警察急忙趕到告密者提供的地址處,只獲悉他們要捉的人一小時(shí)不到前已逃走了。
Police hurried to the address supplied by their informant, only to learn that their bird had flown less than an hour before.
今天一英鎊遠遠買(mǎi)不到一年前能買(mǎi)的那麼多東西。
A pound today buys much less than it did a year ago.
整座房子不到一個(gè)小時(shí)就燒光了。
The whole house went up in smoke in less than an hour.
這件家具還不到四十美元,實(shí)在不貴。
This piece of furniture is really inexpensive with a price of less than forty dollars.