lesser是什么意思？

lesser

英[ˈlesə(r)] 美[ˈlɛsɚ]

• adj. 较小的，较少的，次要的；

例句

• Neither candidate seemed capable of governing the country. People voted for him as the lesser of two evils. 这两位候选人看起来都无力管理好国家，大家投他的票是两害相权取其轻。
• The tax changes will especially hit those on high incomes and, to a lesser degree, small businesses. 税收政策的变动对高收入者影响尤甚，对小企业的影响相对较小。
• The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife. 森林污染对植物有严重的影响，对野生动物也有一定影响。
• Greater Odes and Lesser Odes have their own practical functions respectively. 从音乐和文学的角度来看,《大雅》与《小雅》都有各自的实用功能.
• Water quality has played a lesser role in regulating industrial sources. 水质在管制工业污染源方面发挥的作用并不大.
• people of lesser importance 次要人物
• They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage. 他们承认了刑事毁坏的较轻罪名。
• Though the lesser gods thought this a heinous deed , and refused to purify Ixion. 次神们认为这是滔天大罪, 并拒绝为伊克西翁涤罪.
• She then used their close relatives, lesser spotted dogfish, for further research at Aberdeen University. 之后她在阿伯丁大学对它们的近亲, 猫鲨做进一步的研究.
• The latter arises from abstraction of the somewhat lesser activated C - H bond in the dioxolane. 后者是由二氧杂环戊烷中活化较弱的C -H 键离解而产生的.

词组

• the lesser evil (或 the lesser of two evils)
  the less harmful or unpleasant of two bad choices or possibilities 两害之较轻者；两种不愉快中较小者

英语四级真题

The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-COMPAR
  较少的；较轻的；较小的
  You use lesser in order to indicate that something is smaller in extent, degree, or amount than another thing that has been mentioned.
  例句
  No medication works in isolation but is affected to a greater or lesser extent by many other factors... 药物治疗不可能孤立地发生作用，多多少少会受很多其他因素的影响。 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。
• ADJ-COMPAR
  次要的；较不重要的
  You can use lesser to refer to something or someone that is less important than other things or people of the same type.
  例句
  They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage... 他们承认了刑事毁坏的较轻罪名。 He was feared by other, lesser, men. 其他那些不如他的男人都很怕他。
• N-IN-NAMES
  （用在鸟类、哺乳动物、植物等名称中）小
  Lesser is used in the names of some species of birds, animals, and plants.
  例句
  ...the lesser spotted woodpecker. 小斑啄木鸟

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  较小的,较少的,次要的
  The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife. 森林污染对植物有严重的影响，对野生动物也有一定影响。 The tax changes will especially hit those on high incomes and, to a lesser degree, small businesses. 税收政策的变动对高收入者影响尤甚，对小企业的影响相对较小。
  两害相权之轻者
  Neither candidate seemed capable of governing the country. People voted for him as the lesser of two evils. 这两位候选人看起来都无力管理好国家，大家投他的票是两害相权取其轻。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. of less size or importance;
  "the lesser anteater""the lesser of two evils"
  2. smaller in size or amount or value;
  "the lesser powers of Europe""the lesser anteater"