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adj.
更少的；較少的
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adv.
更少地；較少地
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n.
少量；次要
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prep.
減
adj.
(形容詞)
- 較少的,更少的 a smaller amount
adv.
(副詞)
- 較少,更少,少 smaller extent;not so much
adj.
形容詞
- 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
null.
- little的比較級
v.
動詞
- 減少，減輕
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"
Adverb:
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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"
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
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It would be good to have less pollution.
倘若水污染更短搞笑的話也下去。
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He spends less time on work than on play.
他在工作任務上花的的精力比在玩之前花的的精力很少。
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It is better to complete the task with less money.
更好是用較少的錢就能完成主線任務主線任務。
用作副詞 (adv.)
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The flaw in this vase makes it less valuable.
這點花瓶因有點痛缺欠，不因此有價值了。
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Work more and dream less, you will be much happier.
多干活少空想，這你要偷快得多。
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Malaria is less common in Britain.
瘧疾在德國較難得。
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She found the job less and less attractive.
她記起那上班越多越貧乏誘惑力。
用作名詞 (n.)
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There is less to do in this job than the last.
我英文工作上任務不能上份工作上任務量大。
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It seems less of a threat than I'd expected.
危及性盡管比我預料到的要小。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
做為定語
～+ n.
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The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year.
工司的的資金和員工都比去少年郎了。
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He has less money than ever.
他根本沒談過這種少的錢。
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I received less money than the others did.
我比客戶給我發的錢少。
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The doctor advises me to eat less meat.
主任醫師勸我少吃葷。
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Statistics show that people now drink less beer than they used to, and smoke fewer cigarettes.
統計表格數子表述,大眾現在比前往喝碑酒少了,又很煙抽也少了。
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I love the country, but I have less opportunity of seeing it.
我熱愛生活鄉村旅游,但我近乎沒得幾率能夠見到它。
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He was reading hard and had less spare time
他還在苦讀,近乎找不到空暇時間。
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Less people go to church than before.
上基督教堂的人比很多年少些。
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Less noise, please!
請不會大聲喊叫吵架!
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It cost less money than I expected.
它比我出乎預料的要便誼。
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The movie had less success than expected.
電影短片不會兌換目標的成功失敗。
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We got there in less than four hours.
他們用了不出4個每小時就來到綠中島別墅。
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Less people study Latin today than formerly.
現今借鑒拉丁語的人比原先少。
用于表語
S+be+～
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Nothing in this shop is less than ￡10.
好幾家賣場的的東西不會有壓低10人民幣的。
用作副詞 (adv.)
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Let's speak less and listen more.
我們可以少講多聽吧。
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I read much less now than I did at school.
我當下看小說遠比我轉學時少。
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With their children growing up, these mothers have become less involved with their families.
近年來自己孩子長得青少年,哪些老母親受中國家庭拖累就少些。
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He was less known than his brother.
他不妨他弟弟知名。
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I hope the next train will be less crowded than this one.
我想讓下趟火車票沒像這趟這麼擠。
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I was less surprised as I had had this sort of experience.
為了我出過如此的經驗值,，因此并不想到應該如何奇妙。
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Try and speak less indistinctly.
想各種方法來說得了解清楚些。
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Tomatoes are everywhere in summer but less so in winter.
酷暑時期廣泛地還有小番茄,冬季卻不能怎樣。
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19 is less than 20.
源自： Joseph Harris
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And then the sighs he would suppress..grew less and less.
源于： Byron
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Their number was less than ten.
出于： A. N. Wilson
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
- no less than
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不少于,多達 as much as
用作副詞 (adv.)
- less and less
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越來越小〔少〕地 at a continually decreasing rate
- much〔still〕 less
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更不用說 certainly not
用作形容詞 (adj.)
～+名詞
用作副詞 (adv.)
動詞+～
～+形容詞
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adj. (形容詞)
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less是little的比較級,基本意思是“較少的,更少的”,指物體的體積或分量相對于別的物體少。
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less多用來修飾不可數名詞,但當名詞前有數詞或a few等修飾時,其后可接可數名詞;在把時間、距離、金錢等短語看作是一個整體時, less可用來修飾可數名詞;在有些短語中,說話人著眼于有關事物的大約的量,而不去細算精確的數額時, less可用來修飾可數名詞;用在感嘆句中, less后可接可數名詞。
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由no less than連接的兩個成分,其強勢總是落在前面一個。
adv. (副詞)
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less用作副詞時的意思是“較少,更少,少”,可用來修飾動詞、形容詞或副詞。
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less有時用在某些形容詞前并無比較的意思,只是為了避免使用不大文雅的詞語而采用的委婉說法,且less一般不可用于形容詞的比較級前。
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much〔still〕 less短語多半用于否定結構,用于肯定結構時,則須改用much〔still〕 more。
adj. (形容詞)
- less, lesser
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- 這兩個詞都是little的比較級。其區別是：
- 1.less通常表示體積大小或者分量輕重;而lesser是正式用語,與價值或者重要性有關。例如:
- As far as I know, he was a lesser writer.據我所知,他是個次要作家。
- 2.lesser不可與than連用,且lesser在句中一般只能用作定語。
- 3.less可用作副詞,而lesser則很少這樣用。
- not less than, not less...than
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- 這兩個短語在寫法上很相似,但表達的意思卻不同。not less than是“不少于”,多半用來作數量的比較。例如:
- There were not less than 50 members present at the meeting.出席會議的至少有50人。
- not less...than表示“不比…差”,多半用作程度的比較。例如:
- This tool-machine is not less useful than that one.這臺機床使用起來不比那臺差。
- 下面兩句意思不同:
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- There were no less than ten thousand people here.
- 今天,這里不少于10,000人。
- (只有這么多)
- There were not less than ten thousand people here.
- 今天這里有10,000出頭的人。
- (至少有這么多)
adv. (副詞)
- 下面兩句話的意思是相同的:
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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.
- 這項工程用一星期完成是不可能的, 更別說三天了。
- less，lesser
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- 這兩個詞都是little的比較級，都可指“較少”或“較小”。less偏重于“not so much”的意思，lesser偏重于“not so great或smaller、minor、lower”的意思。它們都可用于數量、重量、程度、重要性、價值等方面，但在用法及跟其他詞語搭配上有很大不同，二者不能互換。
- less所修飾的名詞是不可數的，且沒有冠詞在前；less可帶than，并指二者或多于二者的比較；
- lesser不用than，而用of，并只限于二者的比較；涉及程度、價值、重要性等方面時，一般用lesser（指 smaller，not so great，minor，lower）。
adj. (形容詞)
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她花在讀課文上的時間比我少。
誤 She spent fewer time reading the text than I did.
正 She spent less time reading the text than I did.
析 fewer和less都表示“更少(shao)”的意思,但fewer只可以修飾可數名(ming)詞,如修飾不可數名(ming)詞則要用less。
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他不到30歲,但已斷送了自己。
誤 He was less than thirty, but he was ruined.
正 He was under thirty, but he was ruined.
析 表(biao)示“不到多少(shao)歲”,英語習慣用under,而不用less than。
adv. (副詞)
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在這兩件衣服中,我拿了更便宜的那一件。
誤 Of the two suits,I took the least expensive one.
正 Of the two suits,I took the less expensive one.
析 在(zai)兩個人或事物(wu)之間只能使用比較級,而不能使用最(zui)高(gao)級。
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今天比昨天冷。
誤 It is less colder than it was yesterday.
正 It is less cold than it was yesterday.
析 less不可(ke)用在形容(rong)詞(ci)的(de)比(bi)較(jiao)級前。
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