Ms.Gardiner said the delay between the arrival of the smell at each nostril could be as little as a half second or less.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

We did something a little bit less nerdy, that is, we drew some pictures that represented what we'd found.

我们也使用了不那么烦人的,通过一些图型来得出我们的结论

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

It's only a slight variation that makes it a little bit more polite. A little bit less approaching.

这样轻微的变形可以使你的问题变得更为礼貌，也更为委婉。

Do you mind 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom which is a little less than two meters.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

For most of you on your homework assignments, I'm hoping it's a little less than that, but not much less than that.

你们一起做作业的时候,我希望作业不会消耗你们那么多时间,比20小时少点就行了呗

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The "six" in the expression comes from the six feet that make up a fathom -- which is a little less than two meters.

VOA: special.2011.03.06

Well, they still do massively, although a little bit less than they used to.

虽然相对以前有所减少,但他们仍旧大规模的按照既往行事

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"My wife is a little bit less of a social media user than I am.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

Does it make sense to think we could do this in less than linear time? You know, it takes a little bit of thinking. What would it mean do I see a hand way at the back, yes please? Thank you.

你要稍微想一想，这意味着什么？,那儿是有人举手么？后面的,请你来回答吧,谢谢你，小伙子,你让我体会到我上课的价值。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

But I only wanted to make his dismissal a little less painful for him.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

And, he worked for a little less than 10 years at McGill where he did more work on these particles that radiate from radioactive elements.

他在McGill工作了将近10年,在McGill期间做了更多的,关于放射性元素的放射性的工作。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

He sold the milk for thirty dollars for a little less than four liters.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

It's a little bit less clean than, I guess, the rest of the city.

我想，它不如这座城市的其他地方干净。

哈莱姆很独特 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

There's a little bit less guesswork for me at this point.

VOA: special.2011.08.02

it's more indirect, more polite and a little bit less abrasive perhaps.

这样来得更委婉、有礼貌，也相对不会伤人感情。

Would you please 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This may be a little less purist than the normal view, but I think that it is more realistic."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

That Joseph, a Semitic foreigner, could be elevated to an important post, the post of governor, is a little less surprising, if we suppose there was a Semitic regime.

约瑟夫，外来闪族，可能被提拨到高位，统治者的位置，这也就不那么令人惊奇了，如果我们假设当时有一个闪族王国。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"Is it calmer now? Are people a little less active than they were a few months ago or about a year ago?

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

So, this will be a little bit more like a seminar to start with, and a little bit less like a lecture in class.

所以着看起来有点像是讨论课，而不是讲课。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

"All our brains shrink a little as we grow older, but in some people it shrinks more and some it shrinks less,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

We also drop the lowest score on a problem set and also lest in my appeal in the last lecture in this sounds a little too tailored to only those less comfortable realize too those more comfortable as we'll see today.

我们会划定最低分数,正如今天你们将看到的,这样做很照顾学习吃力的学生,今天大家就可以看到这一点。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

"It's a little less than the administration and perhaps Speaker have said.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

The peak occurs a little bit later and then there's a less rapid decline here, and then blood sugar actually ends up a little above this initial level, and therefore you're less likely to eat because you're less hungry.

峰值出现得比较晚,下降也较为缓慢,最后血糖结束在比起始值稍高的位置,因此人就没有那么想进食 因为不感觉饿

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"The one-time cost of our system which consists of a small solar panel, a little motorcycle-sized battery and a couple of LED lamps, is less than one hundred dollars,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

What they show was rats who went through the maze and went through the maze again and again, learned far less than rats who took time aside, chilled out a little bit after a maze, had more margarita.

他们的实验表明,接连不断反复进入迷宫的老鼠，比进行一次迷宫后，稍事放松，来点小酒的老鼠，学到的少得多。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"It certainly seems, that the administration is trying to address issues of human rights a little less, to work more on economic issues, and other global issues such as climate change,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Santa Monica is maybe a little less populated than LA

圣莫尼卡的人口可能比洛杉矶少一些,

圣莫妮卡和洛杉矶 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

There are all sorts of security problems. And then there are problems that we in the West would perhaps regard as a little less legitimate, like the simple desire of authoritarian governments to keep tabs on what their people are thinking and doing.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

That's a little less popular now, but.

不过，现在，投资银行不那么热门了。

多样的实习机会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The "is it okay" question pattern is something that you can use to make your speech a little less formal.

is it okay”问句能够让你说的话不过于正式。

Is it okay 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人