It was amazing how my mother coped with bringing up three children on less than thirty dollars a week.
让人惊叹的是我妈妈怎样以每周不到30美元的开销养大了3个孩子。
Taking photos actually makes people enjoy what they're doing more, not less.
实际上，拍照不仅不会减少乐趣，反而能让人们更加享受当下所做的事情。
Losing more sweat in peacetime (training, etc.) means shedding less blood in war.
平时多流汗，战时少流血。
Since 1914, scientists have known that birds flying in formation—a V-shape—expend less energy.
自1914年以来，科学家们已经知道，以V字形队形飞行的鸟类消耗的能量更少。
Young people can prevent and control myopia by spending more time outside and less time in front of books or computers.
年轻人可以通过多花些时间在户外，少花些时间在书本或电脑前来预防和控制近视。
Many have been attempting to conserve water by irrigating less frequently or by switching to crops that require less water.
许多人试图通过减少灌溉频率或改种需水量更少的作物来节约用水。
What's more, a study in the UK showed that adults who eat breakfast daily put on less weight and also perform better at work.
更重要的是，英国的一项研究表明，每天吃早餐的成年人体重增加较少，而且工作表现更好。
Let's bury "work-life balance" and think bigger and better about work-life fulfillment to do a little less balancing and a lot more living.
我们不要想着“平衡工作和生活”，而要从更大的角度更好地思考工作与生活的满足感，少一点平衡，多一点生活。
In order to save money, use fewer resources, and create less waste, they support using tap water and reusable bottles rather than bottled water.
为了节省资金、使用更少的资源并减少浪费，他们支持使用自来水和可重复使用的瓶子，而不是瓶装水。
Another study of high school social networks found less bullying and aggression the higher the density of mixed-sex friendships within a given adolescent network.
另一项关于高中社交网络的研究发现，在特定的青少年网络中，异性友谊密度越高，欺凌和攻击行为就越少。
Recent field studies, however, reveal that on dives in the wild, the seal usually heads directly for its prey and returns to the surface in less than twenty minutes.
然而，最近的实地研究显示，在野外潜水时，海豹通常会直接冲向猎物，并在不到20分钟内返回水面。
New electric engines coupled with artificial intelligence and autonomous systems will contribute to a more efficient, integrated transport system that is less polluting and less noisy.
新型电动引擎与人工智能和自主系统相结合，将有助于建立一个更高效、污染更少、噪音更少的综合运输系统。
The function of a public library was once described as "less a reservoir than a fountain".
公共图书馆的功能曾被描述为“与其说是水库，不如说是喷泉”。
The rise of social networking has made it easier for people with uncommon diseases to connect with each other and feel less alone.
社交网络的兴起使患有罕见疾病的人更容易相互联系，也不那么孤独了。
Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a CubeSat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.
由于立方体卫星体积小、重量轻，将它们送入地球轨道的成本比传统通信或GPS卫星要低得多。
With fresh air to breathe, less crowded living conditions, and more chances to take part in physical exercise, children in the country are usually healthier than those in the city.
乡下的孩子有新鲜的空气可以呼吸，生活环境不那么拥挤，有更多的机会参加体育锻炼，所以他们通常比城市中的孩子健康。
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
通常，一个传统习俗越是没有理由存在，就越难以摆脱。
Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, less-educated parents.
将近一半的高收入、大学毕业的父母在孩子5岁前就让他们上艺术课；而在低收入、教育程度较低的父母中，这一比例仅为五分之一。
Start today, and you will find that less is more.
从今天开始，你会发现少即是多。
The fewer cars there are, the less pollution we have.
汽车越少，污染越少。
The less litter we drop, the cleaner our hometown will be.
我们丢弃的垃圾越少，我们家乡就会越干净。
Corn uses less water than rice and creates less fertilizer runoff.
与水稻相比，玉米耗水更少，产生的化肥径流也更少。
The fridge is environmentally friendly because it uses less electricity.
这种冰箱十分环保，因为它耗电更少。
The more homework you finish at school, the less homework you will have at home.
你在学校完成的作业越多，回家做的作业就会越少。
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。
The words "Thank you" warmed me and this small event made me feel less nervous about my new school.
“谢谢你”这几个字让我感到很温暖，这个小事件也让我对新学校不那么紧张了。
She says, "I can't fix their problems with free haircuts, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment."
她说：“我不能靠免费理发来解决他们的问题，但也许我能让他们暂时不那么孤独。”
Yuan helped China work a great wonder—feeding nearly one-fifth of the world's population with less than 9% of the world's total farmland,
袁为中国创造出了一个伟大奇迹——用世界不到9%的土地养活了近五分之一的世界人口。
"To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone," she says.
她说：“坐下来，有人看着我，像对待一个人而不是一种疾病一样和我说话，我从中感受到了关心，不再那么孤独。”
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