1. 词义解释:'lesser'是一个形容词,意思是“次要的,较小的,较不重要的”。它可以用来描述数量、程度或等级的差异。
2. 用法说明:'lesser'通常与比较级一起使用,表示在两个或多个事物之间存在差异,而其中一个事物较小或较不重要。另外,'lesser'还可以用来比喻人或事物在一定方面处于较低的水平或地位。
3. 范围适用:'lesser'适用于多种领域,比如科技、文化、社会、经济等。
例句:
1. The lesser of the two evils is to stay home and rest.
较小的罪恶是待在家里休息。
2. The lesser the number of participants, the greater the chance of winning.
参与人数越少,胜利的机会越大。
3. The lesser-known author has written some of the most thought-provoking novels of our time.
这位名气不大的作家写过一些当代最发人深省的小说。
4. The lesser-used highway is a more scenic route to take.
使用较少的公路是更具景色的路线。
5. The company hired lesser skilled workers to cut costs.
公司雇用了技能较低的工人来降低成本。
词性:形容词
中文翻译:更少的;较小的;次要的
读音:[ˈlesər]
例句:
1. The lesser of two evils: 两害相权取其轻。
2. The lesser-known facts about the case: 关于这个案例不为人知的事实。
3. The lesser-used machine finally broke down: 不再常用的机器最终坏了。
4. The lesser the number of people, the greater the feeling of isolation: 人越少,孤独感就越大。
lesser通常被翻译为"更小的、次要的"的意思,在日常中也代表"较少的"的意思,发音是['lesә],在英语中以名词出现较多,在《学生实用英汉双解大词典》中,共找到36个与lesser相关的例句。
Lesser的中文翻译
1.更小的
例句:Backbone of a lesser Saint. (圣徒的脊椎 {\3cH202020}Backbone of a lesser Saint.)
2.次要的
例句:The Roman Empire prospers, Caiaphas, not because it consumes lesser civilizations, but because it embraces and forms partnerships with them. (罗马帝国的兴盛 该亚法 The Roman Empire prospers, Caiaphas, 不是因为其压榨民众之少 not because it consumes lesser civilizations, 而是因为它包容民众 but because it embraces)
3.较少的
例句:As you know, a few years ago, I achieved one of my lesser dreams and became a notary public. (做了一名公证人 my lesser dreams and became a notary public.)
4.较小的、较少的
例句:The protections you are owed, the "lesser" protections not you. (翻译:...法律应当给你们保护 是保护不够而不是你们卑微)
用法及短语
lesser一般作为名词使用,如在greater and lesser(n. 大小安德列斯群岛)、lesser adjutant(小秃鹳)、lesser anteater(un. 小食蚁兽属)等常见短语中出现较多。
greater and lesser | n. 大小安德列斯群岛 |
lesser adjutant | 小秃鹳 |
lesser anteater | un. 小食蚁兽属 |
lesser anteaters | un. 小食蚁兽属\n(lesser anteater 的复数) |
Lesser Antillean | [网络] 小安的列斯群岛 |
Lesser Antilleans | [网络] 小安的列斯群岛 |
lesser ape | [网络] 小猿 |
lesser apes | un. 小型无尾猿\n[网络] 小猿;小猿类;较少猿类 |
Lesser Arcana | [网络] 小阿尔克那;张小阿卡纳;小秘仪 |
例句
1. As you know, a few years ago, I achieved one of my lesser dreams and became a notary public. (翻译:做了一名公证人 my lesser dreams and became a notary public.)
2. The protections you are owed, the "lesser" protections not you. (翻译:...法律应当给你们保护 是保护不够而不是你们卑微)
3. I'm the lesser person, Trish. (翻译:从来没能完成, 到现在我什么都不是。)
4. And later years in lesser accommodations. (翻译:之后去了更糟糕的住处 And later years in lesser accommodations.)
5. Perhaps, but I have to think running that risk is the lesser of two evils. (翻译:可能吧 但在这两者中 我不得不选择风险最小的)
6. Some of their lesser-known ballads are surprisingly poignant. (翻译:但是他们一些不是太出名的民谣歌曲 却是出奇的刺激的.)
7. I have come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind. (翻译:我开始逐渐明白,为什么一直找不到答案 因为母体需要的是低一级的设计)
8. Life equal to ourselves, and not in some lesser... less valuable form. (翻译:是和我们有同样价值的生命 而不是次等的 --)
9. Yeah, my tinkering has cost several lesser shifters their lives. (翻译:my tinkering has cost several lesser shifters their lives.)
10. It's all lesser-evil terrain in these broken places. (翻译:在这些破碎的地方,都会面临较小恶行这样的选择。)
11. Under certain conditions, such a status is immediately punishable by death or in lesser cases, banishment. (翻译:在某些情况下,这种状态会立即遭到死亡的惩罚,轻则也是流放。)
12. I respect you both as workers and as women inasmuch as lesser... Wait! (翻译:我敬爱你们 就如我敬爱洗衣机 和卑微地位的女人们...)
13. But there are lesser characters facing somewhat more everyday moral dilemmas. (翻译:然后摩西。有轻微的字符 最日常的道德困境。)
14. The weight of one is greater, lesser or equal to the weight of the other. (翻译:其中一个的重量大于、小于 或等于另一个。)
15. So the gods decided to live there alongside their lesser creation, man. (翻译:所以众神选择居住在这里 与他们创造的劣等生物一起生活 人类)
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