ít hơn 
less like: weniger → →
weniger ☊ 
ít hơn ☊ 
☊ weniger ☊ 更少 ☊ gèng shǎo Aber sie bekommen im Durchschnitt 12 Prozent weniger bezahlt als ihre männlichen Kollegen. ☊ Nhưng trung bình họ nhận được lương ít hơn 12 phần trăm so với những đồng nghiệp nam. ☊ (Lektion 83, Nr. 1186) Es kostet 20 Prozent weniger. ☊ Nó rẻ hơn 20 phần trăm. ☊ (Lektion 121, Nr. 2351) They could not achieve their target of less than 3% inflation. ☊ achieve ☊
The wedding preparations take weeks but the actual ceremony takes less than an hour. ☊ actual ☊
Fish oils are less saturated than animal fats. ☊ animal ☊
That's one of the less attractive aspects of her personality. ☊ attractive ☊
The incident has shaken my belief (= made me have less confidence) in the police. ☊ belief ☊
You pay less for the supermarket's own brand. ☊ brand ☊
You pay less for the store brand. ☊ brand ☊
cleaner cars (= not producing so many harmful substances) ☊ clean ☊
The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking. ☊ cut sth down (to...), cut down (on sth) ☊
I won't have a cigarette, thanks—I'm trying to cut down (= smoke fewer). ☊ cut sth down (to...), cut down (on sth) ☊
The town fell into (a) decline (= started to be less busy, important, etc.) after the mine closed. ☊ decline ☊
Most pop music is influenced, to a greater or lesser degree, by the blues. ☊ degree ☊
desire (sb/sth) to do sth: Fewer people desire to live in the north of the country. ☊ desire ☊
Failure was slowly destroying him (= making him less and less confident and happy). ☊ destroy ☊
diet drinks (= with fewer calories than normal) ☊ diet ☊
It would ease my mind (= make me less worried) to know that she was settled. ☊ ease ☊
As we get older, our bodies become less efficient at burning up calories. ☊ efficient ☊
enthusiastic about doing sth: She was even less enthusiastic about going to Spain. ☊ enthusiastic ☊
You know even less about it than I do. ☊ even ☊
Within a few minutes she was fast asleep (= sleeping deeply). ☊ fast ☊
There seem to be fewer tourists around this year. ☊ few ☊
Fewer than 20 students passed all the exams. ☊ few ☊
There are no fewer than 100 different species in the area. ☊ few ☊
The government aims to make British industry leaner and fitter (= employing fewer people and with lower costs). ☊ fit ☊
less frequented roads ☊ frequent ☊
The reforms should give a better chance to the less able children. ☊ give ☊
We hope to be there within the hour (= in less than an hour). ☊ hour ☊
The school's reputation was ruined by the bad behaviour of a few individuals. ☊ individual ☊
As time passed, she saw less and less of all her old friends at home. ☊ less and less ☊
His simple, elegant paintings reflect his principle that less is more. ☊ less is more ☊
She's having lunch with the Director, no less. ☊ no less ☊
The guide contains details of no less than 115 hiking routes. ☊ no less than... ☊
He's too shy to ask a stranger the time, much less speak to a room full of people. ☊ even/much/still less ☊
She found the job less and less attractive. ☊ less and less ☊
He lost his looks (= became less attractive) in later life. ☊ look ☊
lose (sth) (by sth): He lost by less than 100 votes. ☊ lose ☊
I eat lots less than I used to. ☊ lot ☊
He has to manage on less than £100 a week. ☊ manage ☊
I've more or less finished the book. ☊ more or less ☊
She could earn $200 a night, more or less. ☊ more or less ☊
The less said about the whole thing, the happier I'll be. ☊ the more, less, etc..., the more, less, etc... ☊
Her illness was Nature's way of telling her to do less. ☊ nature ☊
He lost by less than one second. ☊ one ☊
The whole operation is performed in less than three seconds. ☊ operation ☊
She performed less well in the second test. ☊ perform ☊
Contrary to popular belief, women cause fewer road accidents than men. ☊ popular ☊
In practical terms, it means spending less. ☊ practical ☊
Let's go somewhere a little less public. ☊ public ☊
Within months she was elevated to ministerial rank. ☊ rank ☊
Who was the first person to run a mile in under four minutes? ☊ run ☊
The tickets sold out within hours. ☊ sell out, be sold out ☊
The roads should be less crowded today. ☊ should ☊
Within weeks, his confidence had spread throughout the team. ☊ spread ☊
He smiled at her, trying to take the sting out of his words (= trying to make the situation less painful or difficult). ☊ sting ☊
He won by two strokes (= in golf, by taking two fewer strokes than his opponent). ☊ stroke ☊
teach sb to do sth: She taught me to be less critical of other people. ☊ teach ☊
tell sb (that)...: The doctor told me (that) I should eat less fat. ☊ tell ☊
It's less than a mile to the beach. ☊ than ☊
There were fewer than twenty people there. ☊ than ☊
The less said about the whole thing, the happier I'll be. ☊ the more, less, etc..., the more, less, etc... ☊
The house seemed less threatening in the cold light of day. ☊ threatening ☊
As time went by we saw less and less of each other. ☊ time ☊
It took us under an hour. ☊ under ☊
She is trying to lose weight (= become less heavy and less fat). ☊ weight ☊