less的意思

1. 更小的，更少的
2. 较少的，较小的
3. 较次的，较劣的
4. 较不重要的
5. 身分较低的

1. little的比较级

1. 减少，减轻

1. 较少的,更少的 a smaller amount

1. 较少,更少,少 smaller extent;not so much

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

   "of less importance"
   "less time to spend with the family"
   "a shower uses less water"
   "less than three years old"
   

2. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality;

   "no less than perfect"
   

3. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer;

   "less than three weeks"
   "no less than 50 people attended"
   "in 25 words or less"
   

1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs;

   "less interesting"
   "less expensive"
   "less quickly"
   

2. comparative of little;

   "she walks less than she should"
   "he works less these days"
   

1. The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year.
   公司的资金和人员都比去年少了。
2. He has less money than ever.
   他从来没有过这样少的钱。
3. I received less money than the others did.
   我比别人收到的钱少。
4. The doctor advises me to eat less meat.
   医生劝我少吃肉。
5. Statistics show that people now drink less beer than they used to, and smoke fewer cigarettes.
   统计数字表明,人们现在比过去喝啤酒少了,而且烟抽也少了。
6. I love the country, but I have less opportunity of seeing it.
   我热爱乡村,但我几乎没有机会见到它。
7. He was reading hard and had less spare time
   他正在苦读,几乎没有空余时间。
8. Less people go to church than before.
   上教堂的人比以前少些。
9. Less noise, please!
   请不要大声吵闹!
10. It cost less money than I expected.
    它比我预料的要便宜。
11. The movie had less success than expected.
    影片没有获得预期的成功。
12. We got there in less than four hours.
    我们用了不到4个小时就到了那里。
13. Less people study Latin today than formerly.
    现在学习拉丁语的人比以前少。

1. Nothing in this shop is less than ￡10.
   这家商店的东西没有低于10英镑的。

1. Let's speak less and listen more.
   咱们少讲多听吧。
2. I read much less now than I did at school.
   我现在看书远比我上学时少。
3. With their children growing up, these mothers have become less involved with their families.
   随着孩子长大成人,这些母亲受家庭拖累就少些。
4. He was less known than his brother.
   他不如他哥哥出名。
5. I hope the next train will be less crowded than this one.
   我希望下趟火车不会像这趟这么挤。
6. I was less surprised as I had had this sort of experience.
   因为我有过这样的经验,所以并不感到怎么惊奇。
7. Try and speak less indistinctly.
   想法子说得清楚些。
8. Tomatoes are everywhere in summer but less so in winter.
   夏天到处都有西红柿,冬天却不是这样。

购物

B：You‘re asking too much for this part .
这零件你们要价太高了。

A：we have some cheaper ones .
我们有便宜一点的。

B：What is the price difference ?
价钱差多少？

A：The basic model will cost about 10%less .
基本型的便宜约10%左右。

生意场上

A：I would suggest that you use this material instead of that .
我建议你改用这种替代那种。

B：But that costs more .
可是那样成本较高。

A：But you will getless waste from this .
但可以减少浪费。

less的反义词

B：We‘ll try it once .
那么就试一次看看吧。

退房

A：Front Desk. Can I help you?
前台，需要我为您服务吗？

B：Yes. I'm checking out now, and want to get a taxi to the cinema. Could you get one for me, please?
我现在要退房，需要一部出租车到电影院。麻烦你帮我叫一辆好吗？

A：Certainly, sir. I'll get a taxi for you. Are you going directly to the cinema?
好的，先生。我会帮您叫车的，您直接去电影院吗？

less是什么意思

B：No. I need to stop by the shop.
不，我要先到商店停一下。

A：OK. There will be a taxi waiting outside in 10 minutes.It will takeless than 5 minutes to check out.
好，10分钟后会有一部出租车在外面等候。 退房最多只需5分钟。

B：Good. Thank you. I'll be right down.
好，谢谢你。我马上下来。

less, lesser

这两个词都是little的比较级。其区别是：

1.less通常表示体积大小或者分量轻重;而lesser是正式用语,与价值或者重要性有关。例如:

As far as I know, he was a lesser writer.据我所知,他是个次要作家。

2.lesser不可与than连用,且lesser在句中一般只能用作定语。

3.less可用作副词,而lesser则很少这样用。

not less than, not less...than

这两个短语在写法上很相似,但表达的意思却不同。not less than是“不少于”,多半用来作数量的比较。例如:

There were not less than 50 members present at the meeting.出席会议的至少有50人。

not less...than表示“不比…差”,多半用作程度的比较。例如:

This tool-machine is not less useful than that one.这台机床使用起来不比那台差。

下面两句意思不同:

There were no less than ten thousand people here.

今天,这里不少于10,000人。

(只有这么多)

There were not less than ten thousand people here.

今天这里有10,000出头的人。

(至少有这么多)

下面两句话的意思是相同的:

It is not possible to finish the work in a week, still less in three days.

It is impossible to finish the work in a week, still more in three days.

这项工程用一星期完成是不可能的, 更别说三天了。

less，lesser

这两个词都是little的比较级，都可指“较少”或“较小”。less偏重于“not so much”的意思，lesser偏重于“not so great或smaller、minor、lower”的意思。它们都可用于数量、重量、程度、重要性、价值等方面，但在用法及跟其他词语搭配上有很大不同，二者不能互换。

less所修饰的名词是不可数的，且没有冠词在前；less可带than，并指二者或多于二者的比较；

lesser不用than，而用of，并只限于二者的比较；涉及程度、价值、重要性等方面时，一般用lesser（指 smaller，not so great，minor，lower）。