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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔BUSY/NOT BUSY〕If you can travel off-peak it will be cheaper and the trains will be less crowded. 你如果在淡季旅游，不但花费较少，而且火车也不那么拥挤。朗文写作活用〔DESCRIBE〕Children who are labelled ‘slow’ usually get less attention from teachers. 那些被形容为“迟钝”的儿童通常较少受到教师的关注。朗文写作活用〔FIGHT〕Aggressive bosses are less likely to criticize workers who stand up to them. 攻击性强的老板较少批评那些敢于反对他们的员工。朗文写作活用〔HARM〕Increasing tax on petrol would encourage people to drive smaller cars with fewer noxious emissions. 提高汽油税会促使人们驾驶有毒废气排放量较少的小型汽车。朗文写作活用〔ILLEGAL〕The number of women convicted of serious offences is still relatively small. 被判犯有重罪的女性人数仍然相对较少。朗文写作活用〔LESS〕Foreign workers have fewer rights and get lower wages. 来自国外的工人享有的权益较少，所得的薪水较低。朗文写作活用〔LESS〕Schools in the suburbs have fewer discipline problems and better student attitudes. 郊区的学校纪律问题较少，学生的学习态度也较好。朗文写作活用〔OLD〕People say that older people need less sleep. 人们说年纪大的人需要的睡眠较少。朗文写作活用〔SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY〕Many parents want to send their children to private school because class sizes are smaller. 许多父母都想送孩子上私立学校，因为私立学校班级人数较少。朗文写作活用〔SHOP/STORE〕You occasionally see eel in the fish market, but it's quite rare these days. 鱼市上偶尔能见到黄鳝，但现在比较少见。朗文写作活用〔alcohol〕Products for dry skin have little or no alcohol.用于干性皮肤的产品含酒精较少或不含酒精。柯林斯高阶〔applicability〕Piaget himself wrote relatively little about the applicability of his theories to education.皮亚热本人对其理论在教育方面的适用性论述相对较少。外研社新世纪〔autumn〕We like to travel in (the) autumn when there are fewer tourists.我们喜欢在秋天出游，那时游人较少。剑桥高阶〔axe〕Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.其他盈利较少的服务预计今年稍晚将大量削减。牛津高阶〔balance out〕They made less than comparable city workers but the cost of living was much less so that balanced out.与有可比性的城市工人相比, 他们挣得较少, 但是生活成本要低得多, 所以就相互抵消了。外研社新世纪〔basic〕Geology Containing little silica, as igneous rocks.【地质学】 基性的：基性的，含有比较少量的二氧化硅的作为火成岩的美国传统〔bid up〕Several antique dealers bid up the best lots to shut out less experienced bidders.几个古董商哄抬头等拍品的价格，要把经验较少的竞买者排挤出去。韦氏高阶〔breast-fed〕There is less thumb-sucking among breast-fed babies.以母乳哺育的婴儿中，较少有吮吸拇指的。文馨英汉〔catchment〕Catchments are relatively small and most parents want to limit the time that their children spend travelling to school.学区内的学生数量较少, 大多数家长希望能缩短孩子上学路上所花的时间。外研社新世纪〔channel〕More funds will be channel(l)ed into research to find cleaner ways to burn coal.为了找到较少污染的燃煤方法,将调拨更多资金用到科研上去。英汉大词典〔comparatively〕Comparatively few books have been written on the subject.有关这一话题的书写得相对较少。朗文当代〔comparison〕The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison.烧煤、燃油等人类活动所释放的二氧化碳量相对较少。外研社新世纪〔conscious〕It affects the audience at a deeper, less conscious level.它对观众产生了更为深刻的、较少意识层次上的影响。朗文当代〔consume〕The new lights consume less electricity.这些新电灯耗电量较少。韦氏高阶〔decay〕In Orthodox Europe, mass religion seems to have decayed less.在正教会流行的欧洲地区，集体宗教信仰的影响力似乎衰退得较少。朗文当代〔deposit〕With interest rates at current low levels, cash on deposit will show modest returns.以目前如此低的利率水平, 现金存款只有较少的利息收益。外研社新世纪〔disbud〕Many plants, if they are disbudded, will produce larger, though fewer, flowers.许多植物如经除芽会开出较少但较大的花朵。英汉大词典〔economize〕If you can economize your time, you will get more done in less time.如果你能充分利用时间,你就能用较少的时间做更多的事。英汉大词典〔efficient〕Acting or producing effectively with a minimum of waste, expense, or unnecessary effort.高效的：以较少的浪费、花消、或不必要的努力去做或生产美国传统〔insofar as〕We are entering a period of less danger insofar as the threat of nuclear war between the superpowers is less.超级大国之间发生核战争的威胁变小了, 从这一点上来说, 我们正进入一个危险较少的时期。外研社新世纪〔inventory〕The store wanted to offer more items but stock less inventory.商店想要摆售更多商品，同时保持较少的库存。牛津搭配〔less〕Last year less of the money went into high-technology companies.去年投向高科技公司的资金较少。外研社新世纪〔less〕Some took more, others less.有些人拿的比较多，有些人则较少。文馨英汉〔less〕They're focusing more on quality and less on quantity.他们更多地注重质量，较少关注数量。韦氏高阶〔light〕The traffic is usually fairly light in the afternoons.下午的车辆通常比较少。牛津搭配〔limited〕Abbr. ltd.,Ltd.,Ld.Of, relating to, or being transportation facilities, such as trains or buses, that make few stops and carry relatively few passengers.缩写 ltd.,Ltd.,Ld.直达的，乘客人数有限制的：较少停靠且相对来说搭载较少乘客的交通工具如火车或汽车的，与其有关的美国传统〔limit〕We are limited to fewer options by our lack of money.由于缺乏资金，我们的选择较少。韦氏高阶〔liquid〕The state of matter in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow, little or no tendency to disperse, and relatively high incompressibility.液态：物质的一种状态，指物质表现出易于流动，较少或没有分散的倾向以及相对较高的不可压缩性等特征美国传统〔minority〕The smaller in number of two groups forming a whole.少数派：在组成一个整体的两群体中数量上较少的一派美国传统〔minor〕Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.较小的，较少的：在数量、规模或尺寸上较少或较小的美国传统〔minor〕One that is lesser in comparison with others of the same class.较小者：与其同类相比较少、较小、次要的人美国传统〔mistake〕They made the big mistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force.他们大错特错, 居然认为以较少的兵力就能够夺取其边境地区。外研社新世纪〔mobile〕People living in this area are less socially mobile.住在这个地区的人社会结构较少发生改变。麦克米伦高阶〔object〕Cullen objected that his small staff would be unable to handle the added work.卡伦提出反对，说他的人手较少，无法完成额外工作。柯林斯高阶〔operation〕Less profitable business operations will have difficulty in finding financial support.盈利较少的企业将很难得到财政资助。剑桥高阶〔paradox〕The paradox is that fishermen would catch more fish if they fished less.这则悖论是如果渔夫较少打鱼反而会打到更多的鱼。朗文当代〔percolate〕This type of ecosystem percolates less water.这种生态系统渗滤的水比较少。外研社新世纪〔play〕When the new policy comes into play, fewer people will have control.新政策生效的时候，较少有人能把控。麦克米伦高阶〔posset〕Breast-fed babies tend to posset less.母乳喂养的婴儿比较少漾奶。剑桥高阶〔privileged〕Family problems are found in every class, he said, but were more common among the less privileged.他说，每一个阶层都有家庭问题，但是这些问题在较少享有特权的阶层更为普遍。柯林斯高阶〔relatively〕There was relatively little violence.暴力事件相对较少。剑桥高阶〔relatively〕We had relatively few applications for the job.申请我们这项工作的人相对较少。牛津高阶〔season〕There will be more documentaries and fewer quiz shows in the autumn season on TV.秋季电视上会播放更多的纪录片，智力问答节目会比较少。剑桥高阶〔self-fulfillment〕Young people think less about self-fulfillment and more about careers and jobs.年轻人较少想到充分发挥自己的潜在能力,而是更多地考虑前途和职业。英汉大词典〔self-image〕Children who have a positive self-image are less likely to present behaviour and discipline problems.自我感觉良好的孩子较少出现行为和纪律上的问题。柯林斯高阶〔shrivel〕To become or make much less or smaller; dwindle.变小：变成或变得较少或更小；缩小美国传统〔silo〕Before silos were invented, cows gave less milk during winter because they had no green grass to eat.在青贮窖发明之前, 冬季奶牛产奶较少, 因为没有青饲料可以吃。外研社新世纪〔slackness〕As major airlines give up less-traveled routes, smaller planes are picking up the slack.由于大型航空公司放弃了乘客较少的路线，一些较小的飞机正在加紧补位。柯林斯高阶〔southerner〕Southerners smoke less and drink less than those in other parts of the country.与这个国家其他地方的人相比，南方人抽烟和喝酒都比较少。柯林斯高阶〔spare〕Nowadays more land is needed to grow food and less can be spared to graze cattle.当前需要以更多的土地种粮食,只能抽出较少的土地用于放牧。英汉大词典〔suboxide〕An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen.低价氧化物：含氧量相对较少的氧化物美国传统〔term〕Students have less money in relative terms, but spend more on books.相对来说，学生手里的钱较少，但买书花的钱却较多。朗文当代〔time〕There's less traffic at this time of day.白天这个时段车辆较少。牛津搭配〔trend〕Modern life trends towards less formal customs.现代生活倾向于较少拘泥于客套习俗。英汉大词典〔true〕As there are fewer teenagers, the crime rate may go down. The same holds true for traffic accidents.十几岁的青少年较少,犯罪率有可能下降。这情况同样适用于交通事故发生率。英汉大词典〔uncharacteristically〕Uncharacteristically for Keegan, he decided to have a snooze.基根决定打个盹儿，这在他来说可是比较少见的。柯林斯高阶〔uncharacteristically〕Uncharacteristically for Kevin, he decided to have a snooze.凯文决定打个盹, 这在他来说可是比较少见的。外研社新世纪〔unexplored〕The study looks at a relatively unexplored area of human relationships.这项研究考察人类关系中较少探讨的领域。朗文当代〔upper house〕The branch of a bicameral legislature, such as the U.S. Senate, that is smaller and less broadly representative of the population.上议院：两院制中的上院，如美国的参议院，人数较少并且民众的代表性较狭窄美国传统〔wakefulness〕Wakeful babies will often continue to need little sleep as they grow older.通常睡眠轻的婴儿长大后仍然只需要较少的睡眠。柯林斯高阶〔wakeful〕Wakeful babies will often continue to need little sleep as they grow older.觉少的婴儿长大后常常仍然只需要较少的睡眠。外研社新世纪〔word〕So far there have been more words than action on the matter of childcare provision.恐怕到目前为止，提供儿童保育的问题更多地停留在讨论层面上，而较少付诸实施。剑桥高阶〔working〕A smaller working population will have to support a growing number of retired people.较少的劳动人口将不得不供养不断增加的退休人员。朗文当代As an MP, I see much less of my family when Parliament is sitting.作为议员，在议会开会期间我较少见到我的家人。剑桥国际Fewer graduates are taking jobs in industry, choosing instead careers in the civil service, the universities and the‘caring’professions.较少的毕业生从事工业领域的工作，而是在政府的文职机关、大学以及护理行业寻找职业。剑桥国际Housebuyers are now much less inclined to believe what estate agents tell them about potential new homes.如今，购房者较少相信房产代理商所说的有关新房子的情况。剑桥国际Less profitable business operations (= organizations) will have difficulty in finding financial support.赢利较少的企业会难于找到财政资助。剑桥国际Rape is a crime which results in relatively few convictions as it is often difficult to verify.因为通常难以证实，强奸是一种相对而言定罪较少的罪行。剑桥国际The President has decided to concentrate on domestic policy and take a less interventionist role in foreign affairs.总统决定将精力放在国内政策上，较少承担干涉外部事务的责任。剑桥国际The company is divesting its less profitable business operations.该公司正削减其盈利较少的业务。剑桥国际The east of England has low mean rainfall.英格兰东部平均雨量较少。剑桥国际The local council has been criticized for being a low spender on (= not giving much money to pay for) education.地方委员会由于对教育的投入较少而受到批评。剑桥国际The neck is one of the first areas to show signs of ageing because its skin has few sebaceous glands and tends to dry out, causing lines and wrinkles.头颈是人身体上最容易变老的部位，因为这里的皮脂腺较少，皮肤容易变干起皱纹。剑桥国际The new ships, propelled by gas turbines, require less maintenance than older, steam-driven ones.由汽轮机驱动的新船比起古老的蒸汽机驱动的船来需要较少的维修。剑桥国际This project will require less money. 这项工程所需的投资较少。译典通We had relatively few applications for the job.申请我们这份工作的人相对较少。牛津商务We like to travel in the autumn when there are fewer tourists.我们喜欢在秋季旅行，那时游客较少。剑桥国际We now consume less milk and calcium-rich food which helps to build strong bones.我们现在食用的可帮助骨骼强壮的牛奶和富含钙质食物较少。剑桥国际Worldwide there are still comparatively few female scientists and technologists.在世界范围内，女科学家和技术专家还相对较少。剑桥国际 |
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