He says that skyscrapers are clearly popular around the world because they provide a huge amount of shelter and use less land space.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

I did it myself using my data, but it would always look more or less like this-- slightly different positions if people use different estimates.

这幅图是我根据自己的数据画出来的，有效边界的图形大致就是如此-,随着人们采用不同的估计值,其位置会发生微小的变化。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The "is it okay" question pattern is something that you can use to make your speech a little less formal.

is it okay”问句能够让你说的话不过于正式。

Is it okay 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Scientists are also working on other plants that either use less water or use it better,or both.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

So could you use taxes and subsidies, for example, to raise the price of foods that you think people should be eating less of, and lower the price of things you would like people eating more of?

你能通过税收和补助金的方式来解决吗,例如,抬高那些你觉得大家应该少吃,的食品的价格,降低那些你认为我们,应该多吃的食物的价格

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

More racing companies are now producing cars that use less energy.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

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

Many climbers like bouldering because they can use less equipment.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

In a less exciting example, you could use the "let's" pattern to suggest going home.

下面一个例子稍显平淡，你也可以用“let's”句型来建议大家回家。

Let's 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It would allow businesses to buy licenses to emit greenhouse gases from other firms that use less energy.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

We'll more or less use these things interchangeably.

有的时候也可以相互替换

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"We say,find more American energy and use less--energy that is as clean as possible, as reliable as possible, and at as low a cost as possible.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Light-emitting diodes are small glass lamps that use much less electricity than traditional bulbs and last much longer.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

They are said to use forty to fifty percent less wood than an open fire, and produce fifty to seventy-five percent less smoke.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

Like netbooks, tablets are less costly ways to use the World Wide Web and digital information.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

that could make them less desirable. Asian-Americans are not the only ones who use ginseng.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

He says a less costly, easy-to-use medicine for sleeping sickness is badly needed.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

"If coal and gas and oil had to pay the price for the damage that they did,we would use a whole lot less of them.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

And farmers planting glyphosate-resistant crops can use just one less-toxic herbicide to control weeds.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"Now if that GM potato is effective and works then the environmental impact will be substantially less because the chemicals are not being used and there will be less fossil fuel use."

VOA: standard.2009.10.21