| 词组 | lesser |
| 释义 | fewer • less • lesser • smaller - Less oil was produced this year than last. (Not *fewer oil* *lesser oil* less of oil*) (less + uncountable noun) - That's one thing less to worry about. (Not *one less thing*) - Fewer and fewer people can afford to go abroad for their holidays. (fewer + plural countable noun; less + plural countable is often used colloquially: less people, less newspapers, but is avoided by careful speakers and writers) - Jonson is a lesser dramatist than Shakespeare. (Not *less*) (lesser = 'smaller', opposite greater, is not a true comparative and we cannot use than immediately after it: not *I have lesser than you*; lesser - The USA is smaller in size than Russia. (Not *less* *lesser*) |
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