少
- 形few;little
- 动be short;lack;lose;be missing
- 副seldom;a little while;a moment
少
- 形young
- 名son of a rich family;young master
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数量小的，与“多”相对：多～。～量。～许。
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缺，不够：缺～。减～。
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不经常：～有。～见。
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短时间：～等。～候。～顷。
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丢，遗失：屋里～了东西。
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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”。
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年纪轻或年轻人：～年。～女。～壮（年轻力壮）。
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古代辅佐长官的副职：～傅。～保。
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次级的：～校。～将（jiàng ）。
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姓。
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（数量小） few; little; less:
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少出差错
made fewer mistakes;
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少说空话
renounce empty talk;
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以少胜多
defeat the many with the few;
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留下吃饭的人很少。
Only a few stayed for dinner.
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你应该少喝酒。
You should drink less.
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9比7少2。
Seven is two less than nine.
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少花钱， 多办事。
Get more done on less money.
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现在我工作中困难少些了。
Now I meet with fewer difficulties in my work.
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最近我们很少见到他。
We've seen very little of him lately.
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（不够原有或应有的数目; 缺少） be short; lack:
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缺医少药
be short of doctors and medicine;
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还少一双筷子。
We still lack a pair of chopsticks.
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我们还少两把椅子。
We've still two chairs short.
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我们少一个好的守门员。
We lack a good goalkeeper.
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账算错了，少一块钱。
This account is wrong; we're one yuan short.
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（丢; 遗失） lose; be missing:
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看看少不少人。
See if anyone is missing.
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少了一本书。
One book is missing.
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他屋里少了东西。
He had lost sth. in his house.
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羊群里少了几只羊。
A few sheep have been lost from the flock.
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这里肯定少了一个字。
Surely, there's a word missing here.
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（不要） stop; quit:
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少废话!
Stop talking rubbish!
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少给我装蒜！
Stop pretending!
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少来这一套。
Cut it out.; Quit that!
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（稀有） seldom:
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少见
seldom seen; unique; rare
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（暂时; 稍微） a little while; a moment:
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请少候。
Wait a moment, please.
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（年纪轻） young:
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男女老少
men and women; old and young;
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做这项工作， 他还有点年少。
He is too young to do the work.
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（少爷） son of a rich family; young master:
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恶少
young ruffian;
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阔少
a profligate son of the rich
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（姓氏） a surname:
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少年唯
Shao Nianwei
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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 .
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太多的学校在争夺太少的生源。
There are too many schools chasing too few pupils .
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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 .
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他说话时神情少有地认真。
He spoke with a seriousness that was unusual in him .
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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 .
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申请做教学工作的人数越来越少。
The number of applicants for teaching posts has tapered off .
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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 .
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一天下来我们少了20英镑。
At the end of the day we were £ 20 down .
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我得说，你可没少帮忙！
You 're a great help , I must say !
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很矛盾的是，她吃得越少，就变得越胖。
Paradoxically , the less she ate , the fatter she got .
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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 .
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这么少的工资让人怎么活呀？
How can anyone live on such a miserable wage ?
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今年来访的旅游者似乎少了。
There seem to be fewer tourists around this year .
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一所学校在一周内就有两起开除学生的事是少有的。
Two exclusions from one school in the same week is unusual .
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用左手写字的人比用右手的人少。
Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right .
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有人劝他少抽烟、少喝啤酒。
He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer .
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这条小路比刚才那条陡，走的人少。
The path was steeper and less travelled than the previous one .
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与普遍的看法相反，妇女交通肇事比男人少。
Contrary to popular belief , women cause fewer road accidents than men .
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送货送来的土豆少了好几公斤。
The delivery of potatoes was several kilos light .
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他挣的钱比我少。
He doesn 't earn as much as me .
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有子女家庭比无子女家庭的人均开销相对地少。
Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children .
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我比以前吃得少多了。
I eat lots less than I used to .
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他的演讲少有轻松幽默的地方。
There was little comic relief in his speech .
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十月份游客人数越来越少。
The number of tourists tails off in October .
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她以少有的一丝诙谐微笑了。
She smiled with a rare flash of humour .
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他没少让父母操心。
He caused his parents a lot of grief .
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他说得多做得少。
He 's more a talker than a doer .
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随着时间的推移，我们见面越来越少。
As time went by we saw less and less of each other .
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遗憾的是，这样的好运太少了。
Unhappily , such good luck is rare .
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现在我们要担忧的事少一些了。
We have less to worry about now .