"These two lesser activity groups of women were significantly more likely to gain weight."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

The defiling effect of lesser transgressions is calibrated to the sinner's intentionality and the presence or absence of repentance.

相对较轻的犯罪带来的亵渎影响,随罪人的犯罪动机,是否出席祭祀仪式和是否悔改而变化。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I suppose to a lesser literacy skill of being a good listener or viewer and have information push condensed.

假设一名优秀的聆听者,或观众需要较少的文化素养,我会将信息压缩。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

The United Nations says nearly 60 percent of Afghanistan is insecure to a greater or lesser extent, and access in these areas is limited and risky.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

The polis is natural in the sense that it has grown out of smaller and lesser forms of human association.

城邦是自然的演变,因为它源自,较小单位形式的人类结合。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

In one of Plato's lesser known dialogues he makes a statement--the following statement, which I think shows both the typical arrogance of the Greeks and also says something true.

在柏拉图的一个不怎么出名的对话录中,他作了一个声明,以下是这些声明,我认为它们既是希腊人典型的傲慢的体现,又说到了一些事实

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He maintains further the titles of nobility are of value only for the benefits they confer on those of lesser rank or they're not useful at all.

对于贵族头衔,他认为只有在依据头衔划分利益时,它才具有真实的价值,否则再高的头衔也是一无是处。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It is the skill possessed by the greatest statesmen you might say the fathers of the constitutions as it were who create the permanent framework in which allows later and lesser figures to handle change.

这是最优政治家所应具备的技能,你也可以说,即是宪法之父,如同前人所公认，他创建永恒的架构,让后代及门徒们,能用以应付变革。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选