时间：2022-07-30 01:34
1、意思上的区别：fewer than：少于。less than：不足；以内；小于，决不；没有。2、用法上的区别：fewer than用于可数名词。less than用于不可数名词，实际生活中也可以用于可数名词。例句：Yesterday no fewer than thirty climbers reached the summit.昨天至少30名攀登者登上了顶峰。The marriage had lasted for less than two years.这段婚姻维持了不到两年。
1、与具体人/物连用时，多用fewer than,在非正式语体中也可用less than。
2、在与表示时间/距离/金额的计量名词(days/hours/miles/dollars)连用时，要用less than+数词+计量名词结构：
In less than two years,no fewer than three coalitions have formed with the intent of building mobile handset operating systems with input from all comers.
在不到两年的时间里至少形成了三个联盟，目标都是建立适于所有机型输入的移动手机操系统。
1、There are no fewer than 100 different species in the area.
这个地区有不少于100个的不同物种。
2、Combined there were fewer than 100 cases in those three countries.
而这三个国家的病例总和少于100例。
3、There were fewer than twenty people there.
那里有不到二十个人。
4、Fewer than 20 students passed all the exams.
不到20个学生考试全部及格。
5、Fewer than a thousand giant pandas still live in the wild.
只有不到1,000只大熊猫仍然在野外生活。
6、Fewer than forty per cent voted—the threshold for results to be valid.
投票的人不到40%——投票结果无效。
7、Yesterday no fewer than thirty climbers reached the summit
昨天至少30名攀登者登上了顶峰。
8、Fewer than 10 percent of applicants are granted political asylum by German courts.
申请政治庇护者中，只有不到10%获得了德国法庭批准。
9、The detective discovered no fewer than 35 fingerprints.
那位侦探发现了至少35个指纹。
10、Fewer than 7%of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。
11、In The Dictionary of Quotations,there are no fewer than one and a half columns devoted to'kiss'.
在《引语词典》中，“亲吻”这一条目不下一栏半。
12、Regrettably,he resorts to the familiar numbers game when he boasts that fewer than 300 state enterprises currently remain in the public sector.
遗憾的是，他又玩起了老一套的数字游戏，吹嘘说目前属于公有部门的国营企业已不到300家。
13、Fewer than 4%of countries are responsible for more than half of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
不足4%的国家排放出了全球一半多世界温室气体。
14、Since fewer than half of Americans say they cook at an intermediate level and only 20%describe their cooking skills as advanced,the crisis is one of confidence.
由于只有不到一半的美国人称自己的烹饪水平处于中等水平，只有20%的人称自己的烹饪技能高超，这场危机其实是一场信心危机。
15、In one study in Great Britain,fewer than half of the workers ran out of all their vacation days.
英国的一项研究表明，只有不到一半的工人用完了他们的所有假期。
16、That is far fewer than the country needs.
这一数量远远少于该国的需求。
17、But fewer than 15 percent of those over 50 said the same.
但是在超过50岁的受访者中只有不到15%的人说他们嫉妒的是这类事物。
18、Now it makes far fewer than half.
现在这个比例远远低于1/2。
19、You're Getting Fewer Than 5 Hours A Night
睡眠不足5小时
20、fewer than half of those who were told they were just on time did so.
认为时间差不多的一组里只有不到一半的人这样做。
1、When a carpet was contaminated,less than 1%of the bacteria were transferred.
当地毯被污染时，少于1%的细茵会被转移。
2、There were not less than 10,"he said.
不会少于10。”他说道。
3、We'll be there in less than no time.
我们马上就到。
4、The whole operation is performed in less than three seconds.
全部运算在三秒内完成。
5、They could not achieve their target of less than 3%inflation.
他们未能达到通货膨胀低于3%的目标。
6、We won't let the house go for less than$200 000.
这房子低于20万元我们是不会卖的。
7、I eat lots less than I used to.
我比以前吃得少多了。
8、He has to manage on less than£100 a week.
他就靠每周不到100英镑来维持生活。
9、Parliament sits for less than six months of the year.
议会一年的开会时间不足六个月。
10、They were less than truthful about their part in the crime.
他们对自己在这次犯罪中所起的作用讲的绝非实情。
11、He ran the mile in less than four minutes.
他用了不到四分钟就跑完一英里。
12、The guide contains details of no less than 115 hiking routes.
这本导游指南包括多达115条徒步旅行路线的详细介绍。
13、The wedding preparations take weeks but the actual ceremony takes less than an hour.
准备婚礼要几周，而婚礼仪式本身还不到一小时。
14、The victory was nothing less than a miracle.
这场胜利是个不折不扣的奇迹。
15、He lost by less than 100 votes.
他以相差不到100张选票败北。
16、The book is less than inspiring.
那本书不大吸引人。
17、The receptionist was less than helpful.
那接待员一点忙都不帮。
18、Together they account for less than five per cent of the population
他们总共占不到总人口的5%。
19、It was the second air disaster in the region in less than two months
这已经是该地区不到两个月内的第二次空难了。
20、Peterson was let go after less than two years.
不到两年彼得森就被解雇了。
