less的英文翻譯是什么意思,詞典釋義與在線(xiàn)翻譯:
詳盡釋義
- 更小的,更少的
- 較少的,較小的
- 較次的,較劣的
- 較不重要的
- 身分較低的
- little的比較級
- 減少,減輕
雙解釋義
- 較少的,更少的 a smaller amount
- 較少,更少,少 smaller extent;not so much
英英釋義
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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"
less的用法和樣例:
例句
- It would be good to have less pollution.
如果污染更少的話(huà)就好了。 - He spends less time on work than on play.
他在工作上花的時(shí)間比在玩上面花的時(shí)間更少。 - It is better to complete the task with less money.
最好是用較少的錢(qián)就能完成任務(wù)。
- The flaw in this vase makes it less valuable.
這個(gè)花瓶因為有點(diǎn)缺陷,不那么值錢(qián)了。 - Work more and dream less, you will be much happier.
多做事少空想,這樣你會(huì )愉快得多。 - Malaria is less common in Britain.
瘧疾在英國較少見(jiàn)。 - She found the job less and less attractive.
她發(fā)覺(jué)那工作越來(lái)越缺乏吸引力。
- There is less to do in this job than the last.
這份工作沒(méi)有上份工作量大。 - It seems less of a threat than I'd expected.
威脅性似乎比我預料的要小。
常用短語(yǔ)
- no less than
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不少于,多達 as much as
- less and less
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越來(lái)越小〔少〕地 at a continually decreasing rate
- much〔still〕 less
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更不用說(shuō) certainly not
詞匯搭配
- less butter 較少的黃油
- less coffee 較少的咖啡
- less food 更少的食物
- less meat 更少的肉
- less money 更少的錢(qián)
- less noise 少一點(diǎn)噪音
- less time 較少的時(shí)間
- less work 更少的活兒
- know less 不知道
- rain less 降雨量少
- read less 讀書(shū)少
- shout less 少喊
- speak less 少講話(huà)
- work less 工作得少
- less cold 不冷
- less crowded 不擠
- less important 不重要
- less surprised 不驚奇
經(jīng)典引文
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19 is less than 20.
出自: Joseph Harris -
And then the sighs he would suppress..grew less and less.
出自: Byron -
Their number was less than ten.
出自: A. N. Wilson
less的相關(guān)資料:
近反義詞
- reduced 減少的
- fewer 少的
- minus 負的
- smaller 較小的
- minor 輕微的
- below 低于
- secondary 次要的
- without 沒(méi)有
- more 更多的
- take away 拿走
- excluding 除…之外
- lower 低的
- to a lesser extent 在較小程度上...
- lesser 較少的
- more 更多的