英语释义

1. constituting a more limited number or amount
less than three less than half done

2. of lower rank, degree, or importance
no less a person than the president himself

3. of reduced size, extent, or degree

4. more limited in quantity
in less time

5. to a lesser extent or degree

6. to a progressively smaller size or extent

7. by no means not at all
less than honest in his replies

8. a smaller portion or quantity

9. something of less importance

10. diminished by minus

11. destitute of not having
witless childless

12. unable to be acted on or to act (in a specified way)
dauntless fadeless

13. not so much smaller in amount or number

14. not so much to a smaller extent or degree

15. after taking away or subtracting (something)

16. not having something specified without something

17. never doing or becoming something specified

18. not able to be acted on in a specified way

19. being fewer
Less than ten people showed up.

20. not so much a smaller amount of
We need less talk and more action.

21. not so much or so well
This quiz is less difficult than the last.

22. a smaller number or amount
They made do with less.

23. something that is not as important
You're lucky. I've been grounded for less.

24. minus entry 1 sense 1
Your cost is the regular price less a discount.

25. not having
friendless

26. not able to be acted on or to act in a specified way
ceaseless

片语

No More Nor Less不多也不少

Standing no less than身高不低于

no o less than不少于

no more less不下更多

No Less Seriously不地说

all the same仍然

no less likely可能性不大

No ones less humbled than没有人比我更加不谦虚

all square势均力敌，不相上下

No One Less一个都不能少

No Less Than Cruel不下狠心

英汉例句

• on the theoretical level it succumbed to a fate which weighed no less heavily on its further development.

  在理论水平上，它屈从于一个并不更少看重更远的发展的命运。

• if the monster-film genre is less ubiquitous than it once was, the themes it reflected are no less present today, particularly in the 24-hour blanket coverage of last week’s earthquakes and tsunami.

  如果说这种怪物电影类型现已不如以往般无处不在，其所反映的主题在今天则仍未见减少，尤其是在上周地震海啸的24小时的地毯式侵袭中体现无余。

• secondly, but no less important, pride and prejudice, in addition to being in the public domain, is also part of our common literary heritage.

  其次，但并非不重要，即《傲慢与偏见》除了是公共领域的知识外，也是我们共同文化的一部分。

• a second lesson we might learn from the story -- one less obvious but no less important -- is that there are many kinds of blindness.

  我们从盲人摸象的故事中学到的第二件事情，不那么明显，但同样重要，就是：盲目可以分为很多种。

• a year on, the thinking is more rigorous—if no less idealistic—and is increasingly being put into practice.

  一年开始，若不是不少点理想主义，这样的想法会更加缜密，也会加快付诸于实践。

• for him the world stage is a relief from a fading economy at home, but it is no less a reminder of his powerlessness.

  对他而言,他在世界舞台的活动只不过是从本国经济衰退得到的一个安慰.但这也是他没有能力的一个提醒.

• the patterns are no less accurate for their brevity — and in some cases their descriptions are also more precise — but they are summarised and much of the plumbing detail is omitted.

  模式并不会因为本身的简洁而变得不精确——在某些情形下，它们的描述还更準确了--而是它们被概括并忽略了很多不必要的细节。

• some fish have special proteins in their blood to stopthem from freezing to death—a remarkable evolutionary trait made no less so bythe fact that biologists have known about it for some time.

  某些鱼的血液里存在特殊蛋白质，可以让它们不致冻死——生物学家对此早已有所认识的事实，丝毫不影响对这一显着的进化性状的惊奇。

• if there is one lesson everybody should take away from the credit crunch it is that central bankers, no less than dentists, are only human.

  此次信贷危机有一个人人都应铭记在心的教训,那就是, 就算不比牙医差,央行行长也只是凡人而已.

• in theory, eichengreen insists, the renminbi「s rise as a global currency is no less implausible than was the dollar」s around 1920.

  他坚称，理论上，人民币崛起成为全球性货币令人难以置信，其程度不亚于1920年左右的美元崛起。

• no less than 62% of white men voted for george bush in 2004.

  在2004年不少于62%的白人男性投票支持乔治布什。

• no less deserving than we are now.

  我们所应得的东西也不会比现在少。

• sir isaac the alchemist, he said, was no less the fierce and uncompromising scientist than was sir isaac, author of the magisterial principia mathematica.

  作为炼金术士的艾萨克爵士，他说道，和作为权威的数学原理的作者的艾萨克爵士比起来不呈多让。

• americans are probably no less likely to be injured or cheated than the citizens of countries that spend a fraction as much.

  大概美国人受到伤害或上当受骗的可能性比那些律师费只占美国几成的国家国民要少吧。

• she’d sound no less ridiculous than charlie brown or george w. -- maybe this time it will be different.

  她的声音听上去会比查理-布朗或乔治-w还要可笑——也许这一次会大不相同。

• on the other hand, airlines no less than any other industry must pay for pollution.

  反过来，航空公司也必须为污染掏钱，而且不能少于其他行业。

相似词

inferior下级；次品

junior年轻人的；下级的；（7至11岁的）学童的；（四年制大学或中学）三年级学生的；小（用于指一家人中同名两人中较年轻者）

lesser较少的；次要的；更小的

lower(Lower) （美、英）洛厄（人名）

minor未成年人；小调；辅修科目

subordinate部属，下属，下级；从属，次要

相反词

greater(Greater) （美）特雷亚特尔（人名）

higher更高的，较高的（high的比较级）

major[人类] 成年人；主修科目；陆军少校

morepro 更多的数量

primary原色；最主要者

primead 极好地

senior上司；较年长者；毕业班学生

superior上级，长官；优胜者，高手；长者

superordinate上级的，地位高的；高级的