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lesser

英 ['lesə] 美['lɛsɚ]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词inferior side junior minor

adj. 较少的；次要的；更小的
adv. 较少地；更小地；不及
n. (Lesser)人名；(英、德)莱塞

IELTS中低频词

中文词源

lesser 较少的，次要的

less,用于little的比较级，-er,比较级后缀。

英文词源

lesser (adj.): early 13c., a double comparative, from less + -er (2). Johnson calls it "a barbarous corruption of less, formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in -er." As an adverb from 1590s; now generally poetic or obsolete except in expression lesser-known (1813).

双语例句

1. People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.: 人们投票支持他只不过是两害相权取其轻罢了。

2. They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage.: 他们承认了刑事毁坏的较轻罪名。

3. The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.: 这两张唱片还包含了布里顿两首不甚知名的声乐套曲。

4. people of lesser importance: 次要人物

5. The more obvious potential allies are Ireland, Denmark and, to a lesser degree, the Netherlands.: 最可能成为盟国的有爱尔兰和丹麦，放宽些还可以把荷兰算上。

英英释意

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"

考试真题

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

实用场景例句

people of lesser importance: 次要人物

They were all involved to a greater or lesser degree (= some were more involved than others) .: 他们或多或少都受到了牵连。

The law was designed to protect wives, and, to a lesser extent, children.: 这条法律是为了保护妻子，其次是保护子女。

He was encouraged to plead guilty to the lesser offence.: 有人怂恿他供认犯了那个较轻的罪行。

one of the lesser-known Caribbean islands: 加勒比海不甚知名的岛屿之一

No medication works in isolation but is affected to a greater or lesser extent by many other factors...: 药物治疗不可能孤立地发生作用，多多少少会受很多其他因素的影响。

The more obvious potential allies are Ireland, Denmark and, to a lesser degree, the Netherlands.: 最可能成为盟国的有爱尔兰和丹麦，放宽些还可以把荷兰算上。

They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage...: 他们承认了刑事毁坏的较轻罪名。

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.: 小斑啄木鸟

The 2 nd picture shows that the multiplier of skylight is equal or lesser than downlights.: 图2是天光的倍增系数等于或小于射灯的结果.

THe greater contains the lesser , and not vice versa.: 大的包括小的, 不是小的包括大的.

On lesser amounts, insurance is recommended but optional and taken out at your request.: 在少许数额, 保险被推荐但任意和被去掉根据您的请求.

Lesser chance of long term player injuries, faster injury recoveries , faster fatigue recovery after matches.: 更少使球员长期伤病的机会, 更快的伤愈速度和赛后恢复.

The silence wipes the other out, the greater absorbs the lesser and remains untouched.: 寂静清除了另一种能量, 更大的能量吸收了较小的能量,同时保持原样.

The slant of the line showed he was swimming at a lesser depth.: 钓索的斜度说明它正在较浅的地方游着.

Lesser lights can only borrow other light sources and thereby reflect the light they receive.: 较小的光只能借用别的光源反照它们借来的光.

Numerous lesser roads branched off from the main highway.: 从主要公路上分出无数小道.

The tax changes will especially hit those on high incomes and , to a lesser degree, small businesses.: 税收政策的变动对高收入者影响尤甚, 对小企业的影响相对较小.

A lot of project stop production of our company, test equipment is bought lesser and lesser.: 我们公司很多项目停产了, 测试设备买得越来越少.

Though the lesser gods thought this a heinous deed , and refused to purify Ixion.: 次神们认为这是滔天大罪, 并拒绝为伊克西翁涤罪.

Birthday, reminds me of the once had, inadvertently wrote a Lesser hurt the log.: 生日那天, 让我想起了曾经的曾经, 所以不经意的写下了一篇伤害了小雅的日志.

The second is clearly the lesser of two evils.: 显然,第二种做法弊端比较小.

Heb. 7:7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.: 来七7向来都是卑小的蒙尊优的祝福,这是一无可驳的.

The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.: 森林污染对植物有严重的影响, 对野生动物也有一定影响.

Should it play a greater or lesser role?: 是要起更多的作用,还是起少一些作用?

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.

people of lesser importance: 次要人物

People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.: 人们投票支持他只不过是两害相权取其轻罢了。

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