less and less

基本解釋

The historical trend has been to use less and less working hours per week.
歷史的趨勢(shì)朝著每周工作時(shí)間越來(lái)無(wú)用和越來(lái)越少方向發(fā)展。
If they boost yields, then the 21st century will see more and more people better and better fed from less and less land.
如果真的能夠提高產(chǎn)量，那么在21世紀(jì)，我們會(huì)看到越來(lái)越少的土地養(yǎng)活越來(lái)越多的人口。
And every year, like some sort of magic clockwork, it does more and more for less and less, bringing the marginal costs of technology in the units that we individuals consume closer to zero.
每年，就像某些神奇的發(fā)條裝置一樣，它能以越來(lái)越少的成本做越來(lái)越多的事情；由于大規(guī)模消費(fèi)的存在，技術(shù)的單位邊際成本漸趨于零。

As the sport became more popular, it became less and less of a sport.
But, the thing, it becomes less and less funny and not at all.
但這件事情,漸漸不那么好笑,最后淪為空談
耶魯公開課 - 1871年后的法國(guó)課程節(jié)選
and it's more or less that. I don't want to spoil it in case anyone goes to see it.
差不多就是那樣的。萬(wàn)一有人要去觀看這部劇呢，我可不想毀了它。
話劇排練結(jié)束后 - SpeakingMax英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)達(dá)人

But already Russia's outlying areas are running themselves with less and less say-so from the centre.
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