Many have been attempting to conserve water by irrigating less frequently or by switching to crops that require less water.

许多人试图通过减少灌溉频率或改种需水量更少的作物来节约用水。

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As time went by we saw less and less of each other.

随着时间的推移，我们见面越来越少。

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The increase in work outside the home was offset by less housework and less spare time and less sleep.

工作时间的增加被较少的家务、休闲和睡眠时间抵消了。

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American workers then began to protest,as their jobs were filled by immigrants who were happy to work for less money.

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Most scientists believe that its better, a better process, less affected by conflicts of interest, but still affected by politics.

大部分学者认为这是一个改进,不过虽然利益冲突的影响有所减少,却仍不免受到政治因素的影响

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And if you come and ask a question that you could have easily answered by doing the reading, coming to lecture, or using Google, they're going to have less patience.

所以如果你过来仅仅是问一个,你能很轻松的,通过阅读、上课、或者，在谷歌上搜索就能得到答案的问题，他们会失去耐心的。

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There are another 13 Democratic congressmen whose districts were carried by the president but who themselves won re-election by less than 52%, four by less than 50%.

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Ultimately, the winners and losers will be determined less by marketing and buzz than by which service crashes less.

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Where it fell by 45 points or less, the Labour vote slid by a less dreadful 14 points.

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