In addition,using the lambs costs much less than hiring workers to prune the vines for seven weeks in the summer.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

I certainly didn't understand how they even connected really to chemical reactions, much less other disciplines that I was interested in.

它们这么重要,我并不理解这些分子是什么，我也不知道它们。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

and it's much more relevant and less pompous than it used to be.

它与过去相比更亲民，不那么傲慢了。

英国皇室的意义 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

One method was to sell oil in one area of the country for much less than the oil was worth.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

I just want to float to the dining hall after-- " so much easier, so much less painful."

我只想下午时飘去餐厅-,更加容易，更少痛苦“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Stephen Hillenburg,says he did not expect the series to last longer than one season, much less ten years.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 made DPPs much less valuable to investors, and so a lot of wealthy people switched from DPPs to REITs.

986年的税制改革法案,使得DPP对投资者不再那么有价值,所以很多富人从DPP转向REITs

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But it does have a blunt tip, so that if it accidentally goes into my finger, it's much less likely to perforate."

VOA: special.2010.02.10

You could use the "I want to" pattern to express something much less practical as well.

你也可以用“I want to”句型来表达不太现实的事情。

I want to 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

To lose that fat in a week, you have to burn off at least that amount in calories or eat that much less.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

In this respect it seems to me much less like just a branch of political science than the foundation of the entire discipline.

从这个角度切入，我认为它,并不像只是政治科学的分支,而更像是整个学科的基石。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I once landed on my face. I soon learned that it took much less effort for me to move on Mars than it did on Earth.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

And the people on the low bridge were much less likely to call her up. Okay?

后一组男学生,不太可能实验后会联系她？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Ulysses Grant would prove to be much less successful in politics than in war.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But yet Muscovy was considerably less important than the commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, which was considerably much greater and subject to struggles with and influence by that state.

但俄国的影响力仍远不及,波兰-立陶宛联邦,后者远远比俄国强大,但却受制于两国的争端所照成的影响

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

And that parents who share ideas with their children and talk with them and who've met most of their child's friends are much less likely to have children who become bullies."

VOA: special.2010.05.06

On Tuesday we'll talk about a different way to implement Fibonacci, where the growth will be much less dramatic. Thank you.

周二我们将会讲一种,不同的Fibonacci数列解决方案,这个方案的增长会小得多，谢谢。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

However,signs of the shortage are much less visible in cities like Jerusalem, where taps have yet to go dry.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

After their release,they are much less likely to return to jail if they do some yoga there.

在狱中练过瑜伽的犯人,获释后较少会再进监狱。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"There are many explanations." "One,is we are just much less active than we used to be.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

But that may be hard to do ince primary care physicians earn much less than specialists.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

After the most lethal and devastating terrorist attack ever, 7.5 years without a repeat is not a record to be rebuked and scorned, much less criminalized."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

He has had a bad summer. His numbers are down, health care is in peril and he has not been able to work his will on his own party, much less the opposition Republicans."

VOA: standard.2009.09.02