less adj. 〔little 的比较级之一〕 1.更小的,较小的,更少的,较少的。 2.较次的,较劣的,较不重要的;身分较低的。 find less difficulty with one's work 觉得工作困难较少。 Your shadow hasn't grown any less. 你一点也没有瘦。 an article of less weight 更轻的东西。 Eat more vegetable and less meat. 多吃蔬菜少吃肉。 He spends less time at work than at play. 他工作上的时间比游玩时间少。 less but better 少而精。 L- noise, please! 请静一点。 More haste, less speed. 〔谚语〕欲速则不达。 try to make less mistakes 尽量少犯错误。 an article of less value 更不值钱的东西。 a matter of less importance 次要的事情。 James the L- 副手杰姆斯,打下手的杰姆斯。 ★ 表示数量意义时, fewer 比 less 普通: Fewer people study Latin today than formerly. 现在学拉丁文的人比从前少了。 far less 远不及。 little less 少一点。 little less than 相差无几。 more or less 多少,或多或少,若干。 no less than 1. 正好…,至少…,有…那么多 (He has no less than three daughters. 他有三个女儿之多)。 2. 原来就是,…那样的 (He was no less (a person) than the mayor. 他原来就是市长)。 nothing less than = no less than (We expected nothing less than an attack. 受攻击是预料到的)。 adv. 1.较少,更少。 2.没有…那样。 be less known 不大著名。 He is less fat than he was. 他不及过去胖了。 The heat has grown less intense. 没有先前那样热了。 Eat less, drink less and sleep more. 少吃少喝多睡觉。 Speak less and listen more. 少讲多听。 no less ... than 不下于,和…同样 (He is no less clever than his brother. 他跟他兄弟一样聪明)。 none the less = not the less = no less 仍旧,依然 (He has faults, but I like him none the less . = I like him none the less for his faults. = He has faults; none the less, I like him. 他有缺点,但我仍旧喜欢他)。 not less than 不少于;至少 (Each party shall consist of not less than ten. 每组至少由十人组成)。 not less ... than 在…方面不下于 (The pupil was not less famous than his master. 学生同老师齐名)。 nothing less than 完全一样 (He is nothing less than a thief. 他简直是个贼). sth. less than 较…少几分。 still [even, much] less 〔附在否定句后〕更不用说,何况 (We fear no death, still less difficulties. 我们死都不怕,何况困难)。 少掉;不足;减去。 a year less three days 一年差三天。 Five less three leaves two. 五减三剩二。 n. 较少,更小。 expect to see less of sb. 不想多见某人。 He is less of a fool than he looks 他不像看上去那样笨。 He will not take less. 他不肯少拿〔坚持要那么多〕。 in less than a year 在不到一年的时间里。 L- of your nonsense. 少说废话。 L- than twenty of them remain now. 他们剩下的现在还不到二十人。 any the less 更少一点,更小一些 (He did not work any the less for his illness. 他虽有病在身,工作却没有少做)。 in less than no time 立刻,马上。 nothing less than 同样,正好是,恰恰是。
While the main subject might be emphasized with brighter colors and greater detail , the less prominent objects were usually still rendered sharply 虽然主体可能会用更明亮的色彩和更多的细节来强调,但是不重要的物体通常仍清晰地画出。
Scarcely less prominent was an ample cushioned easy - chair near the head of the bed , also white , with a footstool before it ; and looking , as i thought , like a pale throne 几乎同样显眼的是床头边一把铺着坐垫的大安乐椅,一样的白色,前面还放着一只脚凳,在我看来,它像一个苍白的宝座。
Financial infrastructure , when it works efficiently , is something that is so much taken for granted that it is barely noticed . it is a far less prominent public issue than currency or banking stability 对大部分人来说,金融基础设施有效运作,是理所当然的事,大家几乎不发觉其存在,并不如货币或银行业稳定那样容易引起公众关注。
So i would like to explain here our work in this less prominent , but no less important , policy area , taking advantage of the passage of the clearing and settlement systems bill by the legislative council last week 因此,趁上星期立法会通过结算及交收系统条例草案的机会,就让我向大家解释一下金管局在这个并不显眼但同样重要的环节的工作。
If an article with a surface treatment of gold or platinum is marked with words describing such treatment which include the words gold or platinum , the other words in such a description must not be less prominent than the words gold or platinum 如果表面经过黄金或白金处理的物品加上了说明处理过程的字句,而其中包括黄金或白金的字眼,其他字眼亦必须如黄金或白金字样般明显。
But the development of the capital market has proven to be more challenging . as a result the debt and equity markets have been playing a less prominent role in mobilising domestic savings , and domestic financial intermediation continues to be effected predominantly through the banking sector 相比之下,资本市场的发展则遇到较多的挑战,结果债券及股票市场在调动国内储蓄方面并未能发挥较重要的作用,银行体系仍然是主要的国内金融中介渠道。
From ocm layer to 30cm layer , the first rotated loading vector field in every layer reflects the anomalous soil humidity pattern in huai river basin , we call the pattern structure as " huai river pattern " . while from 30cm layer to 50cm layer , the second rotated loading vector field in every layer is also quite similar to " huai river pattern " . in the summer and autumn the " huai river pattern " is still remarkable but the feature is less prominent than that in the springtime 发现春季以30cm为界, 30cm以上各层土壤湿度异常的第一旋转空间模态十分相似,其大值中心主要位于淮河流域,而30cm以下( 30 - 50cm )各层的第二旋转空间模态与之亦十分类似,因此称该模态为“淮河型” ,而夏季和秋季虽然该模态也很显著但特征不如春季突出。