less 核心词议:
adj. 少于;小于;少的
adv. 少于;小于;少的
less 基本解释
adj. 较少的(little的比较级);较小的;较次的,较劣的;较不重要的
adv. 较少地,较小地
prep. 减去;少掉;不足
n 较少,较小
速记方法
速记技巧
词源词根法
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。
知识扩展
常用短语
less than小于
no less仍然;不相上下;依旧
no less than不少于,多达…;正如
less and less越来越少;越来越少的
less 变化形式
易混淆的单词: LESS
中文词源:
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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精选例句
1、 A college classmate of mine, tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player.
我的一个大学同学,提姆,是一个优秀的足球运动员,尽管他的体重比一般运动员轻得多。[机器自动翻译,如有错误,感谢纠错]
2、 After less than a week, I started noticing that the groceries were running out pretty quickly — we were always suddenly out of something.
不到一个星期后,我开始注意到食品杂货很快就用完了——我们总是突然缺东西。[机器自动翻译,如有错误,感谢纠错]
1、 They are less likely to have food-purchasing habits that conform to public health recommendations.
他们不太可能有符合公共卫生建议的食品购买习惯。
1、 The less experience the students had with nature, the more negative their feelings.
学生接触大自然的经验越少,他们的情绪就越消极。
1、 Discussing the issue in private will make the powerful person feel less threatened.
私下讨论这个问题会让有权势的人感觉不那么受威胁。
常见考点例句:
- The long-term risks for men are less proven .
- 对于男性产生长期危害的证据较少。
- Could we manage with less ?
- 我们能够少用一些吗?
- This in turn meant that they recapitalised less .
- 这反过来说明他们重组资本的力度较小。
- Yet there 's less here than meets the eye .
- 然而实际数据并不如呈现在眼前的多。
- Most africans live on less than two dollars a day .
- 非洲大多数人民每天的生活费还不足两美元。