详细解释:a. 较少的, 较小的, 次要的
词意辨析:
less, lesser这两个词都是little的比较级,都可指“较少”或“较小”。less偏重于“not so much”的意思,lesser偏重于“not so great或smaller、minor、lower”的意思。它们都可用于数量、重量、程度、重要性、价值等方面,但在用法及跟其他词语搭配上有很大不同,二者不能互换。
less: 所修饰的名词是不可数的,且没有冠词在前;less可带than,并指二者或多于二者的比较;i received less pay than he.
我收的薪金比他少。i want less sugar for my coffee.
我的咖啡要加少些糖。these days,i eat less rice than i used to.
近来我吃饭比以前少。
lesser: 不用than,而用of,并只限于二者的比较;涉及程度、价值、重要性等方面时,一般用lesser(指 smaller,not so great,minor,lower)。i prefer a lesser amount of meat.
我选择较少量的肉食。rice and wheat are two staple foods in china.in the north,rice is the lesser of the two.
米和小麦是中国的两种主要食粮。在北方,米较小麦为次要。英语解释:
形容词 lesser:
of less size or importancesmaller in size or amount or value形容词 less:
(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree同义词:less