[经] understatement ；

[例句] 工厂的管理人员少报他们的潜在产量. Factory managers understate their potential output.

[例句] 他出于道德上的动机,不愿为了少纳税而少报收入. She refuses on principle to understate her income for taxation purposes.

a fat lot，little，seldom ；

[例句] 青少年自杀很少是由于突然发生不幸而作出的冲动反应。 Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress.

[例句] 街上车辆很少。 Little traffic was to be seen on the streets.

least，[经] minimum ；

[例句] 要是喜欢吃奶酪，就吃脂肪含量最少的。 If you like cheese, go for the ones with the least fat.

[例句] 他虽然经验最少，却是最出色的老师。 He's the best teacher, even though he has the least experience.

mite，pettiness ；

[例句] 评语: 颜色:淡淡的带有微少的柠檬色泽, 且非常透彻明亮. Appearance: Pale in appearance with a slight lemon tinge , yet brilliantly bright.

[例句] 批评,是人们可以用极微少的代价而成为一言重于九鼎之人的一种学问. Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense.

dirndl ；

[例句] 她脱下了朴素的套装，换上了一身古怪的少女装。 She swapped her plain suit for an absurdly girlie dress.

[例句] 主要生产经营: 系列牛仔布, 少女装,短裤, 裤子, 肥婆裤,童装等. Business range: jeans , skirts , pants, fatter's clothing s, Dress and denim fabrics.

a spot of，light，short，a small quantity of ；

[例句] 火星的大气层中只含有极少量的水。 The Martian atmosphere contains only tiny amounts of water.

[例句] 加入少量的凉水，将玉米粉搅拌成均匀的糊状。 Blend the cornflour to a smooth paste with a little cold water.

girlhood ；

[例句] 少女们因为嫉妒而有时变得很不高兴. Young girls sometimes become sulky because they are jealous.

[例句] 花儿移栽往往并不成功,少女们换了环境也是如此. Transplantation is not always successful in the matter of flowers or maidens.

girlish，nymphean，nymphish ；

[例句] 我不想再演天真少女的角色了。 I don't want any more ingenue roles.

[例句] 现在她才注意到鸣凤的这种不寻常的举动,而且也听见了这个少女的悲惨的哭声, 她惊愕地闭了口,注意地观察鸣凤的举动. But when she heard the girl's tragic weeping, she paused in surprise.

juvenile，boyish ；

[例句] 大家经过多少年的努力, 才取得今天的成绩. Through years of our painstaking efforts, we have at last achieved what we have today.

[例句] 我认为这是儿童和少年的共同癖性. I believe this is a common habit of children and adolescents.

less ；

[例句] 用于干性皮肤的产品含酒精较少或不含酒精。 Products for dry skin have little or no alcohol.

[例句] 生活条件改善就会有较多的活产,较少的死产. Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer stillbirths.

[医]lessen，tail off ；

[例句] 鲁宾逊咖啡屋里的人正在变少，但也只是渐少而已。 The crowd in Robinson's Coffee-House was thinning, but only by degrees.

[例句] 首先, 激励人们避免去伤害他人的因素变少了. First, people would have less incentive to avoid injuring other people.

[医]slightly ；

[例句] 医生可以建议60岁以上的老人少量地喝点威士忌以改善睡眠，然而至关重要的是必须强调“少量”这个关键词。 A small dram of whisky may be prescribed by doctors for those over 60 to help them sleep. It is vital though to emphasize that "small" is the operative word.

[例句] 最后一点水被少量地分给干渴的船员. The last of the water was doled out to their thirsty crew.

few，minority，[计] oligarchic ；

[例句] 结果，尽管博客圈继续扩大，但仅有少数的博客有可能脱颖而出，成为关注的焦点。 Consequently, even as the blogosphere continues to expand, only a few blogs are likely to emerge as focal points.

[例句] 现在只剩下少数的联邦钞票和那两个金币了. Only a few greenbacks and the two gold pieces were left now.

skimp ；

[例句] 她极少给我们来信. She seldom or never writes to us.

[例句] 他求他的儿子少给他母亲添麻烦. He pleaded with his son to be lesstrouble to his mother.

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[例句] 她用一桶水教训那些嘲弄的少年们. She dosed the jeering lads with a buket of water.

[例句] 少年们不邀请鲍伯参加舞会,因为他常煞风景. The teenagers don't invite Bob to their parties because he is a wet blanket.

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[例句] 基根决定打个盹儿，这在他来说可是比较少见的。 Uncharacteristically for Keegan, he decided to have a snooze.

[例句] 休确实是个少见的早熟的小丫头。 Sue is a thoroughly precocious little madam if ever there was one.

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[例句] 这个词儿平常很少用. This word is seldom used on ordinary occasions.

[例句] 与人为善是我最大的特点。我在给饭店写评语时很少用到激烈的言辞。 Geniality is my middle name. I rarely write a fierce word about any restaurant.

subter- ；

[例句] 该部门的花费少于其预算。 There has been an underspend in the department's budget.

[例句] 烧这肉一定不能少于一小时. Make sure this meat cooks for at least an hour.

minus ；

[例句] 科学也许会因此而秩序化, 但是,也会少掉许多趣味. Science might become orderly, but it would also be a lot less interesting.

[例句] 一些套件却少掉物品的已经补齐. A number of item sets which were missing items have been corrected.

abate ；

[例句] 建立防灾预警系统, 规范人类行为, 使减少自然灾害的有效手段. The establishment of disaster warning system, regulating human behavior, to reduce natural disasters effective means.