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英语单词“less”的意思是：adj.较少的；更少的；更小的；更少的。adv.较小；更少；不及。n.（Less）人名。
读音：英 [les] 美 [les]
例句：The food was less satisfying than we had hoped for.
翻译：食物没有我们希望的那样令人满意。
单词“less”可以作为形容词和副词使用，常常在比较两个不同的事物或情况时使用。当它作为形容词时，它描述的是事物的数量、程度或价值较低。例如，“less water”（较少的水），“less time”（较少的时间）。当它作为副词时，它修饰动词，表示程度较小或者较弱。例如，“the less frequent reminder”（不太经常的提醒）。
下面是含有less的一些例句：
1. Compared to last year, we're working on less production because the prices fell and they realized there were so many cucumbers piled up on our fields, but while that allows us to finish all in season at home rather more rapidly,, then everything tastes even more intense, while you will hardly need less ice and/or fruit (except it goes straight through), although as our men didn't waste their strength anymore due to heat or in turn working day and night that very morning while already grumpy (fry which seemed also somehow tied in there due to prolonged indoor smoking etc) etc they ended up finishing out tomorrow‘s in in the evening and then sleeping in the next day. （相比去年，我们生产的东西少一些，因为价格下跌，我们发现菜园里堆满了黄瓜。但是这使我们能够更快地完成当季的蔬菜，而且味道更加浓郁，同时你几乎不需要减少冰块和/或水果（除非你直接把它们扔掉），虽然我们的男人们不再因为炎热或是在当天清晨加班加点而感到疲惫不堪（大家因为长期在室内吸烟等其他原因也很烦躁），他们通常会在傍晚完成明日的活计，然后在第二天睡个懒觉。）
2. We will continue to work hard to make sure that we provide our customers with a better and more convenient service while keeping the amount of staff and costs under control, thus enabling us to generate higher profits with less effort.
3. There are a lot of more/less things happening every day in our world. 这句话运用了比较级more/less形容词修饰可数名词复数things. 句意: 在我们的世界中每天都有很多或多或少的事情发生。
4. Less is more. 简单就是美。
5. Less meat, more vegetables. 少肉多菜。
6. Less is more, but more is better. 少而精，物以稀为贵。
7. Less is best for most things in life. 对于生活中的大多数事物，少即是好。
8. I can‘t do less than my best. 我必须尽我所能。
9. You have less hair than me and you always have it styled differently too! It‘s like you‘re a professional! You don‘t have to do less because you‘re female, you just have to do better! 你比我头发还少呢，还总是弄成不同的样式！你就像个专业人士一样！你不必因为你是女性而做得少一些，你只需要做得更好！
10. We can see that fewer and fewer people speak English now compared with 20 years ago. 与20年前相比，现在说英语的人越来越少。
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