Credit cards matter a lot less than before. We usually pay with smart phones now.
信用卡远不如以前要紧了。我们现在通常用智能手机付款。
To be on the safe side, the researchers suggest that we should use computers less than before, or turn down our screens as much as possible before sleeping.
安全起见，研究人员建议，我们应该比以前更少使用电脑，或者在睡觉前尽可能地把屏幕亮度调低。
But they were also, for the most part, sitting substantially less than before.
但是他们大部分人坐的时间也比从前少了很多。
Irregular rainfall and loss of topsoil means that the land produces less than before.
无常的降水和表层土壤的流失都使土地逐渐减产。
But in some places, it happens less than before, and there is a chance to stop it altogether.
但在一些地方，体罚已经少些了，目前正有个彻底叫停体罚的机会。
The number of animals is less than before.
动物的数量比以前少了。
First, natural resources are becoming less than before.
首先，自然资源比以前少了。
I also notice that fuel consumption change rate is less than before too.
我也注意到油耗的变动速率没有过去那么大。
No no, I just changed my eating habits. I eat a balanced meal. and I eat less than before.
不，不，我只是改变了饮食习惯。我膳食平衡，比以前吃得少。
But I liked his physiognomy even less than before: it struck me as being at the same time unsettled and inanimate.
但是我对他的面相却比初见面时更不喜欢了。我觉得它既不安稳又毫无生气。
There is still considerable scope for this process to continue, but we believe that the growth will be less than before.
这一过程还有相当大的余地，但我们相信，增长速度将不如以前。
I think, in general, we biopsy less than before but I think that is also because we are making decisions around treatment.
我认为，总体上，我们做肝活检的次数比以前少了，但这也是因为我们是根据治疗情况做决定的。
The number of the medical workers of this hospital is a quarter less than before, while that of the out-patients has increased 140 percent.
这个医院的医务人员数比过去减少了四分之一，而门诊病人却增加了1.4倍。
Across the board, Harrison’s Jim Taylor reckons the wealthy are spending 30% less than before, the sole exception being items for their children.
哈里森集团的JimTaylor估计，整体上来说，富有人群的消费较之前下降了百分之三十。 而他们唯一没有缩减的开销，则是他们子女所需要的商品。
On the basis of the analysis and derivation, some improvements have been made on the former process and then the failure of drawing rod is much less than before.
在此基础上，对原有生产工艺进行了改进，使生产中引丝失败的情况明显减少。
On the basis of the analysis and derivation, some improvements have been made on the former process and then the failure of drawing rod is much less than before.
在此基础上，对原有生产工艺进行了改进，使生产中引丝失败的情况明显减少。
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