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重点在less, less 比较特殊， 1.作little的比较级，更少的 eg. The new method costs less money. 2.作noun.，且单复数同，更少或更小量，较小的部分 eg. John will not take less The project was completed in less than two years. 3 作adv.，作little的比较级，更少地，更小地 eg. The child was less hurt than frighted. Malaria cases are quite common in the tropical areas but less so in cold places.(less与 quite平行修饰common,adv.修饰adj.) -以上解释例子出自《新英汉词典》 所以出题的时候容易从less的多词性下手设陷阱，refer to OG10-101 101. Even though the direct costs of malpractice disputes amounts to a sum lower than one percent of the $541 billion the nation spent on health care last year, doctors say fear of lawsuits plays a major role in health-care inflation. (A)
amounts to a sum lower (B)
amounts to less (C)
amounted to less (D)
amounted to lower (E) amounted to a lower sum
The correct choice must feature a verb that agrees with the plural noun costs and refers to an action completed last year (past tense). The verb amounts in A and B fulfills neither condition, and
amounts to a sum in A is redundant.
The same redundancy occurs in E, and the construction a lower sum than is awkward and imprecise in the context of the sentence. In D,
the adjective lower is erroneously used in place of the noun less as object of the preposition to.
Choice C is best.
再如 OG10-106 106. The decision by one of the nation's largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on multigovernment lenders to supply the funds. (A) increasing the pressure (B) the increasing pressure (C) increased pressure (D)
the pressure increased (E) the pressure increasing The best answer will complete the phrase could mean less lending with a construction that is parallel to less lending.
Here less is an adjective modifying lending, which functions as a noun in naming a banking activity. C, the best choice, parallels this adjective + noun construction with increased [adjective] pressure [noun]. Choice A violates parallelism by introducing a phrase in place of the adjective + noun construction. Choices D and E also fail to parallel the adjective + noun construction. In choice B, the definite article the needlessly suggests that some previously mentioned type of pressure is being referred to, and increasing implies without warrant that the increase has been continuing for some indefinite period of time, not that it occurs as a consequence of the bank's decision. 抓住fewer(fewer仅是few的形容词比较级,few可做n.,pron.,fewer不可),lower是形容词比较级，less除此之外还能作名词的用法就差不多了。 Just FYR | 
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发表于 2007-8-13 01:21:00
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是你的帖子给了我启发总结一下less, 呵呵，多谢mm.
