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音标发音

• 英式音标 [les]
• 美式音标 [lɛs]
• 国际音标 [les]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• det. 量更少；数量较少（或更少）
• adj. 等级较低的；次要的
• adv. 范围较小地；更少地；远不是，根本不
• prep. 减去，除去（作介词用）
• n. (Less) （美、加拿大）莱斯（人名）

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  lesser：较少的；次要的；更小的。

• adv性质的同根词

  lesser：较少地；更小地；不及。

• n性质的同根词

  lessening：减轻，减少；变小。

• v性质的同根词

  lessening：减少；变小（lessen的ing形式）。

• vi性质的同根词

  lessen：减少；减轻；变小。

• vt性质的同根词

  lessen：使…变小；使…减轻；使…变少。

• less相关词

用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• less是little的比较级,基本意思是“较少的,更少的”,指物体的体积或分量相对于别的物体少。
• less多用来修饰不可数名词,但当名词前有数词或a few等修饰时,其后可接可数名词;在把时间、距离、金钱等短语看作是一个整体时, less可用来修饰可数名词;在有些短语中,说话人着眼于有关事物的大约的量,而不去细算精确的数额时, less可用来修饰可数名词;用在感叹句中, less后可接可数名词。
• 由no less than连接的两个成分,其强势总是落在前面一个。

adv. (副词)

• less用作副词时的意思是“较少,更少,少”,可用来修饰动词、形容词或副词。
• less有时用在某些形容词前并无比较的意思,只是为了避免使用不大文雅的词语而采用的委婉说法,且less一般不可用于形容词的比较级前。
• much〔still〕 less短语多半用于否定结构,用于肯定结构时,则须改用much〔still〕 more。

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英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year.
  公司的资金和人员都比去年少了。

用作表语: S+be+～

• Nothing in this shop is less than ￡10.
  这家商店的东西没有低于10英镑的。

用作副词 (adv.)

• Let's speak less and listen more.
  咱们少讲多听吧。

• less更多例句

词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• less butter 较少的黄油
• less coffee 较少的咖啡
• less food 更少的食物
• less meat 更少的肉
• less money 更少的钱

• less更多词组

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a smaller amount (of), or to a smaller degree
• →  minus preposition

柯林斯英英字典

• 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

• less剑桥字典
• less柯林斯字典

专业释义

能源科学技术

• 更少的
• 较少

计算机科学技术

• 最低成本估计与排程系统