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If you want to lose weight, eat less food．
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（不能说less of food）如果要减肥，就少吃一些。
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Fewer people make their own clothes these days．现今自己做衣服的人少些了。
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less还可用作副词，表示“较不”，多用在形容词或副词前：
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These methods are less costly．这些方法花钱较少。
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The movie was less funny than the book．电影没有书那么滑稽有趣。
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Would you mind speaking less quickly？你可否讲得慢一点儿？
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有时用在动词前：
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He should speak less and listen more．他应当少说多听。
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Eat less, drink less, and sleep more．少吃，少饮酒，多睡觉。
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My head aches less now．我的头疼好点儿了。
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less than可用作修饰语，表示“不到”（和more than相反）：
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It had cost Sophia less than two francs．这花了索菲娅不到两个法郎。
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The population had decreased from about 8,300,000 to less than 6,600,000．人口由8300000下降到不到6600000。
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By 1880, there were no less than fifty-six coal mines．到1880年煤矿不下于56座。
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551 -less
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-less是一个常见的后缀（词尾），主要加在名词后构成形容词，表示“不”、“没有”：
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artless careless cheerless childless cloudless colourless countless doubtless effortless endless fatherless fearless formless fruitless groundless harmless heartless helpless homeless hopeless lawless meaningless motherless nameless painless powerless priceless rainless remorseless restless senseless shameless speechless starless tasteless thankless thoughtless useless valueless windless wireless 有时可加在动词后，构成形容词。
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ceaseless tireless
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552 lest—for fear that
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lest可引起状语从句，表示“唯恐”、“以免”，从句谓语多由should构成，还可用动词原形：
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He hurried on, lest she should meet him again．他急匆匆往前走，唯恐她再次碰到他。
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They trembled lest their father should hear of it．他们发抖，唯恐父亲知道这件事。
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I’ll be kind to her lest she decide to leave me．我要好好待她，以免她决定离开我。
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