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lesser

/les-er/US // ˈlɛs ər //UK // (ˈlɛsə) //

较少的,较少,更少,更少的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    a comparative of little, with least as superlative.

    • : smaller, as in size or importance; inferior: a lesser evil.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    a comparative of little, with least as superlative.

    • : less.

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Examples

  • Most visitors stick to Tenerife, the largest island, but a new trek with outfitter CanariaWays explores lesser-known La Gomera.

  • Avoid some of the lesser-known options, especially those with reputations for being highly unreliable.

  • Baggott’s analysis does not merely focus on the most popular interpretations of quantum mechanics, but includes many of the lesser known ones.

  • Let’s have a look at five quick and lesser-known ways to speed up ecommerce conversions.

  • Not all athletes have the resources to create the virtual pro days that have now become the primary way for lesser-known players to put their names on the draft boards of NFL teams.

  • The other songs go in to lesser percentages of “me” as you move along.

  • An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.

  • Some lesser-known live performances from the late rock legend.

  • Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?

  • The three parades since 9/11 have all been for lesser heroes.

  • Haggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.

  • But I have never once thought of believing that they were specially created to be lesser lights to the Earth.

  • And he forgot his lesser self in this crowded atmosphere of ancient divinities and old-world splendour.

  • There was a famous Bar, including all the big-wigs of course, and some lesser wigs, and numbering more than twenty in all.

  • Crane and Keith were at the same interesting employment, but on a lesser scale.