[计] less-than，less than ；

[例句] 小于90度的角叫锐角. Angles of less than 90 degrees are called acute angles.

[例句] 他的年龄不会小于三十岁. He cannot be under thirty years of age.

be good at，be adept in ；

be beneficial to，benefit，profit，avail ；

[例句] 良好的饮食有益于健康。 A good diet is beneficial to health.

[例句] 新游戏场的建立将有益于当地的儿童. The creation of new playgrounds will benefit the local children.

rely on;depend on；

[例句] 从务实角度来说，音乐电视网的生存依赖于把年轻人市场卖给广告商。 Pragmatically, MTV's survival depends on selling the youth market to advertisers.

[例句] 孩子都依赖于母亲. A child has reliance on his or her mother.

outstrip，superior to，rather than ；

[例句] 这是一种形象胜于语言的艺术。 It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.

[例句] 采取外交手段胜于诉诸战争。 Diplomacy is better than war.

favor，be propitious to，in favor of，make for，vail ；

[例句] 高水位有利于钓鱼。 Fishing is good at high water.

[例句] 直射光比漫射光更有利于阅读. Direct light is better for reading than diffuse light.

similarly ；

[例句] 乌克兰人所说的那种斯拉夫语系的语言类似于俄语。 The Ukrainians speak a Slavonic language similar to Russian.

[例句] 那个潜艇艇长有个类似于潜望镜之类的东西. The captain of the submarine has got this periscope thing.

go，to ；

[例句] 虽然她病得很重，但病情正开始趋于稳定。 Although her illness is serious, her condition is beginning to stabilize.

[例句] 最新的生活方式趋于放慢生活节奏。 The latest lifestyle trend is downshifting.

[医]precede ；

[例句] 她必须懂得，自己的愿望不能先于别人的需要。 She had to learn that her wishes did not take precedence over other people's needs.

[例句] 对难分先后的冲线镜头的回放显示奥蒂先于奥运冠军到达终点。 The replays of the close finish showed Ottey finished ahead of the Olympic champion.

sooner than，before；

[例句] 而且, 这一目标或许要早于防止污染. Indeed, this strand may well predate the anti - pollution effort.

[例句] 在世界上大部分地区, 以重量表示价值的金属作为货币使用早于硬币. Metal, valued by weight, preceded coins in many parts of the world.

close to，hard upon，on the verge of，verge on ；

[例句] 你的揣测都很接近于事实. Your speculations were all quite close to the truth.

[例句] 这更接近于事实. It is close to fact.

come of，traceable ；

[例句] 这种疾病据说起源于热带地区。 The disease is thought to have originated in the tropics.

[例句] 这风俗起源于苏格兰. The custom is of Scottish derivation.

come from，issue from，grow out of；

[例句] 能源节约的理念产生于1973年的石油危机。 Energy conservation as a philosophy was born out of the 1973 oil crisis.

[例句] 热产生于火. Heat proceeds from fire.

devote oneself to，mortgage ；

[例句] 她献身于自己的工作。 She dedicates herself to her work.

[例句] 他献身于教育事业. He dedicated his life to the cause of education.

be propitious to，beseem，be fit for，for ；

[例句] 骆驼的蹄子虽然非常适合于在干沙上行走，碰到泥泞时却无计可施。 The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.

[例句] 着装要整洁美观，适合于这份工作。 Dress neatly and attractively in an outfit appropriate to the job.

trail ；

[例句] 在消费结构重组方面，英国也落后于人。 The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind.

[例句] 在这一特定领域里她是出类拔萃的, 并使所有的竞争者都落后于她. In this special field she is facile princeps, and has left all competitors behind.

under ；

[例句] 张伯伦在赛季中有4次得分不低于50。 Chamberlain scored 50 or more points four times in the season.

[例句] 今年的支出应正好低于150亿英镑。 Expenditure this year should be just under 15 billion pounds.

[电] compliant，be the same with ；

[例句] 我的理论适用于你,照此类推,也适用于像你这样的其他人. My theory applies to you and by analogy to others like you.

[例句] 这些规则仅适用于21岁以下者. These regulations relate only to people under the age of twenty - one.

abandon oneself to，addict oneself to，be rolling in，wallow in ；

[例句] 这部电影大部分都在描述那位画家如何完全沉溺于自己的工作。 Much of the film shows the painter simply going about his task.

[例句] 他疲惫的心继续沉溺于自哀自怜之中。 His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity.

up to the eyes，be wrapped up in ；

[例句] 他的反应是抽身而退，埋头于工作。 His reaction was to withdraw, to bury himself in work.

[例句] 他真的开始专心埋头于工作。 He's really becoming immersed in his work.