lesser
英 ['les?]
美['l?s?]
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage.
- 他们承认了刑事毁坏的较轻罪名。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. people of lesser importance
- 次要人物
来自《权威词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句