They go to Buckingham Palace to receive medals from the Queen and, by now, more or less accept it as their due.
他们去白金汉宫接受了女王的勋章，并且直到现在，或多或少地还是把它作为自己应得的来接受。
Even a vastly more ecoefficient industrial system could, were it to grow much larger, generate more total waste and destroy more habitat and species than would a smaller, less ecoefficient economy.
即使是一个生态效率高得多的工业系统，如果它发展得更大，也会比更小、更不生态效率的经济产生更多的垃圾，破坏更多的栖息地和物种。
It becomes more formal, more standard—some might say, "Less colorful".
它变得更加正式、更加标准——有些人可能会说，“色彩变得更少了”。
However, it should be kept in mind that many societies that knew of agriculture more or less consciously avoided it.
然而应该记住的是，许多对农业有所了解的社会都或多或少有意识地避免了它。
It rains a lot less than Seattle and the rain is spread out over more days than those cities.
这里的降雨量比西雅图少得多，而且降雨持续时间也比那些城市更长。
We want many of the same things as liberals—less poverty, more health care—but have radically different ideas on how to achieve it.
我们想要的很多东西和自由主义者想要的一样：减少贫困、增加医疗保障。但关于如何实现这些，我们却有着截然不同的想法。
Traditionally, a hundred samples would take lab technicians more than two days to examine, but for a rat it takes less than 20 minutes.
通常，一百个样本要花费实验技术员超过两天的时间来检测，但是一只老鼠只需要花费不到二十分钟。
"Press your feet on the ground more and I am sure it will hurt you less," suggested Heidi.
“多用力把脚踩在地上，我相信你就不会那么疼了。”海蒂建议道。
It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.
一个几乎普遍的真理是，工作上提升得越高，我们最初的那些工作技能实际上就用得越少。
If it has its own IP address, we can use the access point itself over the network; this is less secure, but more fun to use for a demo.
如果它有自己的IP地址，那么我们就可以在网络上使用接入点本身了；这样做的安全性要差一些，但在用于演示方面会更有趣。
It was uncommon to find means of transport that were more efficient than walking but less technologically advanced than motor vehicles.
"很少能找到比步行更有效率但是在技术上不比机动车先进的交通工具。
Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school is, the less likely it is to do so.
不是所有的大学都会提供奖学金；一般来说，越挑剔的学校越不可能这样做。
But when it came to their houses, it was a time of common sense and a belief that less could truly be more.
但谈到房子的问题，情况完全不同。当时的人们普遍相信少即是多。
It looks like what's at issue is less how long your food stays on the floor and much more how contaminated with bacteria that patch of floor happens to be.
看起来问题的焦点不太在于你的食物在地上停留的时间长短，而更在于那块地被细菌污染到了什么程度。
Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education.
家庭教育的支持者声称，家庭教育比大众公共教育成本更低，效率更高。
Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at the last minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which cost more but sounded less fun.
投资银行高盛在最后一刻取消了在拉斯维加斯的会议，并重新预定了在旧金山的会议，虽然成本更高，但听起来却没那么有趣。
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？
When it comes to public speaking, less is usually more.
对于公开演讲而言，通常少即是多。
With more practice, it took him less and less time to finish each toy.
随着练习的增加，他完成每个玩具所花的时间越来越少。
It is a basic ability for humans to tell more from less.
辨别数量多少是人类的一种基本能力。
It showed that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to them.
结果显示，照片拍得越多，食物对他们来说就越不好吃。
These days, it seems that many people are trying to live more with less.
如今，似乎很多人都努力用更少的钱过更好的生活。
Less people than that, and there may not be enough things to choose from; more than that, and it becomes uncontrollable.
少于这个人数，可能就没有足够的东西可供选择；多于这个数量，就会变得无法控制。
In areas of high density it looks more or less like population density.
在高密度区域，它或多或少地看起来像是人口密度。
And because white bread has less fibre, it means that more of the calcium is absorbed.
由于白面包含有较少的纤维，这意味着有更多的钙可以被吸收。
But I actually enjoy my solitude while it could more or less balance my stressful feeling.
但是孤独感有时候或多或少能平衡压力，这让我有时候也觉得孤独是一种享受。
It allows us to communicate with more people in less time; it can make conversation simple-no small talk required.
它让我们花更少的时间却能与更多人通信；让交谈变得简单直接——省去了寒暄之语。
Smart eating is not about settling for less; it\\\\\\\'s about heaping more good stuff on your plate.
明智的饮食不是放得少，而是放更多的好东西在你的盘子上。
Smart eating is not about settling for less; it\\\\\\\'s about heaping more good stuff on your plate.
明智的饮食不是放得少，而是放更多的好东西在你的盘子上。
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