less(less用法分析)

less用法分析

1. 用作名词 (n.)可以作宾语、主语、表语等：

There is less to do in this job than the last.

这份事情没有上份事情量大。

It seems less of a threat than I'd expected.

要挟性仿佛比我意料的要小。

2. adj.

较小的;较少的（little的比力级）;较次的，较劣的;较不紧张的

注意，作为little的比力级时常常修饰不成数名词，但是，也有稀有的修饰可数名词的情况：

He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer.

有人劝他少吸烟、少喝啤酒。

less butter/time/importance

较少的黄油 / 工夫；主要

Less oil was produced this year than last.

今年的石油产量比客岁的少。

I received less money than the others did.

我比他人收到的钱要少。

The couple seem to spend less and less time together

两口子在一同的工夫仿佛越来越少。

注意：

I did expect more food and less people.（稀有）

我的确希冀食品更多而人更少。

There were less cars on the road then.当时马路上小汽车很少。（稀有）

3. adv.

较少；较小；更少；更小；没那么多；少

可修饰形貌词或副词表现水平；修饰动词表现次数、水平或数目等：

People should eat less fat to reduce the risk of heart disease.

人们应该增长脂肪摄入，以低落患心脏病的伤害。

I often think about those less fortunate than me

我常常想到那些没我这么侥幸的人。

We are eating more and exercising less

我们吃得多了，熬炼却少了。

She sounded less and less eager to return to Ireland

听她话音，她回爱尔兰的热情仿佛日渐阑珊。

They seem less tense, more even-tempered.

他们看起来不那么告急，愈加安然宁静了。

Which book is less difficult ?

那一本比力不难一点啊？

Would you mind speaking less quickly?

你可否别将得那么快？

It rains less in London than in Manchester.伦敦的降雨量比曼彻斯特少。

4.假如碰到了：even less ,much less, far less, a little less, a bit less, a lot less, still less, 可以大胆了解为less的加强版本就可以了。

They are also spending much less on extras like meals in restaurants.

他们花不才馆子等分外消耗上的钱也少多了。

I use watercolours much less than I do oils or acrylics.

我用水彩比用油画颜料或丙烯酸颜料要少得多。

He thought he knew better than I did, though he was much less experienced

固然他履历远没有我丰厚，但他以为他比我懂行。

Rugs in the bedrooms got much less wear.

寝室里的小毯子用得少多了。

People should, ideally, eat much less fat.

抱负情况下，人们应食用比如今少得多的脂肪。

Diplomats now expect the mission to be much less ambitious.

这一来交际官们估计这次义务会轻松很多。

He was much less flashy than his brother.

他远没有他的兄弟那么招摇。

In Western countries girls are far less likely to offend than boys.

在东方国度，女孩的犯法倾向远低于男孩。

Women who eat plenty of fresh vegetables are far less likely to sufferanxiety or depression .

吃奇怪蔬菜多的女性患焦急症或烦闷症的几率要小很多。

The job prospects for those graduating in engineering are far less rosy now than they used to be .

如今那些工科毕业生的事情近景大不如从前。

Blue asbestos is far less common in buildings, which is just as well because it's more dangerous than white asbestos .

蓝石棉在修建中很不稀有，这倒是一件幸事，由于它比白石棉伤害得多。

A lot less time is now spent entering the data.

如今输入数据破费的工夫少多了。

I think the relationship between patients and doctors has got a lotless personal

我以为医患干系变得越来越缺乏人情味。

If I went out and accepted a job at a lot less money, I'd jeopardize a good career.

我要是出去接下一份报答低很多的事情，这将危及我的大好出息。

As we get older the temperature-regulating mechanisms in the body tend to become a little less efficient.

随着年事的增长，人体体温调治机制的功效屡屡会有所弱化。

注意：

一偶然是习语用法，表现“更不必说，更何况”等，如:

The boy didn't have a girlfriend, much less a wife.

这小伙子连女伴侣都没有，更不必提妻子了。

I never talked about it, still less about her

我向来没提及过这事，更没有提起过她。

You shouldn't fight, still less use weapons.

不要打斗，更不克不及动家伙。

二、这些词接动词或名词等时，要特别注意和前面的动词或名词等的情势要相反或对等：

The boy didn't have a girlfriend, much less a wife.

这小伙子连女伴侣都没有，更不必提妻子了。

The baby can’t even walk, much less run.这个婴儿连走路都不会，更不必说跑了。

I didn't like to put on airs, and even less to have too many peoplecatering to me.

我不喜好搭架子，更不愿让人家兴兵动众来照顾我。

They are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in

他们的饮用水不休充足，更别提沐浴水了。

三、如果用来引导一个句子，厥后通常用倒装语序：

I’m not interested in her, much less am I in love with her.

我对她不感兴味，更不必说爱上她了。

5.less……than……，与其说...倒不如说；不是...而是；要比...为少

Trades union leadership in those days was less a career than avocation.

当时分的工会向导与其说是一份职业，倒不如说是一种任务。

At first sight it looked less like a capital city than a mining camp

乍看上去，它不像是首府，更像是矿工村。

I see less of any of my friends than I used to.

我见一切伴侣都比从前少了。

I feel more compassion and less anger than I used to.

我以为本人比已往多了些痛惜，少了些怒气。

He spends less time at work than at play.

他花在事情上的工夫比游玩的工夫少。

I have spent less time on shore than most men

我在岸上生存的工夫比大多数人都要少。

It rains less in London than in Manchester.伦敦的降雨量比曼彻斯特少。

6.not less than与no less than接数目词时，寄义不同，前者表现：不下于，至多（夸大多于或即是这个数）；后者表现：……之多，多达……（夸大数目之多）

not less than 不比……差,至多 = at least

She has not less than 10 boyfriends.她至多有10个男伴侣。

She has no less than 10 boyfriends.她有多达10个男伴侣。

Briefly, no less than nine of our agents have passed information tous.

总而言之，至多有9名特工向我们转达了谍报。

He is lined up for no less than four US television interviews.

多达4家美国电视媒体排期约请他上节目承受采访。

7.no less……than:与……一样；不比……差；（夸大两者具有划一性）

He is no less wise than you.他跟你一样智慧。

8. no less than用法：

一、接数目词，表现多达、有……之多；

He is lined up for no less than four US television interviews.

多达4家美国电视媒体排期约请他上节目承受采访。

二、接名词类词语，表现几乎就是，与……没有不同；不亚于……

It’s no less than a scandal.这几乎就是一桩丑闻。

It’s no less than robbery to ask for so much.要求这么多，几乎跟掳掠没两样。

Fresh air, no less than pure water and clean food, is essential to one's health.

奇怪氛围不亚于单纯的水和干净的食品，对人们的健康是必不成少的。

三、正中放形貌词和副词的原级，表现“与……一样”，如：

This singer sings no less beautifully than that one.

这位歌手和谁人歌手唱得一样刺耳。

He is no less quick at figures than I.

他对数字的反响与我一样快。

四、原本就是，正是……（表现惊奇惊奇出乎意料等）

He was no less than the new president.他原本就是新上任的总统。

五、请比力以下几个正误句子：

1. 她花在读课文上的工夫比我少。

误 She spent fewer time reading the text than I did.

正 She spent less time reading the text than I did.

析 fewer和less都表现“更少”的意思,但fewer只可以修饰可数名词,如修饰不成数名词则要用less。

2. 他不到30岁,但已断送了本人。

误 He was less than thirty, but he was ruined.

正 He was under thirty, but he was ruined.

析 表现“不到几多岁”,英语习气用under,而不必less than。

3. 在这两件衣服中,我拿了更便宜的那一件。

误 Of the two suits,I took the least expensive one.

正 Of the two suits,I took the less expensive one.

析 在两一局部或事物之间只能使用比力级,而不克不及使用最初级。

4. 今天比昨天冷。

误 It is less colder than it was yesterday.

正 It is less cold than it was yesterday.

析 less不成用在形貌词的比力级前。