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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
• 美式發(fā)音

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；變小（lessen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??；使…減輕；使…變少。

• less相關(guān)詞

用法辨析

adj. (形容詞)

• 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(qián)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)。

adv. (副詞)

• 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。

• less使用方法
• less詳細(xì)辨析

英漢例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語(yǔ): ～+ n.

• 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。

用作表語(yǔ): S+be+～

• Nothing in this shop is less than ￡10.
  這家商店的東西沒(méi)有低于10英鎊的。

用作副詞 (adv.)

• Let's speak less and listen more.
  咱們少講多聽(tīng)吧。

• less更多例句

詞組短語(yǔ)

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+名詞

• 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(qián)

• less更多詞組

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• 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劍橋字典
• less柯林斯字典

專業(yè)釋義

能源科學(xué)技術(shù)

• 更少的
• 較少

計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)技術(shù)

• 最低成本估計(jì)與排程系統(tǒng)