lesser

导读:单词音标
lesser音标[\'lesә]
汉语翻译a. 较少的, 较小的, 次要的词意辨析less, lesser这两个词都是little的比较级,都可指“较少”或“较小”。less偏重于“not so much”

单词音标

lesser音标[\'lesә]

汉语翻译

a. 较少的, 较小的, 次要的

词意辨析

less, lesser

这两个词都是little的比较级,都可指“较少”或“较小”。less偏重于“not so much”的意思,lesser偏重于“not so great或smaller、minor、lower”的意思。它们都可用于数量、重量、程度、重要性、价值等方面,但在用法及跟其他词语搭配上有很大不同,二者不能互换。

less: 所修饰的名词是不可数的,且没有冠词在前;less可带than,并指二者或多于二者的比较;

    i received less pay than he.
    我收的薪金比他少。

    i want less sugar for my coffee.
    我的咖啡要加少些糖。

    these days,i eat less rice than i used to.
    近来我吃饭比以前少。

lesser: 不用than,而用of,并只限于二者的比较;涉及程度、价值、重要性等方面时,一般用lesser(指 smaller,not so great,minor,lower)。

    i prefer a lesser amount of meat.
    我选择较少量的肉食。

    rice and wheat are two staple foods in china.in the north,rice is the lesser of the two.
    米和小麦是中国的两种主要食粮。在北方,米较小麦为次要。

英语解释

形容词 lesser:

of less size or importance

smaller in size or amount or value

形容词 less:

(comparative of `little\' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

同义词:less

(usually preceded by `no\') lower in quality

同义词:less

(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

同义词:less

例句

The case has been remitted from the appeal court to a lesser tribunal.

此案已由上诉法庭转给下级法庭处理。

She has also been affected, but to a lesser degree.

她也受到波及,但程度较轻。

He is stubborn, and so is she, but to a lesser degree.

他很固执,她也固执,不过程度轻些。

This is the lesser evil of the two.

这是两种弊病中较轻的。

详细解释

less.er

adj.(形容词)

little的比较级

Smaller in amount, value, or importance, especially in a comparison between two things:

较小的,更少的,次要的:在数量、价值或重要性等方面较小的,尤其指两件东西(事情)比较而言:

例句:

chose the lesser evil.

选择两者中较小者

Of a smaller size than other, similar forms:

较小的:比其他相似的形式尺寸上更小的:

例句:

the lesser anteater.

小型食蚁动物

来源:

Middle English

中古英语

from lesse [less] * see less

源自 lesse [更小的,更少的] *参见 less

lacking
less and less
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