In practical terms , it means spending less.
具体点说，那意味着少花些钱。
The repaired sail lasted less than 24 hours.
修好的帆只维持了不到二十四小时。
Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat.
医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.
其他盈利较少的服务项目预定今年稍晚将大量削减。
Consumers are spending less and merchants are feeling the pinch.
消费者花钱少了，商家感到手头拮据。
The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries.
该地区经济窘迫的消费者正在减少奢侈品的消费。
He talks of travelling less, and delegating more authority to his deputies.
他说要减少旅行，还有要授予他的副手们更多的权力。
The programme tries to make children more rational, less reflexive consumers.
该计划试图让儿童成为更有理智的、反射性反应略少的消费者。
Usually so laconic in the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed.
平常在办公室里寡言少语的莱希医生似乎少了些拘谨，多了几分轻松。
China's ethnic minorities constitute less than 7 percent of its total population.
中国的少数民族构成总人口的不到7%。
These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space so they take less time to download.
这些文件已被压缩以占用更少的磁盘空间，这样它们需要更短的时间下载。
Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.
一些能效最高的冰箱比传统型号少消耗70%的电。
We won't let the house go for less than $200 000.
这房子低于20万元我们是不会卖的。
I'd never seen a clumsier, less coordinated boxer.
我还从未见过更加笨拙、更不协调的拳击手。
They want less passive ways of filling their time.
他们需要不那么消极的方式来打发时间。
He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed.
他不想显得太专横霸道。
Frankly, I couldn't care less what happens to him.
说实话，我才不管他出什么事呢。
The sofa would be less obtrusive in a paler colour.
沙发的颜色再浅一点就不那么扎眼了。
Senate Republicans are less gung-ho about tax cuts.
共和党的参议员们对减税并不热心。
Less dense substances move upwards to form a crust.
密度小的物质向上浮动并形成一层皮。
She was even less enthusiastic about going to Spain.
她对去西班牙更是不感兴趣。
Parliament sits for less than six months of the year.
议会一年的开会时间不足六个月。
Send them an email—it's a lot less hassle than phoning.
给他们发个电邮吧，这比打电话省事多了。
We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.
我们多少有些心血来潮地决定乘船去摩洛哥。
The interview was less of an ordeal than she'd expected.
面试并非如她想象的那样可怕。
Her servants were similarly, if less ostentatiously attired.
她的仆人们穿着相似，只是没那么华丽耀眼。
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。
The guide contains details of no less than 115 hiking routes.
这本导游指南包括多达115条徒步旅行路线的详细介绍。
One of Emma's less laudable characteristics was her jealousy.
忌妒心强是埃玛的一个不那么值得褒扬的性格特点。
In France patois was spoken in rural, less developed regions.
在法国，欠发达的农村地区说自己的方言。
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