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My objection is not to the idea that the web could become of relatively lesser importance at some point in the future.
我的异议不是针对这样的想法--网页将会在将来的一些方面变得相对较小的重要性。
Because we see the second request as a lesser burden—and therefore a favor to us—we are likely to give in out of perceived obligation.
因为我们把第二个请求看成较小的负担，于我们是个恩惠，所以我们很有可能出于意识到的责任而屈服。
For example, now that I want to write an average of a new article a day, I need to learn to maintain/increase the same quality of writing as before, while writing in lesser time.
例如，现在我想要平均每天写一篇新文章，我需要像以前一样学会保持/增加同样的写作质量，却用较少的时间写作。

Decreases in barometric pressure two to three days before the visit also appeared to trigger headaches, but to a lesser extent.
The defiling effect of lesser transgressions is calibrated to the sinner's intentionality and the presence or absence of repentance.
相对较轻的犯罪带来的亵渎影响,随罪人的犯罪动机,是否出席祭祀仪式和是否悔改而变化。
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I suppose to a lesser literacy skill of being a good listener or viewer and have information push condensed.
假设一名优秀的聆听者,或观众需要较少的文化素养,我会将信息压缩。
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Singapore, also seeking to attract Islamic capital, has the same lures but to a lesser degree.
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used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount, or importance as something else

You use lesser in order to indicate that something is smaller in extent, degree, or amount than another thing that has been mentioned.
Lesser is also an adverb.
You can use lesser to refer to something or someone that is less important than other things or people of the same type.
the lesser of two evils&rarrsee evil