| 釋義 |
lessa.
1. less important,inferior次要的，較差的。
△Mac.1.3.137: “Present fears / Are less than horrible imagin-ings.”i.e. Terrors which one has to face at once areeasier to bear up against than the imagination of hor-rors. 眼前的實(shí)際恐怖不及想像中的恐怖那樣可怕。
2. of an inferior degree,of a lower rank身份較低的，下等的。
△Tw.1.2.31 (33): “What great ones do,theless will prattle of”，大人物做什么事，一般底下的人們總要紛紛議論的。
△3H.VI.3.1.56:“More than I seem,andless than I was born to; / A man at least,for less Ishould not be；”比我現(xiàn)在看起來(lái)的身份要高，比我生來(lái)具有的身份要低；不過(guò)至少還是一個(gè)人，因?yàn)槲铱偛恢劣诒冗@個(gè)還要低。
lessad. less更少。
△R.III.3.4.51: “I think there'snever a man in Christendom / Can (i. e. who can )lesser hide his love or hate than he，”我想在整個(gè)基督教世界里再不會(huì)有人比他更不會(huì)掩藏自己的愛(ài)憎了。 less[les]adj.更少的，較少的adv.較小，更少n.更少，較少
prep.減去，還差…
◇a little less少一點(diǎn)/a matter of less important次要事情
any the less更少（?。┮恍?br/>even less更不用說(shuō)，何況
far less少得多
less and less越來(lái)越少（小）地
less but better少而精
less than no time很快，馬上
more or less或多或少
no less a person than(級(jí)別，身份)不低于
no less than不亞于，和…一樣，不少
none the less或not the less或no less還是，依然，依舊
not less than不少于，不比…差
nothing less than正是，簡(jiǎn)直是
sth. less少一些
still less更不用說(shuō)，何況
‖ less advanced pupils 差生
less buoyant swimmer浮力小的運(yùn)動(dòng)員
less developed countries欠發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家
less elbow bend臂微屈
less favoured currency弱幣
less touch with the deck腳離出發(fā)臺(tái)
less touch with the ground腳離地
lessen[?lesn]v.減少，變小，變?nèi)?br/>lesser adj.較小的，次要的adv.更少
lesser light水平較差的選手
lesser value低分 |