And in societies where there is less trust between people, the quality of the legal system plays a larger part.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

This is less of a problem in modern life then it used to be, but because things are supplemented and fortified-- overly so in some cases-- but still the deficiencies are less common then they used to be.

相比过去,这在现代社会中已不太多见,因为如今很多食物有人工添加的微量元素,有些甚至是过度添加了,但相比过去,缺乏微量元素已不那么常见了

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Its average valence electron energy is 5.2 electron volts, which is a heck of a lot less than 11.

它的平均价电子能是,5。2电子伏，那比11电子伏要少得多。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

This is because lighter colors take in less of the strong heat of the sun than dark colors do.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

The partial pressure of the water, of gaseous water above that equilibrium of ice and water is not one bar, it's much less.

哪里错了吗？,问题在于,冰水混合物上方的,大气中水蒸气的分压，不是一个大气压。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

A low-fat diet is one in which less than thirty percent of a person's daily calorie intake comes from fat.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

So finger-pointing at the start of each list, 6 is indeed less than 8 so I'm gonna write it down first.

手指指向列表的开始，6肯定比,8小，我先把它写下来。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

He says each new version of one bill is weaker and less effective than the one before it.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Now, compare the first element in each of these lists. Two is less than three, so two ought to be the next element of the list.

现在，比较每个列表的第一个元素,2要比3小，所以2应该是合并后列表的，下一个元素，然后你们就知道了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Mister Weindruch says not only is life extended in the monkeys that eat less, but their quality of life is also improved.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

You might say it is less a body of true propositions than a shrewd sense of know-how or political savvy.

你可以说,这较不像是真实主张的本体,而较像是狡猾的诀窍意识,或说政治悟性。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I think a lot of companies are finally figuring out that preventative care in general is much less expensive in the long run."

VOA: special.2011.02.28

The second thing I want to say is less about paper writing, and more about the trajectory of this course and what we're seeing in common between these novels.

第二件我想说的事情是，不是关于写论文的，而是关于这门课的轨迹的,我们会在这些小说里看到一些共同点。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But two areas where the bureau will not have power is over auto lenders or banks with assets of less than ten billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

When the bad is behind us, that seems less bothersome than when the bad is in front of us.

当糟糕的事过去之后，它似乎没有在我们前面时那么麻烦。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Kerosene costs less than other forms of lighting, but it is still costly in poor countries.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

And so...what you're noticing is a fair mount of mergers and acquisitions, meaning less efficeint businesses are collapsing into biger businesses.

所以你会看到,企业间大量的,兼并，这意味着,工作效率低下的企业,会垮台，被更大的企业吞并。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The other is refinancing. Most commercial real estate loans have terms of ten years or less.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Now I submit that the Lady would appear to be less in control of her fantasies than she is of her rigorously disciplined behavior.

现在我认为,小姐会试着不被自己的幻想控制,因为她有着很强的自律能力。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

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

VOA: special.2009.09.14

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

It is estimated that less than two thousand of the animals live in the wild.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

In our art music, our symphonies, concertos genres of this sort, the performer is actually much less important.

在我们的高雅音乐,像我们的交响乐,协奏曲,这类的体裁中,演奏者往往不那么重要

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

But that is not the only problem. Because of the recession, people are traveling less.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Another thing that I will be talking about is less important to this course but you have heard of this: the subprime crisis.

我要讲的另一个问题,在这门课里相对不是那么重要,你们听过这个词吗,"次贷危机"

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

For example, one effect of a weak economy is less demand for office space.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

And the glitch that doesn't make sense just through periodic trends, is that it turns out that the ionization energy of boron is actually less than the ionization energy up beryllium.

仅仅考虑周期性规律,是无法理解这个问题的，这里显示硼的电离能,实际上比铍的要小。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

In world banking, the total share of Islamic finance is less than one percent.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Eh, it really is, first of all, government of all institutions can make health care less expensive.

嗯，确实是这样，首先，所有政府机构,都有能力降低医疗费用。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

Something less easy to say confidently, but probably clear, I think, is the whole legacy of Mycenaean culture is really lost, not fully though.

有些事想确切地说出来不容易,但可能已经比较明白了,我想,就是整个迈锡尼文明留下的遗产,确实遗失了,虽然并不是一点都没留下

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选