The fact that cash is being drawn out of society, is less a feature of our everyday lives, and the ease of electronic payments—is this actually making us spend more money without realizing it?
事实上，现金正从社会中被抽走，这并不是我们日常生活的一个特征，电子支付也很方便——这真的会让我们在不知不觉中花更多的钱吗？
Michael Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed work for a consultancy, Deloitte, that is determined to turn itself into more of a thought-leader and less a corporate repairman.
MichaelRaynor和MumtazAhmed 就职于一家名为 Deloitte 的咨询公司，这家公司决心将自己转变成更像一个思想领袖，而不是一个企业修理工。
America's education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequality from one generation to the next.
美国的教育体制不再是通往机遇的阶梯，而是一个将不平等代代相传的体系。
The function of a public library was once described as "less a reservoir than a fountain".
公共图书馆的功能曾被描述为“与其说是水库，不如说是喷泉”。
We are the marvel and the mystery of the world, for that enduring liberty is no less a blessing than the abundance of the earth.
我们是这个世界的奇迹和神秘，因为持久的自由和地球的富饶一样是一种祝福。
But for most, solar panels are more or less a commodity, which favours big producers with access to cheap capital.
而对大部分公司而言，太阳能电池板或多或少是一种商品，对那些能够获得廉价资本的大公司是有益的。
The release process became more of a steady, well-planned effort, and less a time of the chaos, as the team had experienced before.
版本发布流程将更加稳定、工作计划更周密，而该团队体验到的混乱时间更少。
Bill Gates pays less; a family living in a cold trailer-park with no healthcare pays more.
比尔·盖茨的税减少了；而一个在寒冷的房车宿地居住，也没有医疗保健的家庭却要付更多的税。
For him the world stage is a relief from a fading economy at home, but it is no less a reminder of his powerlessness.
对他而言，他在世界舞台的活动只不过是从本国经济衰退得到的一个安慰。但这也是他没有能力的一个提醒。
Being so, we are the marvel and the mystery of the world, for that enduring liberty is no less a blessing than the abundance of the earth.
作为这样的一个社会，我们是这个世界中的奇迹和神秘之物，因为那久经考验的自由与这个地球的富饶相比是更大的祝福。
This has, for example, made population based whole genome sequencing more or less a reality.
举个例子，这使得基于人口的整个基因组排序或多或少成了现实。
No single figure, much less a private banker, could wield the kind of power in today’s gargantuan collapsing markets that Morgan had a hundred years ago.
在今天这个摇摇欲坠的庞大市场上，没有一个人，更不必说一个私人银行家，能够具有摩根在一百年之前的那种权力。
The Arab world is more or less a vicious circle. None of its problems will be solved soon. All these troubles have the capacity to reinvent themselves.
阿拉伯世界差不多就是一个恶性循环，它的任何问题都无望在短期内得到解决，所有这些麻烦还都有自我再造的能力。
Each device would fulfill the science fiction dream of reeling in objects using light -though neither could move anything bigger than a bacterium, much less a starship.
这两个装置都可以实现科幻小说中用光束拖动回收物品，不过它们还不可以移动比细菌大的东西，更不要说一艘星舰了。
In this way, it's less a kernel and more a hardware abstraction layer (HAL).
通过这种方式，它不像是一个内核而更像是一个硬件抽象层(HAL)。
We've already gone on a long time, so we'll only look at the invitations here; the connections are more or less a subset of the same behavior.
我们已经进行了很长时间，所以我们在这里只去看一个邀请；关联或多或少算是相同行为的一个子集。
The firm is less a boutique and more a pocket battleship, with a leading position in capital-raising and dealing in shares and bonds.
该公司不不仅是一家普通投行更是一艘资本战舰，在资本筹集和股票及债券交易领域都处于领先地位。
Russia's current anti-Americanism, therefore, is less a reaction to America's actions than a reflection of its own state of mind.
因此，俄罗斯目前的反美主义，与其说是对美国行为的反应，倒不如说是它自身思想状态的反映。
Unaccustomed to sharing a room with anybody, much less a stranger, Madeleine felt that Jennifer was a little too quick with her intimacies.
玛德琳不习惯与人共用一个房间，更不要说还是个陌生人了。她觉得珍妮弗有点过于自来熟了。
Dick Cheney appears less a brooding presence and more a red-faced buffoon, which may well be how history comes to regard him.
迪克·切尼似乎没有那么沉思，更多的像个面红耳赤的丑角，这也可能是历史对他的看法。
HDCP has been less a security system than a tool for shaping the consumer electronics market, and that is unlikely to change.
HDCP更多的是作为影响消费电子市场格局的工具而不是一个安全系统，这个看起来不会改变。
However, all that rail (and distance) between city centers makes it seem like this is less a single mega-city and more like highly controlled urban sprawl.
然而，从城市中心间的铁路(和距离)这一点来看，超级城市计划更像是高度控制下的城市扩张，而不像是一个超级都市。
DOUG SZAJDA: "It was less a worldwide test than a means of generating some incentive for vendors to realize we can't drag our feet anymore."
DougSzajda：“这不仅仅是一个世界性的测试，而且是一种使供应商产生动机，让他们意识到我们不能停滞不前的方法。”
Tao was less a guide and more a navigator but he was so sweet-natured, it was impossible to mind.
陶与其说是一个导游，倒不如说是个领航员，但是他脾气很好，也拿他没办法。
Because evidence sent to the lab rarely contains easily recognizable parts, much less a whole animal, the scientists must work to identify species from limited fragments.
因为被送到实验室的证物很难保存易于辨认的部位，更不可能是整只动物，科学家们必须从一些碎片中辨认物种。
It's less a problem that can be solved than it is a never-ending arms race between company and pirate.
与其说这是一个能够解决的问题，不如说这是企业和盗版者间的永无止境的博弈。
The result is that suits have become less a uniform than an expression of individual style.
因此，西装更多地成为一种个人风格的体现，而不仅是制服。
Accordingly, we might think of a modern cynic as someone who's given up all hope of finding a door, much less a key.
同样，我们可以认为，一个现代犬儒主义者是那些已经放弃了全部的寻找一扇门的希望的人，更不要说去寻找一把钥匙。
Accordingly, we might think of a modern cynic as someone who's given up all hope of finding a door, much less a key.
同样，我们可以认为，一个现代犬儒主义者是那些已经放弃了全部的寻找一扇门的希望的人，更不要说去寻找一把钥匙。
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