They go to Buckingham Palace to receive medals from the Queen and, by now, more or less accept it as their due.
他们去白金汉宫接受了女王的勋章，并且直到现在，或多或少地还是把它作为自己应得的来接受。
I believe that when we finally finish it all, the Fed would end up with more power, not less.
我相信当我们最终完成这一切的时候，美联储会得到更多的权力，而不是更少。
Even a vastly more ecoefficient industrial system could, were it to grow much larger, generate more total waste and destroy more habitat and species than would a smaller, less ecoefficient economy.
即使是一个生态效率高得多的工业系统，如果它发展得更大，也会比更小、更不生态效率的经济产生更多的垃圾，破坏更多的栖息地和物种。
It becomes more formal, more standard—some might say, "Less colorful".
它变得更加正式、更加标准——有些人可能会说，“色彩变得更少了”。
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。
It rains a lot less than Seattle and the rain is spread out over more days than those cities.
这里的降雨量比西雅图少得多，而且降雨持续时间也比那些城市更长。
We want many of the same things as liberals—less poverty, more health care—but have radically different ideas on how to achieve it.
我们想要的很多东西和自由主义者想要的一样：减少贫困、增加医疗保障。但关于如何实现这些，我们却有着截然不同的想法。
Traditionally, a hundred samples would take lab technicians more than two days to examine, but for a rat it takes less than 20 minutes.
通常，一百个样本要花费实验技术员超过两天的时间来检测，但是一只老鼠只需要花费不到二十分钟。
The more I use the eraser, the less it gets.
我用的橡皮擦越多，它就变得越来越少。
"Press your feet on the ground more and I am sure it will hurt you less," suggested Heidi.
“多用力把脚踩在地上，我相信你就不会那么疼了。”海蒂建议道。
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。
It is all very well to urge people to give more to charity when they have less, but is it really fair?
这样好倒是好，敦促人们给慈善机构更多东西，当他们自己却没那么多东西的时候，但是这真的公平吗？
How much will it cost, more or less ?
这个大概得花多少钱？
If it has its own IP address, we can use the access point itself over the network; this is less secure, but more fun to use for a demo.
如果它有自己的IP地址，那么我们就可以在网络上使用接入点本身了；这样做的安全性要差一些，但在用于演示方面会更有趣。
It was uncommon to find means of transport that were more efficient than walking but less technologically advanced than motor vehicles.
"很少能找到比步行更有效率但是在技术上不比机动车先进的交通工具。
People who spend more than an hour a day on social media are less happy than those who spend less time on it.
每天在社交媒体上花超过一小时的人，不如在社交媒体上花更少时间的人快乐。
Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school is, the less likely it is to do so.
不是所有的大学都会提供奖学金；一般来说，越挑剔的学校越不可能这样做。
But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.
但谈到房子的问题，情况完全不同。当时的人们普遍相信少即是多。
Depending on the angle it tilts at, the seasons can be more or less severe.
根据它（指地轴）倾斜角度的不同，季节的严酷程度也不同。
It is more spacious and less crowded.
它比较宽敞，也不那么拥挤。
It looks like what's at issue is less how long your food stays on the floor and much more how contaminated with bacteria that patch of floor happens to be.
看起来问题的焦点不太在于你的食物在地上停留的时间长短，而更在于那块地被细菌污染到了什么程度。
Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education.
家庭教育的支持者声称，家庭教育比大众公共教育成本更低，效率更高。
Is it zero, less than zero or more than zero?
是零，小于零，还是大于零呢？
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 fact that cash is being drawn out of society, is less a feature of our everyday lives, and the ease of electronic payments—is this actually making us spend more money without realizing it?
事实上，现金正从社会中被抽走，这并不是我们日常生活的一个特征，电子支付也很方便——这真的会让我们在不知不觉中花更多的钱吗？
The more we discuss the trip, the less likely it seems we can afford it.
我们讨论这次旅行越多，似乎就越不可能负担得起。
When it comes to public speaking, less is usually more.
对于公开演讲而言，通常少即是多。
With more practice, it took him less and less time to finish each toy.
随着练习的增加，他完成每个玩具所花的时间越来越少。
It is a basic ability for humans to tell more from less.
辨别数量多少是人类的一种基本能力。
It showed that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to them.
结果显示，照片拍得越多，食物对他们来说就越不好吃。
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