Less
[les] or [lɛs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) (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' .
(adj.) (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; 'no less than perfect' .
(adj.) (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' .
(adv.) used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; 'less interesting'; 'less expensive'; 'less quickly'.
(adv.) comparative of little; 'she walks less than she should'; 'he works less these days'.
整理:米莉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(conj.) Unless.
(a.) Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
(adv.) Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
(n.) A smaller portion or quantity.
(n.) The inferior, younger, or smaller.
(v. t.) To make less; to lessen.
詹妮整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Smaller, inferior.
ad. Not so much, in a less degree.
n. Not so much, smaller quantity.
校對:维托
解釋/意思:
adj. (serves as comp. of little) diminished: smaller.—adv. not so much: in a lower degree.—n. a smaller portion: (B.) the inferior or younger.
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例句/造句/用法:
- They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It would be difficult to find a human being less likely to arouse affection. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- In less than half an hour I knew as much as the Sergeant himself. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Your favourable opinion then, my Precious, does less than justice to Mr Boffin, and more than justice to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The Eastern German front was more extended and less systematically entrenched than the Western. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But in reality travelling interested her even less than he had expected. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- They would manufacture more and plough less. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns, said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I hope time has not made you less willing to pardon. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I am less unfit to teach in a school than in a family. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- If,' said Mr. Stiggins--'if there is any one of them less odious than another, it is the liquor called rum. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- If you ever say less than this, you will be guilty of deliberate falsehood to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Capacity freight engine, ten tons net freight; cost of handling a ton of freight per mile per horse-power to be less than ordinary locomotive. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It seems to me that she might, by merely sitting quietly at his side, saying little and looking less, get nigher his heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In less than half an hour after Colonel Berkeley's arrival in bounced Lord Deerhurst, in an agony of tears! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Later on there was more grace and less coarseness in the human representations. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But it means its continuation under conditions where it has much less justification for existence. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Elinor submitted to the arrangement which counteracted her wishes with less reluctance than she had expected to feel. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It was of less immediate practical importance that it frequently defined them wrongly. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- However, Mr. George resumes, the less said about it, the better now. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In less than an hour poor Fanny opened her eyes and fixed them on me with a bright smile, expressive of the purest happiness. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Virtue is free, and as a man honours or dishonours her he will have more or less of her; the responsibility is with the chooser--God is justified. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The shrewd prophecy is made that gas will be manufactured less for lighting, as the result of electrical competition, and more and more for heating, etc. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The railways reduced this journey for any ordinary traveller to less than forty-eight hours. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then I see still less reason for listening to them. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- At one time I considered whether I should not declare myself guilty, and suffer the penalty of the law, less innocent than poor Justine had been. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
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