少less

简明释义

汉英大词典

中文释义

双语例句

简明释义

汉英大词典

少[shǎo]

[形]

1

（数量小） few; little; less:

 

• 少出差错

  made fewer mistakes;

• 少说空话

  renounce empty talk;

• 以少胜多

  defeat the many with the few;

• 留下吃饭的人很少。

  Only a few stayed for dinner.

• 你应该少喝酒。

  You should drink less.

• 9比7少2。

  Seven is two less than nine.

• 少花钱， 多办事。

  Get more done on less money.

• 现在我工作中困难少些了。

  Now I meet with fewer difficulties in my work.

• 最近我们很少见到他。

  We've seen very little of him lately.

[动]

1

（不够原有或应有的数目; 缺少） be short; lack:

 

• 缺医少药

  be short of doctors and medicine;

• 还少一双筷子。

  We still lack a pair of chopsticks.

• 我们还少两把椅子。

  We've still two chairs short.

• 我们少一个好的守门员。

  We lack a good goalkeeper.

• 账算错了，少一块钱。

  This account is wrong; we're one yuan short.

2

（丢; 遗失） lose; be missing:

 

• 看看少不少人。

  See if anyone is missing.

• 少了一本书。

  One book is missing.

• 他屋里少了东西。

  He had lost sth. in his house.

• 羊群里少了几只羊。

  A few sheep have been lost from the flock.

• 这里肯定少了一个字。

  Surely, there's a word missing here.

3

（不要） stop; quit:

 

• 少废话!

  Stop talking rubbish!

• 少给我装蒜！

  Stop pretending!

• 少来这一套。

  Cut it out.; Quit that!

[副]

1

（稀有） seldom:

 

• 少见

  seldom seen; unique; rare

2

（暂时; 稍微） a little while; a moment:

 

• 请少候。

  Wait a moment, please.

   少[shào]

[形]

1

（年纪轻） young:

 

• 男女老少

  men and women; old and young;

• 做这项工作， 他还有点年少。

  He is too young to do the work.

[名]

1

（少爷） son of a rich family; young master:

 

• 恶少

  young ruffian;

• 阔少

  a profligate son of the rich

2

（姓氏） a surname:

 

• 少年唯

  Shao Nianwei

中文释义

• 数量小的，与“多”相对：多～。～量。～许。

• 缺，不够：缺～。减～。

• 不经常：～有。～见。

• 短时间：～等。～候。～顷。

• 丢，遗失：屋里～了东西。

• 轻视：“且夫我尝闻～仲尼之闻而轻伯夷之义者，如吾弗信，今我睹子之难穷也”。

双语例句

1、

城内停车场虽少，但都设在关键地方。

The parking areas in the town are few, but strategically placed.

2、

太多的学校在争夺太少的生源。

There are too many schools chasing too few pupils.

3、

可以把病床隔开，以使病人少受干扰。

Beds can be screened off to give patients more privacy.

4、

两个拳击手赛前量的体重都比规定限度少几磅。

Both boxers weighed in at several pounds below the limit.

5、

他说话时神情少有地认真。

He spoke with a seriousness that was unusual in him.

6、

这个政府想法很多但执行的却太少。

The government is long on ideas but short on performance.

7、

申请做教学工作的人数越来越少。

The number of applicants for teaching posts has tapered off.

8、

主观因素介入愈少，愈能作出恰当的判断。

People who are less subjectively involved are better judges.

9、

我得说，你可没少帮忙！

You're a great help, I must say!