The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom -- which is a little less than two meters.

VOA: special.2011.03.06

For most of you on your homework assignments, I'm hoping it's a little less than that, but not much less than that.

你们一起做作业的时候,我希望作业不会消耗你们那么多时间,比20小时少点就行了呗

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

It's a little bit less clean than, I guess, the rest of the city.

我想，它不如这座城市的其他地方干净。

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He sold the milk for thirty dollars for a little less than four liters.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

So, again, it is based on size, it's a little bit less intuitive than the idea of just straining out all of the potassium ions.

因此，这还是以尺寸为基础的，只是有点不够直观,与钾离子挤不进去的图像相比。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

"It's a little less than the administration and perhaps Speaker have said.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

Well, they still do massively, although a little bit less than they used to.

虽然相对以前有所减少,但他们仍旧大规模的按照既往行事

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"My wife is a little bit less of a social media user than I am.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

On the y axis here it's the percent of people with these two conditions who have cardiovascular disease--or stroke rather 5%--less than 5% and a little over 5% with the stroke as the outcome.

轴表示患有心血管疾病的人同时患有,或不患有代谢综合征的百分比,就中风来说,分别是小于5%和略大于5%

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

This may be a little less purist than the normal view, but I think that it is more realistic."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

What they show was rats who went through the maze and went through the maze again and again, learned far less than rats who took time aside, chilled out a little bit after a maze, had more margarita.

他们的实验表明,接连不断反复进入迷宫的老鼠，比进行一次迷宫后，稍事放松，来点小酒的老鼠，学到的少得多。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"Is it calmer now? Are people a little less active than they were a few months ago or about a year ago?

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

And, he worked for a little less than 10 years at McGill where he did more work on these particles that radiate from radioactive elements.

他在McGill工作了将近10年,在McGill期间做了更多的,关于放射性元素的放射性的工作。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"The one-time cost of our system which consists of a small solar panel, a little motorcycle-sized battery and a couple of LED lamps, is less than one hundred dollars,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Does it make sense to think we could do this in less than linear time? You know, it takes a little bit of thinking. What would it mean do I see a hand way at the back, yes please? Thank you.

你要稍微想一想，这意味着什么？,那儿是有人举手么？后面的,请你来回答吧,谢谢你，小伙子,你让我体会到我上课的价值。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Santa Monica is maybe a little less populated than LA

圣莫尼卡的人口可能比洛杉矶少一些,

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