She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators!(她可以心算复杂的数字,而我们常人就需要计算器!)
But it is also true of lesser-known scribblers.(一些鲜为人知的三流作家也是如此。)
They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage.(他们对较轻的刑事伤害罪的指控服罪。)
In no sense mercurial, these great fortunes survived the financial panics that destroyed lesser ones.(这些巨大的财富绝不是反复无常的,它们在金融恐慌中幸存了下来。)
Compared with stealing money, stealing book was the lesser evil.(对比偷钱采说,偷书算是较小的罪恶了。)
Other polls also show Obama ahead by a lesser margin.(其它的调查结果也显示奥巴马领先,但差距较小。)
The law was designed to protect wives, and, to a lesser extent, children.(这条法律是为了保护妻子,其次是保护子女。)
A variety of other crops, including oranges and tomatoes destined to become processed foods, are also picked mechanically, albeit to a slightly lesser extent.(其他多种作物,包括注定要成为加工食品的橙子和西红柿,也都是机械采摘的,尽管使用机械的程度略低。)
Certainly this makes moisture and rot lesser problems!(当然这样就较少地造成潮湿和腐烂问题。)
Most pop music is influenced, to a greater or lesser degree, by the blues.(大多数流行音乐或多或少都受布鲁斯音乐的影响。)