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- 英式音標(biāo) [les]
- 美式音標(biāo) [l?s]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [les]
- 英式發(fā)音
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基本解釋
- det. 量更少;數(shù)量較少(或更少)
- adj. 等級(jí)較低的;次要的
- adv. 范圍較小地;更少地;遠(yuǎn)不是,根本不
- prep. 減去,除去(作介詞用)
- n. (Less) (美、加拿大)萊斯(人名)
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- lesser:較少的;次要的;更小的。
- adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
- lesser:較少地;更小地;不及。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- lessening:減輕,減少;變小。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- lessening:減少;變?。╨essen的ing形式)。
- vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
- lessen:減少;減輕;變小。
- vt性質(zhì)的同根詞
- lessen:使…變小;使…減輕;使…變少。
用法辨析
- less是little的比較級(jí),基本意思是“較少的,更少的”,指物體的體積或分量相對(duì)于別的物體少。
- less多用來(lái)修飾不可數(shù)名詞,但當(dāng)名詞前有數(shù)詞或a few等修飾時(shí),其后可接可數(shù)名詞;在把時(shí)間、距離、金錢等短語(yǔ)看作是一個(gè)整體時(shí), less可用來(lái)修飾可數(shù)名詞;在有些短語(yǔ)中,說(shuō)話人著眼于有關(guān)事物的大約的量,而不去細(xì)算精確的數(shù)額時(shí), less可用來(lái)修飾可數(shù)名詞;用在感嘆句中, less后可接可數(shù)名詞。
- 由no less than連接的兩個(gè)成分,其強(qiáng)勢(shì)總是落在前面一個(gè)。
- less用作副詞時(shí)的意思是“較少,更少,少”,可用來(lái)修飾動(dòng)詞、形容詞或副詞。
- less有時(shí)用在某些形容詞前并無(wú)比較的意思,只是為了避免使用不大文雅的詞語(yǔ)而采用的委婉說(shuō)法,且less一般不可用于形容詞的比較級(jí)前。
- much〔still〕 less短語(yǔ)多半用于否定結(jié)構(gòu),用于肯定結(jié)構(gòu)時(shí),則須改用much〔still〕 more。
adj. (形容詞)
adv. (副詞)
英漢例句
- The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year.
公司的資金和人員都比去年少了。 - Nothing in this shop is less than £10.
這家商店的東西沒有低于10英鎊的。 - Let's speak less and listen more.
咱們少講多聽吧。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語(yǔ): ~+ n.
用作表語(yǔ): S+be+~
用作副詞 (adv.)
詞組短語(yǔ)
- less butter 較少的黃油
- less coffee 較少的咖啡
- less food 更少的食物
- less meat 更少的肉
- less money 更少的錢
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
英英字典
- a smaller amount (of), or to a smaller degree
- →? minus preposition
- You use less to indicate that there is a smaller amount of something than before or than average. You can use "a little," "a lot," "a bit," "far," and "much" in front of less.
- Less is also a pronoun.
- Less is also a quantifier.
- You use less than before a number or amount to say that the actual number or amount is smaller than this.
- You use less to indicate that something or someone has a smaller amount of a quality than they used to or than is average or usual.
- If you say that something is less one thing than another, you mean that it is like the second thing rather than the first.
- If you do something less than before or less than someone else, you do it to a smaller extent or not as often.
- When you are referring to amounts, you use less in front of a number or quantity to indicate that it is to be subtracted from another number or quantity already mentioned.
- You use less than to say that something does not have a particular quality. For example, if you describe something as less than perfect, you mean that it is not perfect at all.
- couldn't care less&rarrsee care
- more or less&rarrsee more
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 更少的
- 較少
- 最低成本估計(jì)與排程系統(tǒng)