单词盒子

less

L 开头单词

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

    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。

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。

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

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

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