International trade (exports minus imports) contributed a little less than nothing to the country's growth in the first half of this year.
在今年的上半年，国际贸易(出口减去进口)，对国家经济增长贡献很小。
When their parents do not have a worthwhile career, education, or qualifications, the children look upon their parents as having less than nothing.
“当父母没有值得干的工作，学历或资历时候，孩子就会用“鸡肋”的眼光来打量父母。”
"You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter, "it's very easy to take more than nothing."
“你的意思是你不能少拿，”帽商说，“多拿比不拿容易。”
Giving small children sweet drinks or bottles of fake juice all day long is nothing less than child abuse.
整天给小孩子喝甜饮料或假果汁简直就是虐待儿童。
It is abundantlyclear from a careful reading of our Declaration of Independence that our nationwas born from nothing less than the rebellion of the human spirit against thearrogance of power.
仔细阅读我们的《独立宣言》，事实无比明朗，我们国家的诞生无他，唯诞生于人性精神对傲慢强权的反抗。
Their professed aim is nothing less than the subversion of Western society by "flower power" and force of example.
他们声称的目标只不过是通过“权力归花的信仰”和榜样的力量来颠覆西方社会。
Environmental activists argue tap water USES around 300 times less energy than bottled water for its packaging and transport and leaves nothing for disposal.
环保主义者称，因为无需包装和运输，直饮水要比瓶装水少消耗300倍能源，而且不制造垃圾。
And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country.
而这一点不仅仅是对于你们的生活和你们的未来显得很重要，你们经受教育之后能取得的成就同样可以决定这个国家的未来。
But there is nothing voters like less than strife among leaders.
但是选民们最喜欢领导人之间的争斗了。
Staying in a hospital is nothing less than solitary confinement.
呆在医院里，比单身监禁强不了多少。
To think that our television is in the hands of these time-servers is nothing less than a tragedy.
想想看，我们的电视掌控在这些时间服务器手中，这无异于悲剧。
So traveling back in time is nothing more or less than the fourth-dimensional version of walking in a circle.
因此，穿越时间回到过去就跟在第四维空间里走了一个圈没什么区别。
As they drew closer, I could see that the men's faces were taut with anger, while the women looked nothing less than possessed.
随着他们越来越近，我看见男人们的脸都因而愤怒而紧绷着，而女人们看上去则没有那么疯狂。
That a piece of paper of no intrinsic value should pass for good money the world over is nothing less than a secular miracle.
一张没有内在价值的纸片竟然被全世界奉为优等货币，这简直是这个世俗世界的一个奇迹。
What is at issue here is nothing less than remaking the culture of an entire industry.
其实这里所讨论的问题，说到底还是要重塑该行业的文化。
For the most part, this is triggered when the proceeds are less than the liquidation preference, which means that the founders will get nothing.
多数情况下这在收益少于清算优先收益时才被激发，这意味着创始人将什么也得不到。
Second Sunday, where level 0 is specified. RMAN will backup since last level 0 because there is nothing equal or less than level 0 other than the level 0 since last Sunday.
第二个星期天（这里指定了级别0），RMAN将备份自最后一个级别 0 以后的更改，因为自上个星期天以来，没有等于或小于级别 0 的。
Nothing with less than 70 percent organic ingredients can say "organic" on its main label, but it can identify organic ingredients on its info panel.
凡是有机材料所占比例低于70%的，不得在主标签上标明“有机”字样，但是可以在信息牌上明确其所含的有机材料。
That strikes some Americans as nothing less than blackmail.
这对一些美国人来说，简直就是讹诈。
It was nothing less than robbery, he concluded - a cold-blooded steal; while he starved, he was pilfered of his merchandise, of his goods, the sale of which was the sole way of getting bread to eat.
他的结论是：对方的做法简直就是抢劫——冷血的强盗。他在挨饿，而他们却还偷他的东西，抢他的货物——而卖货物换面包是他唯一的生路。
Combating climate change called less costly than doing nothing.
遏制气候变化比不作为的代价要小。
Some people talk of marriage as a safe haven, heaven even, but for me it has turned out to be nothing less than purgatory here on earth.
有的人说婚姻是安全的避难所，甚至说是天堂，但对于我来说，它简直是地球上的炼狱。
It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France.
难以想象现在古斯特餐厅掌勺的天才大厨竟是如此卑微不起眼的出生，但他可以说是，从我评论家的眼光看，巴黎最一流的主厨。
Rationality, by this yardstick (and irrationality too, but we’ll get to that) is nothing more or less than a servant of the hard-wired compulsion to triumph in the debating arena.
这样说来，理性（也包括非理性，我们后面将要谈到）不过是辩论赛场上强行组配起来去战胜对手的奴仆。
It was a deliberate act of stealing. He is nothing less than a juvenile delinquent who commits deleterious acts.
警官说道，“这是蓄意偷盗，他简直就是一个犯有伤害罪的少年罪犯。”
Often known as "the Greatest game Ever Played", the 1958 National Football League Championship game between Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, was nothing less than spectacular.
1958年的美国橄榄球联盟冠军赛被称为“史上最伟大的比赛”，决赛的双方是巴尔的摩小马队和纽约巨人队，比赛可谓是空前绝后。
Al Pacino is nothing less than astonishing, an award worthy performance that is as good as anything seen this year.
艾尔·帕西诺奉献了令人吃惊的表演，是今年所见之中最棒的，绝对达到了奥斯卡奖的水平。
Al Pacino is nothing less than astonishing, an award worthy performance that is as good as anything seen this year.
艾尔·帕西诺奉献了令人吃惊的表演，是今年所见之中最棒的，绝对达到了奥斯卡奖的水平。
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