Less

(adj.) (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' .

(adj.) (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; 'no less than perfect' .

(adj.) (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' .

(adv.) used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; 'less interesting'; 'less expensive'; 'less quickly'.

(adv.) comparative of little; 'she walks less than she should'; 'he works less these days'.

整理:米莉

• They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It would be difficult to find a human being less likely to arouse affection. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• In less than half an hour I knew as much as the Sergeant himself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Your favourable opinion then, my Precious, does less than justice to Mr Boffin, and more than justice to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The Eastern German front was more extended and less systematically entrenched than the Western. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But in reality travelling interested her even less than he had expected. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• They would manufacture more and plough less. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns, said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I hope time has not made you less willing to pardon. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I am less unfit to teach in a school than in a family. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• If,' said Mr. Stiggins--'if there is any one of them less odious than another, it is the liquor called rum. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• If you ever say less than this, you will be guilty of deliberate falsehood to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Capacity freight engine, ten tons net freight; cost of handling a ton of freight per mile per horse-power to be less than ordinary locomotive. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It seems to me that she might, by merely sitting quietly at his side, saying little and looking less, get nigher his heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In less than half an hour after Colonel Berkeley's arrival in bounced Lord Deerhurst, in an agony of tears! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Later on there was more grace and less coarseness in the human representations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But it means its continuation under conditions where it has much less justification for existence. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Elinor submitted to the arrangement which counteracted her wishes with less reluctance than she had expected to feel. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It was of less immediate practical importance that it frequently defined them wrongly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• However, Mr. George resumes, the less said about it, the better now. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In less than an hour poor Fanny opened her eyes and fixed them on me with a bright smile, expressive of the purest happiness. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Virtue is free, and as a man honours or dishonours her he will have more or less of her; the responsibility is with the chooser--God is justified. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The shrewd prophecy is made that gas will be manufactured less for lighting, as the result of electrical competition, and more and more for heating, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The railways reduced this journey for any ordinary traveller to less than forty-eight hours. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then I see still less reason for listening to them. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• At one time I considered whether I should not declare myself guilty, and suffer the penalty of the law, less innocent than poor Justine had been. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

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