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n. 较少, 较小

a. 少的, 小的

ad. 较少, 较小, 较差

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    less
    [ adj ]
    1. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

      2. <adj.all>
      of less importance
      less time to spend with the family
      a shower uses less water
      less than three years old
    [ adv ]
    1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

      2. <adv.all>
      less interesting
      less expensive
      less quickly
    2. comparative of little

      3. <adv.all>
      she walks less than she should
      he works less these days
    [ adj ]
    1. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

      2. <adj.all>
      no less than perfect
    2. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

      3. <adj.all>
      less than three weeks
      no less than 50 people attended
      in 25 words or less


    Less \Less\, v. t.
    To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] --Gower.


    Less \Less\ (l[e^]s), conj.
    Unless. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.


    Less \Less\, a. [OE. lesse, AS. l[=ae]ssa; akin to OFries.
    l[=e]ssa; a compar. from a lost positive form. Cf. {Lesser},
    {Lest}, {Least}. Less has the sense of the comparative degree
    of little.]
    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.

    Note: The substantive which less qualifies is often omitted;
    as, the purse contained less (money) than ten dollars.
    See {Less}, n.

    Thus in less [time] than a hundred years from the
    coming of Augustine, all England became
    Christian. --E. A.
    Freeman.


    Less \Less\, adv. [AS. l[=ae]s. See {Less}, adj., and cf.
    {Lest}.]
    Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or
    loud; less beautiful.


    Less \Less\, n.
    1. A smaller portion or quantity.

    The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some
    more, some less. --Ex. xvi. 17.

    2. The inferior, younger, or smaller.

    The less is blessed of the better. --Heb. vii. 7.

    1. As performed by the Ailey dancers, it looks even less appealing, since they do not offer the classic securities with which such ABT artists as Natalya Makarova and Erik Bruhn redeemed choreographic blatancies.
    2. However, Block's successor, Richard E. Lyng, "could care less" about the news sheet, he added.
    3. In doing that, "I tried to use more or less acceptable methods," Mikhail says.
    4. His peace initiative is too important to be stopped in its tracks by the unserious custom of finding fault with his motives, or his methods or, alas too often, his results. Admittedly his score in all three areas is less than perfect.
    5. But for the moment, says Mr. Keynes, his son's arrangements cost less than a conventional group home.
    6. Until yesterday Lord Richardson of Duntisbourne, head of the Bank of England between 1973 and 1983, had been the second British director on the BIS board. The choice of title was less straightforward.
    7. Mr. Kelliher said he opposes the two-tier wage scale, which pays flight attendants hired since 1983 significantly less than senior flight attendants.
    8. American films make up 55% of the French market, while French films attract less than 1% of American moviegoers.
    9. In less than a month, the developer has announced two property deals that would put him in command of a lucrative five-block area in the center of the Boardwalk.
    10. But the copper content in ore of most deposits is less than 1 per cent - with small traces of precious metals - making the mining of ore for producing copper economically unviable.
    11. The bonds were priced at 101 1/8 to yield 8.44% less full fees.
    12. Regional companies have been cutting too but less savagely, they argue, because they had less fat.
    13. Regional companies have been cutting too but less savagely, they argue, because they had less fat.
    14. But if the company is to be sold, he wrote, the board should not get less than full value for the company, citing "studies by the financial community (which) have placed the value of the company in excess of $100 a share."
    15. The median price means that half the homes sold for more, half for less.
    16. "All of us realize the more revenue we have in this bill, the less likely the president is to sign it," said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., manager of the Senate tax measure.
    17. So far 7.1m tonnes have been threshed, down 1.7m. Russia bought some 25m tonnes of grain from abroad last year, and ministers are hoping that it will be less this year.
    18. When it came to open primaries, Robertson's relatively small but committed "invisible army" was less effective.
    19. "An eventual separation of a Baltic republic from the Soviet Union will be less pain from the point of view of progress and perestroika than an attempt to keep it by force, by tanks," he said.
    20. The record cold air that stunned Alaska swept into the lower 48 states Tuesday, dropping temperatures in Montana by more than 70 degrees in less than a day, and the weather system keeping Alaska cold intensified to a North American record.
    21. The American people deserve no less from their elected representatives.
    22. But Sun Microsystems has led a movement to offer less expensive workstations that are beginning to compete with IBM's PS/2 line and with Apple Computer's Macintosh.
    23. Some economists believe a weaker dollar will help prop up exports by making U.S. products less expensive overseas.
    24. That's far below the 40-plus hours required at less advanced GM plants.
    25. Schedule III, IV and V drugs pose a lesser danger and are deemed less subject to abuse.
    26. In both California and New Jersey, about a quarter of Democratic voters said they were not sure of Dukakis' ideology, less than in earlier races but still an indication he was somewhat ill-defined, said John Brennan, an ABC poll analyst.
    27. Mr Francois Leclercq, CTL managing director, said Germany might be added but it was proving difficult to obtain attractive rates for German destinations. Journey times should be about half those by road and much less than the time taken by rail and ferry.
    28. So there is no need to be rushed by enthusiastic, commission-hunting intermediaries. But delay can mean that, if the employee does eventually invest in a life company pension contract, there is less time for the underlying fund to grow.
    29. The extra money, at a minimum, would mean that an agent wouldn't lose money on very low-priced tickets; the cost of booking a ticket sometimes exceeds the actual commission on fares of less than $200.
    30. He said it would be cheaper and require less work than with commercial fertilizers.
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