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近义词： smaller,minor,reduced,fewer

反义词： more

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adv. 较少地；较小地；更小地adj. 较少的；较小的prep. 减去n. 较少；较小n. (Less)人名；(德、意、匈、芬)莱斯

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less 较少的

来自Proto-Germanic*leis-izo,更小，*leis,小的，-izo,比较级后缀。用于little的比较级形式。

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1. The affixes " un - " and " - less " are often used make negative words, such as unhappy or careless.: 词缀un - 和 -less 常用来构成否定词, 如unhappy和careless.

2. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space.: 这些文档已经进行了压缩，以节省磁盘空间。

3. He is lined up for no less than four US television interviews.: 多达4家美国电视媒体排期邀请他上节目接受采访。

4. Other amenities, less commonly available, include a library and exercise room.: 还有一些不太常有的设施，包括图书馆和健身房。

5. His team-mates opened hotel windows, shouting "Jump!" and somewhat less printable banter.: 他的队友打开了酒店的窗户，大叫着“跳！”，还开了一些上不了台面的玩笑。

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less: less: [OE] In origin, less is a comparative form. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European *loiso- ‘small’, which in prehistoric Germanic had the comparative suffix added to it to produce *laisiz – whence English less. It is not found in any of the other modern Germanic languages.
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less: Old English læs (adv.), læssa (adj.), comparative of læs "small;" from Proto-Germanic *lais-izo "smaller" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian les "less;" Middle Dutch lise "soft, gentle," German leise "soft"), from PIE root *leis- (2) "small" (cognates: Lithuanian liesas "thin"). Formerly also "younger," as a translation of Latin minor, a sense now obsolete except in James the Less. Used as a comparative of little, but not related to it. The noun is Old English læsse.

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less butter/time/importance: 较少的黄油 / 时间；次要

He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer.: 有人劝他少抽烟、少喝啤酒。

We have less to worry about now.: 现在我们要担忧的事少一些了。

It is less of a problem than I'd expected.: 问题不像我预料的那么大。

We'll be there in less than no time (= very soon) .: 我们马上就到。

The victory was nothing less than a miracle.: 这场胜利是个不折不扣的奇迹。

As time passed, she saw less and less of all her old friends at home.: 随着时间的消逝，她越来越见不到家乡那些老朋友了。

She's having lunch with the Director, no less.: 她居然在与主管一起进午餐。

People should eat less fat to reduce the risk of heart disease.: 人们应该减少脂肪摄入，以降低患心脏病的危险。

...a dishwasher that uses less water and electricity than older machines...: 较旧式机器省水省电的洗碗机

Motorways actually cover less than 0.1 percent of the countryside...: 高速公路的实际覆盖面积还不到农村地区的0.1%。

Less than a half hour later he returned upstairs.: 不到半个小时，他又跑上楼来。

I often think about those less fortunate than me...: 我经常想到那些没我这么幸运的人。

Other amenities, less commonly available, include a library and exercise room...: 还有一些不太常有的设施，包括图书馆和健身房。

At first sight it looked less like a capital city than a mining camp...: 乍看上去，它不像是首府，更像是矿工村。

Trades union leadership in those days was less a career than a vocation.: 那时候的工会领导与其说是一份职业，倒不如说是一种使命。

We are eating more and exercising less...: 我们吃得多了，锻炼却少了。

I see less of any of my friends than I used to.: 我见所有朋友都比以前少了。

I never talked about it, still less about her...: 我从来没说起过这事，更没有提起过她。

The boy didn't have a girlfriend, much less a wife.: 这小伙子连女朋友都没有，更不用提老婆了。

...Boyton Financial Services Fees: £750, less £400...: 博伊顿金融服务费：750英镑，扣除400英镑

Company car drivers will pay between ten and twenty five percent, less tax.: 公司的司机要支付10%到25%，从中扣除税款。

The couple seem to spend less and less time together...: 两口子在一起的时间似乎越来越少。

She sounded less and less eager to return to Ireland...: 听她话音，她回爱尔兰的热情似乎日渐消退。

Her greeting was less than enthusiastic...: 她的问候一点都不热情。

Her advice has frequently been less than wholly helpful.: 她的建议往往毫无帮助。

He had returned to England in an aircraft carrier no less...: 他竟然坐航空母舰回的英格兰。

Who wrote the screenplay from Patricia Highsmith's book? Raymond Chandler, no less.: 帕特里夏·海史密斯那本书是谁改编成剧本的？雷蒙德·钱德勒呀，厉害。

No less than 35 per cent of the country is protected in the form of parks and nature sanctuaries...: 该国多达35%的地区以公园和自然保护区的形式受到保护。

He is lined up for no less than four US television interviews.: 多达4家美国电视媒体排期邀请他上节目接受采访。

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