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单词 lesser
释义
lesser
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈles.ər/us
/ˈles.ɚ/
used todescribesomething that is not asgreatinsize,amount, orimportanceas somethingelse:
较小的，较少的；次要的
A lesserman(= a man who was not asstrongorbrave)might have given up at thatpoint.那时候稍微软弱一点的人就可能会放弃。
Thechargeofmurderwasalteredto the lesser(= lessserious)chargeofmanslaughter.谋杀的指控被改成了较轻的过失杀人的罪名。
Ethiopia and,to alesserextent/degree, Kenya will bebadlyaffectedby thedrought.埃塞俄比亚将受到干旱的严重影响，其次是肯尼亚。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Of little or less importance
  • be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
  • be neither here nor thereidiom
  • be no big dealidiom
  • biggie
  • derisory
  • lowly
  • meaninglessly
  • meaninglessness
  • mere
  • merely
  • minor
  • peripheral
  • petty
  • piffling
  • play second fiddleidiom
  • poxy
  • rinky-dink
  • secondarily
  • subordinate
  • valueless
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(Definition oflesserfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lesser| American Dictionary

lesser
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈles·ər/
not asgreatinsize,amount, orimportanceas somethingelse:
Texas and, to a lesserdegree, Oklahoma will beaffectedby thedrought.

Idiom

the lesser of two evils
(Definition oflesserfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflesser

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Students at a lower level of proficiency benefited from the first approach, whereas students at a higher level did so to alesserextent.
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One argument sometimes raised against it is that it would lead to plea-bargaining, and thus to offenders escaping withlesserconvictions andlessersentences.
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Such theories still move us fromlesserto greater conditions of intelligibility.
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Thelesserones probably opted to seek their fortune in the clothing trade.
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They had some support amongst officials at court, but they had not troubled to build up support amongst the magnates or thelesserlandowners.
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They have greater verbal andlesserspatial and mathematical ability, and less self-confidence and competitiveness.
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Given women'slesserupper-body strength as compared with men's, a positive evaluation of violence helps to legitimate male domination.
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We have assumed that all objective functions are" desirable" in that we prefer greater tolesserobjective function values.
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One is simply moved in one direction or the other in greater orlesserawareness.
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Less successful proctors, petition-drawers and to alesserextent court officials were dependent for their livelihoods on establishing a reputation for effectiveness.
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Clearly, as with the existing" subjective" and" departmental" analyses so the clinical analysis of expenditure may be provided in greater orlesserdegrees of details.
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To alesserextent material was supplied from the south.
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On the contrary they are a natural feature of the human condition, present in everyone to a greater orlesserdegree.
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Only heaven and the sun would remain, the latter appearing as thelesserof the two works which would endure.
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When we act paternalistically towards someone we imply that he is inferior to us by virtue of hislessercapacity to look after himself.
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