little less than

基本解釋

A little less than two weeks ago, we declared a famine in two regions in Somalia.
不到兩周之前，我們宣布了索馬里兩個地區(qū)進(jìn)入饑荒狀態(tài)。
That's a little less than I expected. But to me, the most important thing is the job and the people I will work with.
這比我期望的少一些，但對我來說，最重要的是工作本身以及和我一起工作的伙伴。
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A: That?s a little less than I expected. But to me, the most important thing is the job and the people I will work with.
這比我期望的少一些，但對我來說，最重要的是這個工作以及將和我一起工作的人。

The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom which is a little less than two meters.
For most of you on your homework assignments, I'm hoping it's a little less than that, but not much less than that.
你們一起做作業(yè)的時候,我希望作業(yè)不會消耗你們那么多時間,比20小時少點就行了唄
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So, again, it is based on size, it's a little bit less intuitive than the idea of just straining out all of the potassium ions.
因此，這還是以尺寸為基礎(chǔ)的，只是有點不夠直觀,與鉀離子擠不進(jìn)去的圖像相比。
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He also faces a little less than two years in prison when sentenced sometime next year.
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