英语释义

1. much less, let alone
no living person … seemed to notice him, still less to expect him
— Thomas Hardy

片语

Still Less Dancing更不必跳舞

Still Less Propriety尤其不重视礼节

Still Less Its Essence更它本质

Still Less An Hour更不用说一小时

Still less clear依然那么清晰

Still Less Of Dishonesty更不会欺诈

say nothing of更不用说

much still less更

still more更加；更何况

There are still use less还有减少使用

英汉例句

• It is not always easy to be a man, still less to be a pure man.

  人之为人尚且不易，更何况做一个纯洁的人呢？

• The arts must know how to use management tools but to do so is only to start the process of being excellent, not to guarantee it and still less to complete it.

  艺术只是借助管理学方面的知识来帮助自己走向完美，而不是把自己钉死在这上面，更不是以完善管理为目的。

• It is difficult for heroes to remain untarnished, still less Soviet ones, but on the 50th anniversary of the first human travel in space, such a fate is reserved for Yuri Gagarin.

  英雄很难永葆昔日光环，更何况是苏联的英雄。然而在人类实现首次太空旅行的50周年纪念日，尤里·加加林却光芒依旧。

• None of this, however, implies that Thailand「s generals are enlightened guardians who served the national interest; still less that their coup was justified.

  然而，这并不意味着泰国的将军们会成为文明的保护人，为国家利益服务；还隐约暗示了他们的政变被证明是正确的。

• The aim of the reset was not to change Russia, still less to embrace it, but rather to restore detente in pursuit of America’s national interest.

  重修旧好的目的不是要改变俄罗斯，亦不是要拥抱它，而是要恢复追求美国国家利益的缓和政策。

• Yet such a formula would give many poor countries, which account for a tiny share of the world economy but a big share of the fund」s work, still less say in its affairs.

  然而，这个公式可能会给很多贫穷的国家在基金事务中带来更少的发言权，而这些国家在世界经济中尽管所占份额很少但却承担了很大一部分基金的工作。

• Earnings are still less bad, rather than genuinely good, however, and that「s not doing much to reinvigorate investors.

  收益仍然有些糟糕，而不是真正的让人满意，对恢复投资者的信心没有什么作用。

• Even though the price has risen in the past few years, it is still less expensive to run a power plant on coal than on almost anything else.

  尽管煤炭的价格在过去几年里有所上浮，但燃煤发电站的运营成本仍低于几乎任何一种其他类型的发电站。

• Polls show that Americans are gradually growing more exercised about global warming, although they are still less anxious than Europeans or Japanese.

  民调显示，现在美国人更加关心全球变暖问题，虽然仍逊于欧洲人和日本人。

• But it is still less closely identified with a manifesto than an individual-ms Megawati, whose undistinguished presidency and aloof style are handicaps.

  但是该党对任何纲领的认同仍热逊于对梅加瓦蒂夫人本人这一个体的认同，尽管她担任总统期间的碌碌无为和缺乏亲和力的风格都是不利的因素。

• The stars shine on, still less bright than in the other world.

  星光闪耀，可是仍然没有那个世界里的亮。

• For those of you accustomed to bull markets, who think we」re sure to come out of this quickly, remember this: Japan「s main stock index is still less than one-third of its level of 19 years ago.

  对于那些习惯于牛市，认为我们能很快脱离这场危机的人来说，请记住，日本主要的证券指数现在还不到19年前水平的三分之一。

• 「The Nespresso coffee is more expensive per capsule,」 he shrugged. 「But it」s still less expensive than paying 1.50 euros for an espresso at a cafe.」

  他耸耸肩说：「雀巢的咖啡胶囊确实每颗更贵一点。不过，相比花1.50欧元去咖啡馆喝咖啡，它还是很便宜的。」

• Poor kids seemingly are still less likely to get a diagnosis of autism, despite similar prevalence rates to children better off.

  因为尽管穷孩子的患病率与富裕儿童相差不多，看来他们仍不那么容易得到孤独癥诊断。

• That is still less than what's on offer from Paul Ryan, the Republican budget committee chairman, who promised to cut the deficit by $4.4 trillion more over ten years than Mr Obama’s budget.

  但这一削减幅度仍然要比共和党预算委员会主席，保罗·瑞安提出的10年削减超过4.4万亿美元财政赤字的幅度小。

• The incentives facing doctors are even more perverse. Most doctors are not paid a fixed salary, still less rewarded for better health outcomes.

  对于医生们的激励机制则更加离谱，支付给大部分医生的薪酬都不是固定的，甚至会有行医更出色的医生奖筹却更少。

• The letters that were shown to me made it still less possible for me to believe in the womanliness of the writer.

  让我看过的那些信，使我更不可能相信这位写信者是女性。

• It will receive an attractive 88% of the search revenue generated from traffic through its own sites, but that is still less than the 100% it used to get.

  雅虎将从其自身站点浏览量产生的搜索收入中分得88%，这一比例还算诱人，但还是比不上以前的100%。

• This is likely not a major performance hit, but it is still less than ideal to have happen in the middle of your benchmark.

  这不太可能严重影响性能，但是仍然会使基準测试结果产生偏差。

相似词

let alone更不必说；听任；不打扰

much less更不用说；不及

never mind没有关系，不要记在心上