lesser

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英[?les?(r)]
美[?l?s?]

基本釋義

adj.
較小的; 較少的; 次要的

實用例句

people of lesser importance

次要人物

牛津詞典

They were all involved to a greater or lesser degree (= some were more involved than others) .

他們或多或少都受到了牽連。

牛津詞典

The law was designed to protect wives, and, to a lesser extent, children.

這條法律是為了保護妻子,其次是保護子女。

牛津詞典

He was encouraged to plead guilty to the lesser offence.

有人慫恿他供認犯了那個較輕的罪行。

牛津詞典

one of the lesser-known Caribbean islands

加勒比海不甚知名的島嶼之一

牛津詞典

No medication works in isolation but is affected to a greater or lesser extent by many other factors...

藥物治療不可能孤立地發(fā)生作用,多多少少會受很多其他因素的影響。

The more obvious potential allies are Ireland, Denmark and, to a lesser degree, the Netherlands.

最可能成為盟國的有愛爾蘭和丹麥,放寬些還可以把荷蘭算上。

They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage...

他們承認了刑事毀壞的較輕罪名。

He was feared by other, lesser, men.

其他那些不如他的男人都很怕他。

...the lesser spotted woodpecker.

小斑啄木鳥

The 2 nd picture shows that the multiplier of skylight is equal or lesser than downlights.

圖2是天光的倍增系數(shù)等于或小于射燈的結(jié)果.

期刊摘選

THe greater contains the lesser , and not vice versa.

大的包括小的, 不是小的包括大的.

期刊摘選

On lesser amounts, insurance is recommended but optional and taken out at your request.

在少許數(shù)額, 保險被推薦但任意和被去掉根據(jù)您的請求.

期刊摘選

Lesser chance of long term player injuries, faster injury recoveries , faster fatigue recovery after matches.

更少使球員長期傷病的機會, 更快的傷愈速度和賽后恢復.

期刊摘選

The silence wipes the other out, the greater absorbs the lesser and remains untouched.

寂靜清除了另一種能量, 更大的能量吸收了較小的能量,同時保持原樣.

期刊摘選

The slant of the line showed he was swimming at a lesser depth.

釣索的斜度說明它正在較淺的地方游著.

英漢文學 - 老人與海

Lesser lights can only borrow other light sources and thereby reflect the light they receive.

較小的光只能借用別的光源反照它們借來的光.

期刊摘選

Numerous lesser roads branched off from the main highway.

從主要公路上分出無數(shù)小道.

辭典例句

The tax changes will especially hit those on high incomes and , to a lesser degree, small businesses.

稅收政策的變動對高收入者影響尤甚, 對小企業(yè)的影響相對較小.

《簡明英漢詞典》

A lot of project stop production of our company, test equipment is bought lesser and lesser.

我們公司很多項目停產(chǎn)了, 測試設備買得越來越少.

期刊摘選

Though the lesser gods thought this a heinous deed , and refused to purify Ixion.

次神們認為這是滔天大罪, 并拒絕為伊克西翁滌罪.

辭典例句

Birthday, reminds me of the once had, inadvertently wrote a Lesser hurt the log.

生日那天, 讓我想起了曾經(jīng)的曾經(jīng), 所以不經(jīng)意的寫下了一篇傷害了小雅的日志.

期刊摘選

The second is clearly the lesser of two evils.

顯然,第二種做法弊端比較小.

期刊摘選

Heb. 7:7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

來七7向來都是卑小的蒙尊優(yōu)的祝福,這是一無可駁的.

期刊摘選

The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.

森林污染對植物有嚴重的影響, 對野生動物也有一定影響.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Should it play a greater or lesser role?

是要起更多的作用,還是起少一些作用?

期刊摘選

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

此案已由上訴法庭轉(zhuǎn)給下級法庭處理.

辭典例句

people of lesser importance

次要人物

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.

人們投票支持他只不過是兩害相權取其輕罷了。

柯林斯例句

真題例句

The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

The Cascadia Earthquake Zone is big enough to compete with San Andreas it's been called the most dangerous fault in Americ, but it's much lesser known than its California cousin.

2019年12月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

While chronologica tells the stories of famous people in history such as thomas edison and Alexander the great, this book also gives an account of the lives of lesser-known individuals including the explorer Mungo Park and sculptor Gutzon Borglum.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

"The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation," said USFWS director Daniel Ashe.

2016年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Biologists estimate that as many as 2 million lesser prairie chickens一-a kind of bird living on stretching grasslands - once lent red to the often grey landscape of the mid-western and southwestern United States.

2016年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. of less size or importance;

    "the lesser anteater"

    "the lesser of two evils"

  • 2. smaller in size or amount or value;

    "the lesser powers of Europe"

    "the lesser anteater"

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