less than 的用法
2024-11-26 17:57:14 学考宝 作者：佚名
问题描述
He had a less than favorable view of the matter.
这里的less than的词义是含有轻微否定的含义的副词短语 表示“并不是太……”的意思吗？如：
The job was less than perfect. 这份工作并不是太完美。
那这句话为什么网上是翻译的是 他对那种事情根本不抱好感，程度上差距有点大啊！
谢谢老师回答！
老师答疑
刘老师：
1. He had a less than favorable view of the matter.
2. The job was less than perfect.
其实，你不必纠结这个问题，这两句话中的less than是一个意思。简单、干脆理解为not即可。
句1等于：He didn’t have a favorable view of the matter.
【译文】可以根据语境翻译为：
他对那件事持不赞成的态度。
他对那件事持不支持的观点。
他对那件事有不喜欢的看法。
他对那件事没有好感。
句2等于：The job was not perfect.
【译文】可以根据语境翻译为：
这活儿做得不完美。
这活儿做得不太完美。
这活儿做得不够完美。
这活儿做得达不到完美。
至于翻译成“根本不，一点不”，都是译者根据情况自己填加的否定语气而已。
陈老师：
He had a less than favorable view of the matter.
这里的less than的词义是含有轻微否定的含义的副词短语 表示“并不是太……”的意思吗？如：
The job was less than perfect. 这份工作并不是太完美。
参考译文：这工作/活根本就不完美/一点都不完美。
那这句话为什么网上是翻译的是 他对那种事情根本不抱好感，程度上差距有点大啊！
谢谢老师回答！
He had a less than favorable view of the matter.
参考译文：他对那种事情根本不抱好感。
He had a less than favorable of the matter.
他一点也不赞成那件事。
（more than +adj.非常...；less than +adj.根本不..一点也不;less than+数词表示少于，不到，低于）
She wishes to be treated as nothing more than a common girl.
她希望被对待得只不过像一般的女孩子。
less than 小于，决不; 根本不；以内; 没有; 不足
He is lined up for no less than four US television interviews.
多达4家美国电视媒体排期邀请他上节目接受采访。
In less than seven days the infested plants had recovered.
不到7天时间，受虫害侵袭的植物就复原了。
In less than two hours Cohen capitulated to virtually every demand.
还不到两个小时，科恩就屈服了，接受了几乎一切要求。
Motorways actually cover less than 0.1 percent of the countryside.
高速公路的实际覆盖面积还不到农村地区的0.1%。
The game took her less than an hour to finish.
她没用一个小时就拿下了这场比赛。
Less than a half hour later he returned upstairs.
不到半个小时，他又跑上楼来。
The bomb must explode within less than a millionth of a second.
炸弹必须在不到百万分之一秒的时间内爆炸。
Together they account for less than five per cent of the population.
他们总共占不到总人口的5%。
Bob Dole seemed less than enthusiastic about the proposed move.
鲍勃·多尔似乎对提议的这项行动不太感兴趣。
He could have looked over the papers in less than ten minutes.
他本可在10分钟内把文件翻看一遍的。
The bullet had passed less than an inch from Andrea's heart.
子弹在离安德烈亚的心脏不到一英寸的地方穿过。
France edged out the British team by less than a second.
法国队以不到1秒的优势险胜英国队。
I use watercolours much less than I do oils or acrylics.
我用水彩比用油画颜料或丙烯酸颜料要少得多。
He has been riding in horse trials for less than a year.
他参加赛马选拔赛还不到一年。
Her advice has frequently been less than wholly helpful.
她的建议往往毫无帮助。
We shan't let our house go for less than 50000.
我们的房子低於50000英镑不卖。
We won no less than 500 in a competition.
我们在一场比赛中赢了多达500英镑。
The whole house went up in smoke in less than an hour.
整座房子不到一个小时就烧光了。
That hotel probably costs no less than 20 dollars a night.
那间旅馆的住宿费大约要20元一晚呢。
The amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another.
差额一个数在数量上多于或少于一个数的数值.
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