词汇 | no less than |
释义 | no less than : at least至少— used to suggest that a number or amount is surprisingly large用于强调数量惊人 No less than half the students failed the test.至少有一半学生没有通过考试。 She has had no less than [=no fewer than] a dozen job offers.她已得到的工作机会至少有十二个。 Usage用法 The adjectives less and fewer have similar meanings but are used in slightly different ways.形容词less和fewer意思相近但用法稍有区别。Fewer is used with nouns that can be counted.fewer用于修饰可数名词。 classrooms with fewer students学生较少的教室 They have fewer than three children.他们的孩子不到三个。 Less is usually used with nouns that cannot be counted.less通常用于修饰不可数名词。 He makes less money than she does.他挣的钱比她少。 The new model uses less power.新款耗电更少。 But less is also more likely than fewer to be used with count nouns that refer to distances and amounts of money.但修饰指距离和金额的可数名词时,less比fewer更常用。 an investment of less than $2,000一笔不到2000美元的投资 It's less than 100 miles away.那里离这里不到100英里。 Less is also used in mathematical expressions and in certain phrases.less也用于数学表达式和某些短语。 an angle of less than 180 degrees小于180°的角 Write it in 25 words or less.请用不超过25个词来写。 It is also used instead of fewer with other sorts of plural nouns, although many people still consider this use incorrect.less也用于代替fewer修饰其他复数名词,不过很多人仍然认为这种用法不正确。 Less than 10 people showed up. = Fewer than 10 people showed up.来的人不到10个。 less |
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