Credit cards matter a lot less than before. We usually pay with smart phones now.

信用卡远不如以前要紧了。我们现在通常用智能手机付款。

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To be on the safe side, the researchers suggest that we should use computers less than before, or turn down our screens as much as possible before sleeping.

安全起见，研究人员建议，我们应该比以前更少使用电脑，或者在睡觉前尽可能地把屏幕亮度调低。

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Irregular rainfall and loss of topsoil means that the land produces less than before.

无常的降水和表层土壤的流失都使土地逐渐减产。

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They have less than two weeks to go before they must perform the play for the Shakespeare in the Courts program.

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Yet, when they did the census of 1872 in Paris alone there were 10,000 less shoemakers than there had been before.

然而,一八七二年仅仅巴黎的人口普查,就少了一万名鞋匠

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Sometimes it even makes her less happy than she was before.

有时这研究让她比以前更不快乐。

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His division, DDB North America, had just laid off 10% of its workforce, and clients were paying less than before.

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Moreover, if marginal tax rates are high, and you get a non-marginal cut, you might even decide to work less than before.

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He fears its return, of course, but much less than before.

ECONOMIST: People, like all living things, are four dimensional