less
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。
用法辨析
- 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。
- 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。
adj. (形容词)
adv. (副词)
英汉例句
- 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。 - Nothing in this shop is less than £10.
这家商店的东西没有低于10英镑的。 - Let's speak less and listen more.
咱们少讲多听吧。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
用作副词 (adv.)
词组短语
- 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
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
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
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专业释义
- 更少的
- 较少
- 最低成本估计与排程系统