首页英语词典lesserlesser的意思

lesser怎么读？

lesser

英 ['lesə] 美['lɛsɚ]

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近义词inferior side junior minor

adj. 较少的；次要的；更小的
adv. 较少地；更小地；不及
n. (Lesser)人名；(英、德)莱塞

IELTS中低频词

中文词源

lesser 较少的，次要的

less,用于little的比较级，-er,比较级后缀。

英文词源

lesser (adj.): early 13c., a double comparative, from less + -er (2). Johnson calls it "a barbarous corruption of less, formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in -er." As an adverb from 1590s; now generally poetic or obsolete except in expression lesser-known (1813).

双语例句

1. People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.: 人们投票支持他只不过是两害相权取其轻罢了。

2. They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage.: 他们承认了刑事毁坏的较轻罪名。

3. The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.: 这两张唱片还包含了布里顿两首不甚知名的声乐套曲。

4. people of lesser importance: 次要人物

5. The more obvious potential allies are Ireland, Denmark and, to a lesser degree, the Netherlands.: 最可能成为盟国的有爱尔兰和丹麦，放宽些还可以把荷兰算上。