较低的，次要的
【名】 （Less）（美、加拿大）莱斯（人名）
less /lɛs/ CET4 TEM4
限定词 You use less to indicate that there is a smaller amount of something than before or than average. You can use "a little," "a lot," "a bit," "far," and "much" in front of less. 较少的; 更少的
People should eat less fat to reduce the risk of heart disease.
人们应该少吃脂肪以减少患心脏病的风险。
...a dishwasher that uses less water and electricity than older machines.
…一台比老式机器用水用电更少的洗碗机。
代词 Less is also a pronoun. 较少
Borrowers are striving to ease their financial position by spending less and saving more.
借款者都在努力通过少花多存来缓解经济紧张状况。
数量词 Less is also a quantifier. 较少
Last year less of the money went into high-technology companies.
去年，投入到高科技公司的钱较少。
习语 You use less than before a number or amount to say that the actual number or amount is smaller than this. 少于
...a country whose entire population is less than 12 million.
…一个总人口少于1200万的国家。
副词 You use less to indicate that something or someone has a smaller amount of a quality than they used to or than is average or usual. 比…少地
I often think about those less fortunate than me.
我经常想到那些不如我幸运的人。
Other amenities, less commonly available, include a library and exercise room.
其他不常有的便利设施包括一个图书馆和健身房。
副词 If you say that something is less one thing than another, you mean that it is like the second thing rather than the first. 不像…更像…
At first sight it looked less like a capital city than a mining camp.
第一眼看上去它不像一座首都城市倒更像一个采矿工地。
副词 If you do something less than before or less than someone else, you do it to a smaller extent or not as often. 更少地
We are eating more and exercising less.
我们吃得更多，锻炼得却更少。
介词 When you are referring to amounts, you use less in front of a number or quantity to indicate that it is to be subtracted from another number or quantity already mentioned. 减去
You will pay between ten and twenty five percent, less tax.
你要付税后的10%到25%。
习语 You use less than to say that something does not have a particular quality. For example, if you describe something as less than perfect, you mean that it is not perfect at all. 根本不
Her greeting was less than enthusiastic.
她打招呼根本不热情。
couldn't care less→seecare
more or less→seemore
(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
(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
no less than perfect
(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
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
less interesting ; less expensive ; less quickly
同义词： to a lesser extent
comparative of little
she walks less than she should ; he works less these days
更少的
较少
最低成本估计与排程系统
较少地(less), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
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He ate little, and drank less.
他吃得不多，喝得更少。
Her calls became less frequent.
她打电话的次数减少了。
The book is less than inspiring.
那本书不大吸引人。
The railroads made it possible to travel from one side of the country to the other in less than a week.
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Yeats is, in fact, a far less nostalgic thinker than either Eliot or Pound, at least as I understand them.
其实叶芝不如,艾略特或庞德那么怀旧，至少我是这么理解的。
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I certainly didn't understand how they even connected really to chemical reactions, much less other disciplines that I was interested in.
它们这么重要,我并不理解这些分子是什么，我也不知道它们。
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Mars has less gravity. My attempts to walk resulted in jumps and hops, which took me into the air.
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They observed that for every molecule of carbon dioxide taken in by the plants, they lost forty-four percent less water.
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The trustee of at least 530 Countrywide trusts, Bank of New York Mellon, was less impressed.
The weather matters a lot to Enron warm weather means less gas sold.
They're likely to be less mechanised, and to produce goods that command higher prices.
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