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adv
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词频 5口语 3书面 3

英文释义

  • 更少 / 小地;较少 / 小地:
    • Tom is less clever than his brother.

      汤姆不如他兄弟聪明。


less

adj
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词频 5口语 3书面 3

英文释义

  • [little的比较级,修饰不可数名词] 更少的;较少的:
    • More haste, less speed.

      欲速则不达。

    • These days, music fans spend less money in buying records than people used to do.

      如今,音乐迷花在买唱片上的钱比以前的人要少。


less

pron
英音 [les]
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词频 5口语 3书面 3

英文释义

  • 更少量;较少数:
    • Flying is less of a risk than driving.

      乘飞机比开车风险小。

固定搭配

even / much / still less

更不用说:
  • No explanation was offered, still less an apology.

    连个解释也不给,更不用说道歉了。

less and less

越来越少:
  • He showed less and less interest in his research.

    他对研究越来越没有兴趣了。

  • My grandfather goes out less and less these days.

    我爷爷现在出门越来越少了。

less than

少于;不超过:
  • We finished the run in less than half the time allowed.

    我们跑完全程用了不到规定时间的一半。

no less than

不少于;多达:
  • He paid no less than 100, 000 dollars for the house.

    他买这座房子花了多达10万美元。


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