less 的 4 个定义
a comparative of little, with least as superlative.
- to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- most certainly not: He could barely pay for his own lodging, much less for that of his friend.
- in any way different; other: He is nothing less than a thief.
a comparative of little, with least as superlative.
- smaller in size, amount, degree, etc.; not so large, great, or much: less money; less speed.
- lower in consideration, rank, or importance: no less a person than the manager.
- fewer: less than a dozen.
- a smaller amount or quantity: Hundreds of soldiers arrived, but less of them remained.
- something inferior or not as important: He was tortured for less.
less 近义词
smaller, inferior
little
由less构成的短语
- less than
- couldn't care less
- in (less than) no time
- more or less
- much less
更多less例句
- Submission is less a novel of ideas than a political book, and of the most subversive kind.
- Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
- For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.
- No one wants to align with less freedom at a time like this.
- The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
- In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
- He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
- He did believe you, more or less, and what you said fell in with his own impressions—strange impressions that they were, poor man!
- One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
- With childlike confidence he follows the advice of some more or less honest dealer.