The stories twine together in obscure ways, some successful, some less so.
故事晦涩地交织在一起，有些写得很成功，有些就稍逊一筹。
Some of this is familiar, some is credible and some less so.
这些听起来有些耳熟，其中有些还是可信的，另外的就不那么可信了。
On the less cute and more scary side there is Actroid F, which is so human-like that some patients may not know the difference.
外表不那么可爱且较为恐怖的是ActroidF，它与人类相像到一些病人可能看不出区别。
And all meat contributes to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and so on. Some meat may be "less bad," but according to the science, no meat is good.
而且所有的肉都有导致心脏病、癌症和糖尿病，有的肉可能不那么差，但根据科学研究，没有肉是有益的。
So this might be a lot less daunting for some people as they can record the song in the privacy of their own home.
所以这种比赛形式对于有些人来说可能要轻松很多，因为他们可以自己在家里录歌。
And speaking of half, another woman was having a hard time with her less than generous beau, so they decided to try some therapy and split the cost.
谈到“一半”，有另一个妇女与她那谈不上大方的男友过得不开心，因此他们决定尝试一些心理治疗，费用平均分担。
So some students left the office thinking they needed to go quickly, others less so, while some were relaxed.
所以一些受试者离开房间的时候想着他们需要快点走，另一些就不是那么匆忙，还有一些就很放松。
Eric lamented to me: "I have dated a lot of women since then, some more seriously, most less so."
埃里克懊悔地对我说：“自那之后我约会过很多女人，有些比较认真，大多数不怎么认真。”
For example some people might appear more conscientious than they are, and others less so.
比如，一些人可能会表现得比实际上更正直，而另一些人则刚好相反。
Sometimes the imagery is gentle, sometimes less so; here are some representative quotes from Bacon to give the gist.
有时这种含义的意象，比较容易理解普遍，有时不是，这里有一些来自于培根的有代表性的引文，来说明他的要点。
These gray granite structures, some of which weigh more than 50 tons are so perfectly sculpted that they are nothing less than architectural genius.
这些花岗岩的建筑，其中有些每个都重达超过50吨。
And one other thing's for sure: Snow Leopard USES substantially less disk storage than Leopard, so you can reclaim some disk space too.
而另一件事是肯定的：雪豹和Leopard相比在存储空间上大大降低，这样你就可以回收一些磁盘空间。
But for them to do so collectively, some other sector must consume more and save less.
但因为这种行为过于集中，其它一些部门就必须增加消费，减少储蓄。
Some are less so – boredom, ennui, dissatisfaction.
有些是比这好些——无聊，厌倦，不满。
Well some of the seats on this flight are very, very good and some less, much less, so.
嗯，这个航班有些座位非常、非常好，有些不那么好，差很多。
SOME fish have special proteins in their blood to stopthem from freezing to death—a remarkable evolutionary trait made no less so bythe fact that biologists have known about it for some time.
某些鱼的血液里存在特殊蛋白质，可以让它们不致冻死——生物学家对此早已有所认识的事实，丝毫不影响对这一显著的进化性状的惊奇。
Fortunately there are a multitude of ways in which you can vastly improve the fuel efficiency of a vehicle so it can drive further on less fuel, emit fewer greenhouse gases and save you some money.
幸运的是，你有很多方法可以大大提高车辆燃料效率，这样车子就能用更少的燃料跑更远的路，排放更少的温室气体，节省你的开支。
Though this country has some 322 islands, less than a third are inhabited, so you'll find many unspoiled reef systems that haven't been disturbed as much by humans.
尽管这个国家有大概322个岛，但有人居住的岛不足三分之一，所以你会发现很多未遭破坏的珊瑚礁生态系，它们差不多还没有被人类破坏。
It has even been suggested that some mosquitoes can transmit chemicals that make the host less sensitive to inflammation after a series of bites, so that more blood can be taken.
也有说法是有些蚊子携带使人在一系列叮咬后对炎症反应迟钝的化学物质，这样他们就能得到更多的血。
Some admire Spain’s system, which requires banks to make extra provision for losses in good times, so that when loans turn sour their profits and thus capital fall by less.
一些人还对西班牙的制度称赞有加，它要求银行在景气良好的时期为损失提存额外的储备，这样当贷款变糟的时候，他们的利润以及自有资本的损失就会减少。
But prices have dropped so much in some parts of the country that the companies are seeing losses even where they financed 80% or less of a home's value.
不过有些地区的房价实在是跌得过于厉害，以致于对那些公司负责比例等于或少于80%房屋价值的贷款，它们仍然成立了赔本买卖。
Some of the reasons are obvious, others less so.
造成这一结果的原因有些很明显，有些则不然。
The threshold level at which some kind of reaction can occur may be less than a thousandth of a potentially fatal dose, so where do you draw the line?
可能发生某种反应的临界值也许不到可能致命剂量的千分之一，那么，你在哪里划这条线呢？
And, while some are a little less common than others, it’s still important to understand how you lose your hair so that you’ll know how to prevent it.
虽然有些原因比较不常见，但是知道脱发的原因还是很重要的，这样我们才知道怎样防止掉发。
We will be recalling correspondents from some less newsworthy parts of the globe, such as north Africa and south-east Asia, so they can focus on palace matters instead.
我们将召回一部分记者，从世界上的热点新闻地区，如北非和东南亚地区的记者（日本地震）。
A large chunk of binary data takes up less space than its encoded representation, so MTOM can reduce transmission time (although it incurs some processing overhead).
大块二进制数据所占的空间比其编码的表示形式更小，因此MTOM可以减少传输时间(尽管它会引入某些处理开销)。
In some cases, volunteers do the audio so the quality of reading may be less than in commercial works, but the catalogs are broad and the price is right-free.
有些情况下，免费有声读物是由一些志愿者自己录制的，质量虽不如商业性作品好，但书目很多，而且完全免费。
The amount of friction is designed to be some degree less than the return spring, so that when the pedal is released, it returns to the closed position.
设计时要确保总摩擦力小于折回弹簧的弹力，这样当松开踏板时，弹簧才会弹回，油门才会闭合。
Fairbanks sometimes offers some unusual crystal types, because it's so cold, Warmer climates, for example, in New York State and the vicinity, tend to produce less spectacular crystals.
费尔班克斯有时会发现不同寻常的结晶类型，因为那里非常冷。而在较为温暖的气候中，比如纽约州或邻近地区，就不太会出现好看的结晶。
This is one reason why some couples might not last - perhaps someone is so busy with school, extracurriculars, and work that he or she has less time for a relationship.
这是一些情侣分手的原因——或许一方忙于学业、课外活动和工作，而没有为爱情留下足够的时间。
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