IELTS

lesser单词基本解析：

adj.较小的; 较少的; 次要的
adj. 较少的, 较小的, 次要的
adj.较小的；较少的；次要的；

lesser变化用词：

动词过去式: lessened | 动词过去分词: lessened | 动词现在分词: lessening | 动词第三人称单数: lessens |

lesser英英释义：

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"

形容词 lesser:

of less size or importance

smaller in size or amount or value

形容词 less:

(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

同义词：less

(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

同义词：less

(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

同义词：less

lesser[ 'lesə ]adj.of less size or importance

"the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils"

smaller in size or amount or value

"the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"

lesser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。

lesser用法和例句：

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.

英汉文学 - 老人与海

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.

辞典例句

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.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

辞典例句

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.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

辞典例句

people of lesser importance

次要人物

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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。

柯林斯例句

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"Lesser snow geese and greater sandhill cranes mingle in November at Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico.

11月里，较小的雪鹅和较大的沙丘鹤混居在新墨西哥州阿帕切国家野生动物保护区。

His epoch -- and that of thousands of lesser entrepreneurs -- was the second half of the 19th century.

19世纪下半叶是巨头（以及成千上万的企业家）的时代。

The property settings of the SMTP virtual server control inbound mail and, to a lesser degree, outbound mail settings.

SMTP虚拟服务器的属性设置控制着入站邮件以及出站邮件设置(程度较低)。

"L " form: It applies to lesser quadrate kitchen, used part effectively.

“L”形：它适用于较小的方形的厨房，有效利用了角位。

In modern Luqiao, you can see far wider and longer roads in spite of lesser bridges.

“无街不市、无巷不贩、无户不商”。今天的路桥桥虽然少了，但是路却更宽了，更长了。

A lesser man would have undoubtedly crumbled in such circumstances.

一个人如果不够顽强，遇到这种场合肯定崩溃了。

Can use lesser commonly at metope.

一般较少会使用于墙面。

Colonel: You're a tough one, my friend. A lesser man would be dead by now.

上校:你真是个硬骨头。我的朋友。要是差一点的人现在已经死了。

One of lesser rank or authority than another; a subordinate.

下属，属下等级或权力小于他者的人；下属

It is the great Presidents, rather than any of the lesser figures, who call for principal attention, however.

不过，主要值得注意的是伟大的总统，而不是任何次一等的人物。

That, however, is a lesser evolutionary conundrum than the one posed by her tiny brain, he asserts.

不过，沃波夫坚称，小的脑子引起的问题是比较大的演化谜团，这个问题比较小。

They're both bad, so just pick the lesser of two evils. You have to wear something white tomorrow.

两个都不怎么样,就挑一个比较好的吧。你明天必须穿白色的。

Of two evils choose the lesser.

两害相权取其轻。

My principle is to choose the lesser evil between the two.

两害相较，取其轻，这是我一贯做事的原则。

Perhaps a maple forest is but a grand organism composed of lesser organisms.

也许一片枫树林就是由较小有机体组成的巨大的有机体。

About him, except in the minds of lesser men who found it hard to conceive such tenacity of purpose.

也许他身上毕竟没有什么不可思议的东西。所谓不可思议,只是那些不如他的人对他那种坚韧不拔的意志感到不可思议而已。

The lesser of the two evils.

二颗烂苹果中比较不烂的。

Both the groups and individuals of soil animals of Picea and Abies forest were lesser than other communities.

云冷杉林土壤动物类群和个体数量都比其它群落少。

One should pay attention to which combinations that are lesser used by the RH and strengthen these.

人们应当注意到一些不常用的右手组合，并且去加强对他们的练习。

It was considered that this alternative would be the lesser of two evils.

人们认为这种选择的害处小一些。

Numerous lesser roads branched off from the main highway.

从主要公路上分出无数小道。

And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater.

从来位分大的给位分小的祝福,这是驳不倒的理。

They were obliged to compromise on lesser questions.

他们不得不在次要问题上做些让步。

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。

They are clever and cunning but speak only Japanese(why bother with lesser languages?).

他们精明过人，但是只说日语(干嘛要费心思学习那些次要的语言?)

He's stubborn, and so is she, but to a lesser degree, ie not as much.

他很固执, 她也是, 只是程度差些.

He is stubborn, and so is she, but to a lesser degree.

他很固执，她也固执，不过程度轻些。

He's stubborn,and so is she,but to a lesser degree,ie not as much.

他很固执，她也是，只是程度差些。

But I would want to deny even the lesser charge of purely verbal zealotry.

但是即便是对纯粹口头上的狂热行为的指控，我也要否认。

However, if this law does not deem it a crime or imposes a lesser punishment, this law is to be applicable.

但是如果本法不认为是犯罪或者处刑较轻的，适用本法。

Lesser Heal, Heal, Greater Heal mana cost reduced.

低,中,高级治疗魔法消耗减少。

A quake of lesser magnitude, usually one of a series, following a large earthquake in the same area.

余震大地震之后在同一地区发生的一系列小震级的地震

You will also want to do the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram!

你也要做小五星的祛除仪式!

You have the lesser Light so you can see how wonderful the love is.

你们有较少的光以致你们能够明白爱是多么美好。

You may very well then reciprocate with a concession of your own: agreement with my lesser request.

你很可能出于互惠也作出你的让步：同意我的较小的那个请求。

You're a tough one my friend, a lesser man would be dead by now.

你很强壮我的朋友,弱一点的人到现在应该翘辫子了。

Volgin: You're a tough one my friend, a lesser man would be dead by now.

你很强壮我的朋友，弱一点的人到现在应该翘辫子了。

One must always choose the lesser of two weevils.

你必须两害相全取其轻。

An attendant, a servant, or a lesser official in a royal or noble household.

侍从，仆人皇室或贵族家庭中的随从、仆人或低级军官

An attendant,a servant,or a lesser official in a royal or noble household.

侍从，仆人皇室或贵族家庭中的随从、仆人或低级军官。

Clyde probably drew his lesser force from the personal unimportance of his parents.

克莱德的才干之所以比较差，大致因为父母能力差的关系吧。

The agency says the diet drug presents a lesser risk than heart disease or diabetes associated with obesity.

公司说这种减肥药的风险比肥胖引起的心脏病和糖尿病的几率要小的多。

There is one of rare animals Yunnan snub-nose monkey, lesser panda.

其中珍稀动物有滇金丝猴、小熊猫。

The remaining minerals are of lesser significance in engeneerng geology.

其余的矿物在工程地质中意义不大。

The purpose is to use lesser manpower make out more production.

其目使使用较少的人力生产更多的产品成为可能。

Combined with their own screeches, lesser knell beetles often seem as durable, if not more so, than their heftier kin.

再加上它们自身的尖啸，小丧钟甲虫通常被认为即使没有超过，也至少同它们那些肌肉发达的同胞同样的持久。

Don't waste time on these lesser matters.

别把时间浪费在那些无关紧要的事情上。

Do not waste my time, lesser creature.

别浪费我的时间,劣等生物。

The first is a policy of lesser benevolence and the second a policy of greater benevolence.

前一种是小仁政，后一种是大仁政。

Another lesser wave broke around her knees, filling her Wellington boots with foamy saltwater but she didn't notice.

又一个小浪滚来，撞在她的膝盖上，那双惠灵顿靴子里灌满了带泡沫的咸水，但她似乎根本没有注意到。

A third officer faces lesser charges.

另外一名警员会面对较少的指控。

There are other lesser financial benefits from being old.

另外，还有较少的一些针对老年人的优惠政策。

Culture, however, has settled for the lesser ideal of hap-' piness.

可是，我 们的社会文化甘于接受次等的快乐。

The lesser poets are not respected like the great ones.

名气稍逊的诗人。

The latter arises from abstraction of the somewhat lesser activated C-H bond in the dioxolane.

后者是由二氧杂环戊烷中活化较弱的C-H键离解而产生的。

The absorption of a lesser estate, liability, right, action, or offense into a greater one.

吸收合并将一较小的地产、债务、权力、行为或违法行为并入一更大的

Tell me, Dean. How do you like bowing before lesser creatures?

告诉我，迪恩，你怎麽可能像低等的生物鞠躬？

Looking back, Mr.Phelan concedes someone of lesser job title might not have had the same pull.

回想起来，费兰承认如果是职位比他低的人可能不会有同样的吸引力。

For without you, I am a lesser man.

因为没有你,我不可能完善自己。

They tend to have lesser interest in the cultural heritage of their forebears and those of their fellow citizens.

因此,他们一般上对先人的文化遗产不感兴趣。

So if the amount of movement is in between two degree settings on the barrel, choose the lesser of the two.

因此如果移动的程度介于云台机身两个度数之间,那么就选择两者间度数低的。

Consequently,they tend to have lesser interest in the cultural heritage of their forebears.

因此，他们一般上对先人的文化遗产不感兴趣。

The 2nd 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。

They also deal with similar threats over the former Yugoslavia, though to a lesser degree.

在前南斯拉夫他们也要面对相同的威胁，尽管程度会稍弱一点。

Haley was accustomed to strike the balance of probabilities between lies of greater or lesser magnitude.

在大小谎言之间权衡轻重对海利来说是家常便饭。

In the current problem, it turns out there are two domains: parenting, of course, and to a lesser extent, finance.

在当前问题中,出现了两个领域:养育,当然,从较小范围的角度讲的融资。

For this article, we re concerned with the Business layer and to a lesser extent the Presentation layer.

在本文中,我们主要关注业务层和显示层。

Inside lesser room, vitreous tea table can reduce a room embrace.

在较小的房间内，玻璃茶几可以减少房间的拥堵。

A lesser degree will get you status as a clerk or legal assistant.

在较小程度上会干掉你的地位,作为一个秘书或律师助理。

To plead guilty to a lesser charge so as to avoid standing trial for a more serious charge.

坦白从宽承认有罪以求轻判并避免遭受较为严重的惩罚

Most pop music is influenced, to a greater or lesser degree, by the blues.

多数流行音乐都不同程度地受到布鲁斯音乐的影响。

THe greater contains the lesser, and not vice versa.

大的包括小的，不是小的包括大的。

Natural armor bonuses do stack with armor bonuses, so the Inertial Armor feat and the lesser natural armor power stack.

天生防御加值和盔甲加值累计，所以“惰性护甲”和“次级天生护甲”累计。

She had also been affected, but to a lesser degree.

她也受到波及，但程度较轻。

She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators!

她可以心算复杂的数字，而我们常人就需要计算器！

Her blow would have cut a lesser warrior in half.

她的攻击应该可以把一个低等战士劈成两半。

If no major country has the resources for the enterprise, a fortiori neither has any lesser power.

如果大国都无力担当这项事业，更不用说小国了。

Marry a daughter into a greater family than your own, but take a wife from a lesser family than your own.

嫁女必须胜吾家,娶妻必须不若吾家。

It's not an honorific term that distinguishes verbal art from something lesser.

它不是一个令人肃然起敬的用来区分言语艺术与其它不及它的东西的术语。

The lesser of two evils.Anyway, you have to wear something white tomorrow.

它们都不怎么样,选一个稍微好点的吧,无论如何,你明天也要穿件白的衣服。

用作形容词(adj.)

A third officer faces lesser charges.
另外一名警员会面对较少的指控。

I was given the lesser sum of money.
我得到较少的一份金钱。

The principles on which these judgments are based are binding on all lesser courts.
以这些判决为基础确立的基本原则约束着所有较小的法院。

Courts and lesser moots are lengthy affairs, at which all interested parties haggle over points of contention.
所有的党派为了自己的利益而争执不休的朝会和其他较小的会议总是冗长的。

TheOvermind ultimately directed the actions of every zerg creature in the Swarm,functioning through a hierarchy of lesser sentiences.
主宰终级地指导群体里每个异形生物的行为，通过次要的知觉能力制度来运行。

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