to a lesser extent

英 [tu ə ˈlesə(r) ɪkˈstent]

美 [tu ə ˈlesər ɪkˈstent]

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英英释义

adv

• used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
  1. less interesting
  2. less expensive
  3. less quickly
  Synonym:less

双语例句

• The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.
  森林污染对植物有严重的影响，对野生动物也有一定影响。
• Inter-African business is also on the rise with some companies from South Africa, Nigeria, and to a lesser extent Kenya beginning to build continental scale.
  非洲内部的商业也开始增长，来自南非、尼日利亚和肯尼亚（程度不及前者）的一些公司开始建立横跨大陆的业务。
• To a lesser extent, Eclipse supports installing plug-ins by manually copying them into the appropriate directories.
  在较小的范围内，Eclipse支持把插件手动复制到相应的目录中来安装插件。
• Multicellular green algae and, to a lesser extent brown and red algae, have many features in common with land plants and are the dominant photosynthetic organisms in shallow seas.
  多细胞的绿藻、在一定程度上还包括褐藻和红藻，它们有许多特征都与陆生植物相同，是在浅海中能进行光合作用的生物。
• While researchers haven't studied exercise and swine flu specifically, they have explored whether physical activity can enhance immunity and combat colds and, to a lesser extent, seasonal flu.
  虽然研究人员还没有研究运动和猪流感之间的关系。他们已经开始探索运动是否能增强免疫力，防治感冒，并在一定程度上防治季节性流感。
• All of the diets led to reduced caloric intake, and all of them led to weight loss at six months and, to a lesser extent, at 12 months.
  所有的饮食方案都减少了热量摄入，它们都能令参与者在六个月后体重减轻，并在接下来的六个月里继续减轻（但减重幅度较小）。
• By contrast, growth in China and many other emerging economies in Asia and Latin America, and to a lesser extent in the Commonwealth of Independent States, has cooled, after a surge in output beyond potential following the recovery from the Great Recession.
  相比之下，中国和其他亚洲及拉美新兴经济体，以及独联体国家（程度较小一些），在从大衰退（GreatRecession）复苏以来经历了一轮超出潜能的产出猛涨以后，增长已经降温了。
• For me it would be the time of the Greeks and to a lesser extent the Romans.
  对我来讲，我觉得是希腊时期的历史，还有一开始的罗马。
• The UK and, to a lesser extent Finland, cut value-added tax rates, for example, while other countries, such as Hungary and Ireland, raised their VAT rates.
  例如，英国和芬兰（程度较英国轻一些）降低了增值税税率，而匈牙利和爱尔兰等国则提高了增值税税率。
• A child's values come from its parents and, to a lesser extent, from its schooling.
  孩子的价值观大多来自于父母，也有小部分来自于学校教育。