These nations were less interested in changing it into a colony than in exploring it.
这些国家更感兴趣的是探索这个地区，而不是把它变成一个殖民地。
They were less than charitable toward the referee.
他们对裁判员毫不仁慈。
They were less than truthful about their part in the crime.
他们对自己在这次犯罪中所起的作用讲的绝非实情。
They were less willing to be spoon-fed doctrines from Japan.
他们不太情愿被填鸭式地灌输来自日本的学说。
If only there were less holes!
要是窟窿少些该多好啊！
Instead, the 19-year-old boy decided to do something for people who were less lucky than himself.
相反，这个19岁的男孩决定为那些没有他幸运的人做些事情。
There were less than four million people.
那里的人口不到400万。
According to the passage, the mice fed with daytime milk were less active.
根据这篇文章，白天喝牛奶的老鼠活动较少。
The employees were less likely to leave their jobs, resulting in reduced turnover.
员工离职的可能性更小，因此人员流动率降低。
Most of the firefighters were in their twenties and two of them were less than twenty, though several were older.
大多数消防员20多岁，其中两名不到20岁，但也有几名年龄更大。
A year after the program, participants were less likely to have had an encounter with the juvenile justice system.
项目实施一年后，参与者接触青少年司法系统的可能性降低了。
Among its findings was the fact that students who shared a main meal with their families were less likely to skip school.
研究发现，与家人共进主餐的学生逃学的可能性更小。
They were less likely to report symptoms of depression than those in the other facilities, for instance, and less likely to be bored or lonely.
例如，和住在其他地方的人相比，他们不大可能会出现抑郁症状，也不大可能感到无聊或孤独。
He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and less stressed people made more sensible decisions and communicated better.
他观察到，生活在绿色空间中的人们压力更小，而压力更小的人们会做出更明智的决定，其沟通能力也更好。
Over time, wives were less likely to use destructive strategies or withdraw, while husbands' use of these behaviors stayed the same through the years.
随着时间的推移，妻子不太可能使用破坏性的策略或退缩，而丈夫对这些行为的使用多年来保持不变。
Other linguists in the earlier part of this century, however, who were less eager to deal with bizarre data from "exotic" language, were not always so grateful.
然而，本世纪初的其他语言学家不那么热衷于处理来自“异国”语言的奇异数据，他们并不总是如此感激。
Other linguists in the earlier part of this century, however, who were less eager to deal with bizarre data from "exotic" language, were not always so grateful.
然而，本世纪初的其他语言学家不那么热衷于处理来自“异国”语言的奇异数据，他们并不总是如此感激。
Remember this is 1838, "Self-Reliance" was a novel idea at the time and the United States citizens were less secure about themselves as individuals and as Americans.
记住这是在1838年，“自力更生”在当时是一个新奇的概念，美国公民对他们自己作为个人和作为美国人的安全感较低。
In a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to predict how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to choose to see such an image.
在最后一项实验中，那些被鼓励预测“看到令人不快的图片后自己会作何感受”的参与者选择去看这种图片的可能性更小。
Younger people were less enthusiastic.
年轻一代的人对此就没有这么热心。
Parents were less and less able to pay.
父母越来越无力支付学费。
France and Germany were less enthusiastic.
法国与德国对此显得不太热情。
Probably because sleepy workers were less alert.
也许是因为瞌睡的工人更缺少警觉。
But the rules were less strict than they appeared.
但是这些条款并不像它们看起来那么严格。
At the time, of course, things were less clear-cut.
当然，在那个时候，情况并没有这么清晰可见。
Their memory and ability to learn were less affected.
但他们的记忆力及学习能力受到的影响还比较小。
Other environmental activists were less enthusiastic.
其他环保激进分子对此缺乏热情。
The origins of the Mittal steel empire were less obvious.
然而，米塔尔钢铁王国的起源就不容易看明白了。
In doing so, you would actually think you were less angry.
这样一想，你就会觉得其实你不怎么生气。
In doing so, you would actually think you were less angry.
这样一想，你就会觉得其实你不怎么生气。
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