It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.
一个几乎普遍的真理是，工作上提升得越高，我们最初的那些工作技能实际上就用得越少。
Haven't farsighted economists been telling us that in the future we will work less, not more?
有远见的经济学家们不是一直在告诉我们，将来我们会工作得更少而不是更多吗？
Usually so laconic in the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relaxed.
平常在办公室里寡言少语的莱希医生似乎少了些拘谨，多了几分轻松。
Blue asbestos is far less common in buildings, which is just as well because it's more dangerous than white asbestos.
蓝色的石棉在建筑中要少见得多，幸好是这样，因为它比白色石棉更危险。
What's less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession—financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable.
不太清楚的是，在经济衰退的压力下，离婚率和分居率是否会上升——经济压力意味着夫妻之间的争吵会更多，但让离婚变得更难以承受。
He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and less stressed people made more sensible decisions and communicated better.
他观察到，生活在绿色空间中的人们压力更小，而压力更小的人们会做出更明智的决定，其沟通能力也更好。
Many said that unemployment, while extremely painful, had improved them in some ways: they had become less materialistic and more financially prudent; they were more aware of the struggles of others.
许多人说，失业虽然极其痛苦，却在某些方面改善了他们的生活：他们变得不那么物质主义，在财务上更加谨慎了，并且更加了解别人的难处。
Perhaps selection for the caring professions, especially medicine, could be made less by good grades in chemistry and more by such considerations as sensitivity and sympathy.
也许对于护理行业，尤其是医学行业，在选拔时应该少考虑化学方面的好成绩，多考虑善解人意和同情心之类的因素。
Consumers have more money in their pockets when they're paying less at the pump.
消费者在加油上花的钱更少，口袋里就有更多钱。
Academic inquiry, at least in some fields, may need to become less exclusionary and more holistic.
至少在部分领域，学术调查可能需要减少排他性，变得更全面一些。
Young people can prevent and control myopia by spending more time outside and less time in front of books or computers.
年轻人可以通过多花些时间在户外，少花些时间在书本或电脑前来预防和控制近视。
This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home.
这一插曲让一个具有讽刺意味的事实变得更加明显：尽管在公共场合美国男性往往比女性说得多，但在家里他们却往往说得少。
The more you lose, the more open water is created, the more warming goes on in that open water during the summer, the less ice forms in the winter, the more melt there is the following summer.
冰减少的越多，形成的无冰水面就会越多，这些无冰水面在夏天时的温度会持续升高，在冬天结的冰就会减少，来年夏天也会有更多的冰融化。
Focus less on what's going on in your mind and more on what's going on in the room, less on your mental chatter and more on yourself as part of something.
少关注你的头脑里在想什么，多关注房间里在发生什么，少关注你脑子里喋喋不休的谈话，多关注作为某些事物一部分的你自己的本身。
Psychiatrists who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset in child rearing—older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children.
与年长父母合作的精神病学家说，成熟对养育孩子来说是一项优势——年长的父母更体贴，较少使用体罚，花更多时间与孩子在一起。
To build up my own finances, I need around 20% more in personal savings and 50% less debt.
为了积累自己的财力，我需要增加20%左右的个人储蓄，并减少50%的债务。
Thus our bodies continuously exchange old substance for new, just like a spring which more or less maintains its form and movement, but in which the water molecules are always different.
因此，我们的身体不断地把旧物质替换成新的，就像一个喷泉，或多或少地保持着它的形式和运动，但其中的水分子总是不同的。
Newport also recommends "deep scheduling" to combat interruptions and get more done in less time.
纽波特还建议通过“深度调度”来对抗干扰，以更少的时间完成更多的工作。
As a group, "night owl" types tend to eat less healthy food and take in more calories overall than early risers.
作为一个群体，总体来说，“夜猫子”型的人往往比早起的人吃的健康食品更少，摄入的卡路里更多。
He reasoned that iron took on more or less oxygen in response to conditions in the kimberlitic magma itself—mainly in response to heat and the available oxygen.
他推断，铁吸收或多或少的氧气是由于金伯利岩浆本身的条件——主要是由于热量和可用的氧气。
That's why environmental critics are calling instead for reductions in global livestock production, and urging people to consume less, not more, meat in their diets.
这就是为什么环境评论家反而呼吁减少全球牲畜生产，并敦促人们减少而不是增加他们饮食中的肉类消耗。
Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at the last minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which cost more but sounded less fun.
投资银行高盛在最后一刻取消了在拉斯维加斯的会议，并重新预定了在旧金山的会议，虽然成本更高，但听起来却没那么有趣。
The warming will be more dramatic in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off.
气候变暖在一些地区会更加剧烈，在另一些地区则会有所减弱，而有些地方甚至会变冷。
在化学上，少即是多。
With less energy produced in warmer years and more being consumed just to survive, there is even less energy available for growth.
随着气候变暖时产生的能源的减少以及生存消耗的能源的增加，可用于生长的能源就变得更少了。
That's $800 more in the bank, and $800 less wanted on pointless interest payments.
这意味着在银行多存了800美元，而在无谓的利息支付上少了800美元。
According to a study in the British medical Journal, scientists found that some people who had more milk in fact had more fracture bones, not less.
根据英国医学杂志的一项研究，科学家们发现，事实上喝牛奶越多，越容易骨折。
From a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit.
从社会的角度来看，看手机不太像在公共场合打嗝，而更像另一种坏习惯。
When people are bored, they're more likely to feel less meaning in their lives.
当人们感到无聊时，他们更有可能觉得生活的意义愈发少了。
However, it should be kept in mind that many societies that knew of agriculture more or less consciously avoided it.
然而应该记住的是，许多对农业有所了解的社会都或多或少有意识地避免了它。
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