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。
Every year, Tara Atkins Smith collects warm clothes from her community in order to help the less lucky.
塔拉·阿特金斯·史密斯每年都会从她所在的社区收集暖和的衣服，以帮助那些不那么幸运的人。
The researchers noted that the effect of pollution on language ability is even more serious as people age, especially among men and the less educated.
研究人员指出，随着年龄的增长，污染对语言能力的影响更加严重，尤其是在男性和受教育程度较低的人群中。
There are plenty of activities at the resort for the less daring.
度假胜地有许多活动是供不太敢于冒险的人玩的。
It's a fallacy that the affluent give relatively more to charity than the less prosperous.
富人比不太有钱的人给慈善机构相对更多捐赠是一种谬见。
The more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed.
这些承诺看起来越戏剧化、越有意义，就越不可能被遵守。
The thicker the material, the less susceptible the garment will be to wet conditions.
布料越厚，衣服通常就越不容易浸湿。
The moral of that is—the more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.
这其中的寓意是——我的越多，你的就越少。
But the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed.
但是，这些承诺看起来越戏剧化、越有意义，就越不可能被遵守。
Ariely ran an experiment and found that when only the two "real" choices were offered, more people chose the less expensive digital subscription.
艾瑞里做了一个实验，发现在仅有两种“真正的"选择时，更多的人会选择更便宜的数字订阅方式。
In January of last year the Moviemania chain of movie theaters started propping its popcorn in canola oil, instead of the less healthful coconut oil that it had been using until then.
去年1月，Moviemania连锁影院开始用菜籽油代替之前一直使用的不太健康的椰子油来制作爆米花。
Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
通常，一个传统习俗越是没有理由存在，就越难以摆脱。
Latin culture had not achieved comparable penetration of the less urbanized West outside of Italy.
拉丁文化在意大利以外城市化程度较低的西部地区还没有达到类似的普及程度。
The denser layers are generally darker than the less dense layers.
较紧密的木层比较疏松的木层颜色更深。
First of all, many pupils suggest that history is one of the less interesting school subjects and that governments should spend the time and money on subjects that are more useful.
首先，许多学生认为历史是一门不那么有趣的学校科目，政府应该把时间和金钱花在更有用的科目上。
The fewer cars there are, the less pollution we have.
汽车越少，污染越少。
The nearer he came to his home, the less he wished to taste them.
他离自己的家越近，就越不想尝它们。
Leaving the less important things until tomorrow is often acceptable.
把不太重要的事情留到明天做通常是可以接受的。
Of the two math problems, I can just work out the less difficult one.
这两道数学题中，我只能解出较容易的那道。
Of the two physics problems, Martha just finished the less difficult one.
在这两个物理问题中，玛莎刚刚完成了难度较小的那一个。
The more homework you finish at school, the less homework you will have at home.
你在学校完成的作业越多，回家做的作业就会越少。
The more there are sharing riding bikes in cities, the less pollution there will be.
城市中共享单车的数量越多，污染就会越少。
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。
The result shows that the less sleep you get, the less you want to socialize with others.
结果表明，睡得越少，你就越不想和别人交往。
Usually, the important things own many specific names, while the less important things only have some general names.
通常，重要的东西有许多特定的名称，而不那么重要的东西只有一些通用的名字。
The results suggest that folic acid or folinic acid can protect the less differentiated cells in the intestinal crypts.
结果表明，叶酸或亚叶酸可以保护肠隐窝中分化程度较低的细胞。
The less you allocate, the less work GC needs to do.
你分配的越少，GC需要做的工作越少。
The cooler the town, the less air con used, which would reduce CO2 emissions.
越是凉爽的城镇，空调的使用率就越低，因而也能降低二氧化碳的排放量。
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