Knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so.
知道度量的对象以及方法使世界变得不那么复杂。
The NFL is also lucky—and its athletes much less so—because it is the most violent of the four sports.
NFL也很幸运，因为它是这四项运动中最激烈的运动。
But the once-gaping Tory poll lead has shrunk, and a victory that looked almost certain now seems much less so (see chart).
但是曾经不足的托利党投票数已经变小了，几乎必然的胜利现在似乎又飘摇不定了(见表格)。
The idea is that a soldier is aware of what is happening in front of him, but much less so of what is approaching from the rear.
这个短语的原意是士兵知道在他前方发生了什么，但对于后面有什么正在逼近就知道得少多了。
Although the grandes écoles are superbly meritocratic—candidates compete against each other in a series of gruelling exams—their dominance of corporate hierarchies makes workplaces much less so.
grandes écoles非常注重任人唯贤，报考者要在一系列紧张的测试中互相挑战。 尽管如此，企业高级管理层被该校毕业生占据，使工作环境不甚良好。
He was sitting in his armchair, and looked not quite so severe, and much less gloomy.
他坐在扶手椅里，看上去不那么严肃，也不那么阴沉。
Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a Cube Sat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.
由于立方体卫星如此小而轻，与传统通讯或GPS卫星相比，将它送入地球轨道的成本要低得多。
Because they're so small and light, it costs much less to get a CubeSat into Earth's orbit than a traditional communications or GPS satellite.
由于立方体卫星体积小、重量轻，将它们送入地球轨道的成本比传统通信或GPS卫星要低得多。
By the way, if you're curious about why racemization is so much less accurate a clock than C-14 for dating a tooth's age, part of the explanation has to do with temperature.
顺便说一下，如果你好奇为什么在判断牙齿年龄方面、外消旋化会比碳14定义的时钟精度差之甚多，那么部分原因与温度相关。
Today Japan’s economy is much less burdened by debt and so likely to recover more quickly.
现在的日本经济债务所带来的压力要小得多，也因此有可能更快的恢复元气。
Not only does all this make GreenSun's cells cheaper than conventional ones, because they use so much less silicon; it also makes them better.
所有这些不仅会使绿色太阳电池因大大减少硅的使用比传统电池更便宜，而且会使其性能变得更好。
Use of tiny, tiny fonts (10 pt or less) so as to cram as much information into the resume as possible.
为了在简历上多放点信息，使用很小很小的字体(10号字体甚至更小)。
On the other hand, none of my friends so much as own a personal blog, much less partake in professional blogging.
而另一方面，我的朋友里没有人像这样用心拥有一个私人博客，更别说参加专业博客。
What is less obvious, however, is how these changes make the network so much more capable.
但是不太明显的方面是这些更改如何使得网络变得如此能力超群。
But after they downsized, there was much less space to retreat to, so the family members spent more time around each other.
但是在他们换了小房子之后，没有什么空间能退避了，所以家庭成员有更多的时间在一起。
It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the offenses of others.
让人奇怪的是，和别人的过错比起来，我们自身的过错往往不是那样的可恶。
These countries did not so much export less after they revalued as export different, more expensive things.
这些国家升值货币后出口并没有减少，而是出口种类不同、价格更高的产品。
You'll also need to be ruthless when it comes to choosing what to move and what to sell or throw away: moving overseas is much more expensive, so the less you move, the less you'll spend.
有些时候，你还需要过段一些，可能有些家具跟随你的时间特别长而让你不忍心割舍，但是你要记住，把它们搬到海外可能更加昂贵。所以，如果你在本地处理掉，可能会花费更少。
Well some of the seats on this flight are very, very good and some less, much less, so.
嗯，这个航班有些座位非常、非常好，有些不那么好，差很多。
Alice: All the cats I've seen never smile, much less grin so much!
爱丽丝：我以前见过的猫都不会笑，更不用说像你这样老咧着嘴笑的。
These objects are less likely to become garbage, so the collector examines them much less frequently.
这些对象不太可能变为垃圾，因此收集器很少检查它们。
Such a house might be only a third as strong as one built on more sophisticated shock absorbers, but it would also cost much less—and so be more likely to get built in Indonesia.
这种住宅的强度可能只有安装了高级减震器建筑的三分之一，但是它建造成本更低，而且在印尼兴建更加切实可行。
Inflation is lower and wages are much less likely to follow energy-induced price rises, so central Banks need not respond as forcefully.
通货膨胀率更低，工资不太会随着因为能源涨价而涨价的影响，所以中央银行不必反应强烈。
So much for not raising taxes on anyone making less than $250, 000 a year.
对那些每年收入少于250，000美元不需缴税的人也是如此。
The authors take their time on these and provide really good examples, so it's much less daunting than it seems.
作者慢慢地讲述这些内容，并提供真实的好实例，因此，没有看起来那么令人畏惧。
The authors take their time on these and provide really good examples, so it's much less daunting than it seems.
作者慢慢地讲述这些内容，并提供真实的好实例，因此，没有看起来那么令人畏惧。
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