网络释义专业释义英英释义
Lesser Antilles 小安的列斯群岛 ; 小安地列斯群岛 ; 小安的列斯
Lesser Kestrel 黄爪隼
lesser flamingo 小红鹳 ; 小火烈鸟
Lesser Caucasus 小高加索山脉
Ajax the Lesser 小埃阿斯
Lesser Grey Shrike 黑额伯劳
lesser [ 'lesə ]
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adj.
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of less size or importance
"the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils"
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smaller in size or amount or value
"the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
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of less size or importance
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
lesser /ˈlɛsə/
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ADJ You use lesser in order to indicate that something is smaller in extent, degree, or amount than another thing that has been mentioned. (范围或程度) 较小的; (数量) 较少的 [ADJ n, 'the' ADJ 'of' n]
例：No medication works in isolation but is affected to a greater or lesser extent by many other factors.
任何药都不能独立起效果，而是或多或少地受到很多其它因素的影响。
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ADV Lesser is also an adverb. (范围或程度) 较小地; (数量) 较少地 [ADV -ed]
例：...lesser known works by famous artists.
…著名艺术家创作的名气较小的作品。
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ADJ You can use lesser to refer to something or someone that is less important than other things or people of the same type. 次要的; 较轻的 [ADJ n, 'the' ADJ 'of' n]
例：They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage.
他们对较轻的刑事伤害罪的指控服罪。
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the lesser of two evils →see evil
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.
人们投票选他只是出于两害相权取其轻罢了。
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Students played the lesser parts and sang in the chorus.
学生们扮演了一些次要角色，并参加了合唱团的演唱。
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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。
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Decreases in barometric pressure two to three days before the visit also appeared to trigger headaches, but to a lesser extent.
VOA: special.2009.03.18
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The defiling effect of lesser transgressions is calibrated to the sinner's intentionality and the presence or absence of repentance.
相对较轻的犯罪带来的亵渎影响,随罪人的犯罪动机,是否出席祭祀仪式和是否悔改而变化。
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I suppose to a lesser literacy skill of being a good listener or viewer and have information push condensed.
假设一名优秀的聆听者,或观众需要较少的文化素养,我会将信息压缩。
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