The reason to leave Mr Megrahi in prison was less practical than symbolic.

之所以要把迈格拉希先生一直留在牢内，部分是出于现实的考虑，但更多的代表了一定的象征意义。

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But it would be of less practical importance, since that something would be very primitive compared even with a bacterium.

但却不会有更多的实际意义，因为这种生命甚至会比细菌更原始。

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"Less practical" subjects fare even worse, and the humanities are under increasing attack from higher education to elementary school.

不太实际“的那些科目就更惨了，像人文学科，有可能会被拉到小学，而不出现在高等学院里。”

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You could use the "I want to" pattern to express something much less practical as well.

你也可以用“I want to”句型来表达不太现实的事情。

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But these added to the bulk of the machines making them less practical for real-world uses.

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Freeways make those modes of transportation less practical for us, for three reasons.

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Finally, the diet can be expensive (grass-fed, organic meats and eggs are more expensive) and inconvenient due to the limitation of food choices, both of which make this diet less practical for the average person long term.

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