A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
少
Less
Less is a bore.
越少越无聊。
Less advice and more hands.
建议少了,人手多了。
The more I heard, the less I knew.
我听到的越多,知道的就越少。
I think I'm less anonymous than I was.
我想我不像以前那么默默无闻了。
There is less in this than meets the eye.
这并不像看上去那么简单。
The less you care, the happier you will be.
你越不在乎,你就会越快乐。
The more opinions you have, the less you see.
你的观点越多,你看到的就越少。
Success makes you less intimidated by things.
成功让你不再被事情吓倒。
Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
两害相权取其轻。
Pull in your belt, spend less, and reduce debt.
节省开支,减少债务。
And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.
虽然你只懂一点拉丁语,希腊文就不那么多了。
Someone else is happy with less than what you have.
别人比你拥有的少而快乐。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.
我是一个饱受折磨的艺术家,除了写歌,我不太愿意沉浸在自怜之中。
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
经验表明,成功与其说是由于能力,不如说是由于热情。
Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.
顺便说一句,通常把震级标在我的名字上,并不能很好地说明古登堡博士在把震级扩大到适用于世界各地地震方面所起的巨大作用。
Never the less, it is no light thing to enter into a profession absolutely foreign and alien to the people among which one's lot is cast; a profession which seems as dim and faraway and unreal as the shores of Europe.
然而,从事一种与自己命运攸关的人民完全陌生的职业并不是一件轻松的事;这个职业就像欧洲海岸一样模糊、遥远、虚幻。
A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.
一个漂亮的女人必须对她的步态负责,而不是一个不漂亮的女人。
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
我既不刻薄也不愤世嫉俗,但我确实希望政治思维不要那么不成熟。