| 释义 |
lessprep.（介系词 preposition）- 减去(= minus)
a year less three days 一年差三天. - 扣除(= excluding)
n.（名词 noun）- 较[更]少数,较少量[部分]
Some had more, others less. 有人多(得),就有人少(得)
Less than 20 of them remain. 他们当中剩下不到20人.
He won't take less. 他不肯少拿.
adv.（副词 adverb）- （修饰形容词和名词）较少地,更少地,没有…那样
Try to be less exact. 别那么死板嘛(口语中更常说 Try not to be so exact.)
He was less a fool than I had expected. 他并不像我原先想像的那么傻. - （修饰动词）不像…那么严重
He was less scared than surprised. 他并不怎么害怕,倒是感到很惊讶. (=not so much scared as surprised).
a.（形容词 adjective）- （数量）更少的,较少的
Eat less meat and more fruit. 少吃肉多吃水果.
Less noise, please! 请安静一点!
May your shadow never grow [be] less! 祝你永远健康! - （大小）更小的,较小的
- 较劣的,较不重要的
- 身份较低的
- in less than no time
- less and less
- 越来越少[小]地
- less of
- 较少[小]地
- Less of...
- 别
Less of your nonsense! 少废话!
- less than
- 决不,毫不(= not at all)
She is less than pleased. 她一点也不高兴.
less than honest 根本谈不上正直.
- little less than
- 相差无几
- more or less
- much [still] less
- （用于否定语句之后）更不用说,更何况
I do not suspect him of equivocation, still less of lying. 我不认为他在闪烁其词,更不用说怀疑他撒谎了.
- no less
- 不比…少的(东西),同样的(东西),那么些的(东西)
We expected no less. 正如我们所预料. - （作附加语,常带讽刺意味）竟,居然
- no less than...
- 多达,不少于
He gave me no less than (=as much as) ＄500. 他给我多达五百美元. (cf.no more than).
- no less...than...
- 不下于,和…同样
She is no less beautiful than her sister. 她跟她姊姊一样漂亮. - 原来就是
He was no less a person than the king. 他原来就是国王.
- none the less = not the less=no less
- 仍旧,仍然,还是
- not less than...
- 至少,不少于
- not...any the less
- 并不因…而更少一些
I don't think any the less of him for [because of] his faults. 我并没有因他有缺点而看不起他.
- nothing less than...
- 不亚于,不少于
We expected nothing less than (=the same thing as) an attack. 我们料到会受攻击. - 和…一模一样,恰恰是
It is nothing [little] less than fraud. 这简直是欺诈. - 【罕】与…恰恰相反,完全不
We expected nothing less than (=anything rather than) an attack. 我们完全没有料到会受到攻击.
- think less of...
- 更瞧不起
同义: - minus减去
- excluding扣除
- not at all决不,毫不
反义: - more更少的,较少的的反义
- greater更小的,较小的的反义
- more than决不,毫不的反义
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