little

英[ˈlɪtl]美[ˈlɪtl]

det. 少量的，不多的；

pron.少量的，不多的；

adv.微小地，一点地；

adj.小的，可爱的，年幼的，短的，不严重的；

比较级：less;

*高级：least;

名词：littleness;

英语六级真题

deprive colleges of the right to manage their facilitiesmake workers less motivated in performing dutiesrender a number of campus workers joblesslead to the privatization of campus facilitiesThe outsourcing plan is not yet finalized.

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.

Working-class children are happier, more independent, complain less and are closer to family members, Ms.

Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.

The video challenge does not put individual students on the hot seat—so it's less intimidating by design.

The reason is that when carbon is priced, those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first.

The cycle continues: Poorer parents have less time and fewer resources to invest in their children, which can leave children less prepared for school and work, which leads to lower earnings.

Social scientists say the differences arise in part because low-income parents have less money to spend on music class or preschool, and less flexible schedules to take children to museums or attend school events.

Physical punishment is used much less by well-educated parents.

Of families earning less than $30,000, 59% of children have done sports, 37% have volunteered and 41 % have taken arts classes.

Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel ( ' , 服装) on the basis of utility.

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.

Less-educated parents, and poorer and black and Latino parents are more likely to believe that there is no such thing as too much involvement in a child's education.

Even people whose data are less popular can benefit.

Economic reasoning shows that the least expensive way for each country is to put a price on carbon emissions.

Discipline techniques vary by education level: 8% of those with a postgraduate degree say they often beat their children, compared with 22% of those with a high school degree or less.

But efforts are in place to expose more black, Hispanic, and low-income students to advanced math, in the hope that the demographic pool of high-level contenders will eventually begin to shift and become less exclusive.

71% of parents with a college degree say they do it every day, compared with 33% of those with a high school diploma or less.

We need to accept that fact across much of the planet, so waste with little or no treatment will be used in agriculture for good reason.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

That is far less likely to happen if Congress also adopts strong pay-go rules requiring that any increase in payments to providers be offset by new taxes or budget cuts.

Southern states without strong teachers' unions have schools at least as awful as those in union states.

Perhaps there is less to fight about, with the country in a period of tranquility and the dangers of drug abuse and other unwholesome behavior well known.

Just having a strong teacher for one elementary year left pupils a bit less likely to become mothers as teenagers, a bit more likely to go to college and earning more money at age 28.

It will make the farm produce less competitive on the market.

It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-year-olds—are way down: Little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first given the vote.

It contributes little to the elimination of inequality.

Fair competition might create a strong incentive for insurers to charge less.

Clickthrough rates have been high so far ( ' , around 3-4%, compared with less than 0.3% online), but that may be a result of the novelty.

But we also found little interest in civic life beyond the tight circles of their family and immediate friends.

America's education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequality from one generation to the next.

Asked what they would like to change in the world, the students mentioned only personal concerns such as slowing down the pace of life, gaining good friends, becoming more spiritual, becoming either more materially successful or less materially oriented ( ' , depending on the student's values), and being more respectful of the Earth, animals and other people.

While yoga and meditation ( ' , 静思 ) are scientifically proven to reduce stress levels, these programs do little to target the root causes of burnout and disengagement.

Those simultaneous challenges appear less overwhelming with increasingly better answers to a centuries-old question: how to make power portable.

They slept six hours a night or less.

They have little responsibility for public health problems.

These less- stressed workers gained an average of 62 minutes per week of productivity.

There is also very little detail on who will provide the funds or, importantly, who is responsible for their provision.

The most climate-vulnerable countries in the world have contributed very little to creating the global disease from which they now suffer the most.

The employees were less likely to leave their jobs, resulting in reduced turnover.

Studying at university will only become less attractive if employers shift their focus away from where someone went to university--and there is no sign of that happening anytime soon.

Schoololeavers may moan, but they have little choice but to embrace university and the student debt that comes with it.

Research finds that if employees suffer from high stress, they will be less motivated, less productive and more likely to quit.

Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don't learn anything.

No wonder it has become fashionable to denounce many universities as little more than elaborate con-tricks ( ' , 骗术).

Less than an hour away by snowmobile, Chinese labourers have updated the Great Wall Station, a vital part of China's plan to operate five bases on Antarctica, complete with an indoor badminton court and sleeping quarters for 150 people.

It has little to do with the quality or taste of cigarettes.

It has little impact on their decision whether or not to quit smoking.

It has just grown up a little.

If going to university doesn't work out, students pay very little--if any--of their tuition fees back: you only start repaying when you are earning ￡21,000 a year.

At least three Russian stations are already operating in Antarctica, part of its effort to challenge the dominance of the American GPS, and new stations are planned for sites like the Russian base, in the shadow of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity.

And while you may forgive your smartphone an occasional fault, you probably have less patience for error messages from your door lock.

And while assessments vary widely, geologists estimate that Antarctica holds at least 36 billion barrels of oil and natural gas.

Almost half of graduates--those who go on to earn less--will have a portion of their debt written off.

The third element of love in Sternberg’s theory is what he calls decision commitment, the decision that one is in a love relationship, the willingness to label it as such and the commitment to maintain that relationship at least for some period of time.

The purpose of today’s lecture, as you have seen from the title and the abstract, is to examine in more detail the problems facing small- and medium-sized enterprises which arise at least in part from having to adapt to rapid advances in technology.

In ponds closest to the colony, the result showed there were far more pollutants than the ponds less affected by the birds.

With little else to go on, they were asked to estimate Mr.Williams's salary, professional standing, and educational background.

They tend to offer too many less challenging courses.

They may have to use less effective drugs.

The shift, little noticed outside the medical establishment but already controversial inside it, suggests that doctors are starting to redefine their roles, from being concerned exclusively about individual patients to exerting influence on how healthcare dollars are spent.

Tennessee State's overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

Perhaps many teachers have too little time to allow students to form and pursue their own questions and too much ground to cover in the curriculum.

Overuse of less effective medicines.

Many large institutions keep this kind of data secret—or at least make it incredibly difficult to find.

Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know- how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

For students who have been coasting through college, and for American universities that have been demanding less work, offering more attractions and charging higher tuition, the party may soon be over.

But the most pervasive problem is less obvious: our own behaviour.

As a result, Black people are thought of a less competent and as having colder personalities.

Charles, as a singer, do you ever make yourself cry when you sing? I wonder if you can tell me a little bit about your job as a radio announcer.

And breakfast time arrived, and the coach driver had arranged for us to stop at this little cafe.

Another study also found eating a high-fat and high-sugar breakfast each day for as little as four days resulted in problems with learning and memory similar to those observed in overweight and obese individuals.

But compared with apes and monkeys, we have very little.

But I stopped after I showed my wife a little section.

But the first bite was a pleasant surprise, a little dry and lacking of taste, but at least a wing didn't get stuck in my throat.

Can you tell us a little about that?

Even parents who can see that a trip is little more than a party or celebration may well feel guilt that their child is left behind.

kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

For instance, a research group here at Arizona State University recently claimed their developmental small CubeSats could cost as little as $3, 000 to put in orbit.

However, at a time of financial crisis, funding diminished and little changed.

I think she is to be commended for making an effort to include anecdotes about little known female scientist.

I was a little surprised to be invited, to be honest.

I wonder if you can tell me a little bit about your job as a radio announcer.

If going to university doesn't work out, students pay very little—if any—of their tuition fees back: you only start repaying when you are earning £21,000 a year.

If you eat two eggs topped with a little bit of cheese and an orange on the side, you already have 22 grams of protein.

It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-yearolds— are way down: little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first giv

It's a little dry and salty.

Matter and the now more exotic anti-matter would have had little space to avoid each other.

Moffitt said it's still unclear why some children have better self-control than others, though she says other researchers have found that it's mostly a learned behavior, with relatively little genetic influence.

Most large supermarket chains have cured ham in little packets.

Next, Twenge's team dug a little deeper into the data on screen time.

No wonder it has become fashionable to denounce many universities as little more than elaborate con-tricks.

Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel on the basis of utility.

Our customers come in and enjoy their food and drinks, while little rabbits play about and brush against their legs.

So Frankie in both real life and in the TV show lives in New York city, is a comic, is divorced, and has two little daughters.

Sometimes a young child may get overexcited and be a little too rough, but it's never a serious matter.

Teachers and students alike have experienced the curious paradox that beginners, as a rule, tend to think too little about what they are doing because they think too much about what they are doing.

That costume is often referred to as the most famous little black dress of all time.

The idea of one going in my mouth made me feel a little sick.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

DET

（数量上）微少的，少到几乎没有的（可用so，too，very修饰）

You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of little.

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ADV-GRADED

（频率或程度）微小地，小到几乎没有地

Little means not very often or to only a small extent.

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DET

（数量上）不多的（亦作a very little）

A little of something is a small amount of it, but not very much. You can also say a very little.

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ADV-GRADED

短时间地；一会儿地

If you do something a little, you do it for a short time.

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ADV-GRADED

（程度上）一点地，少量地

A little or a little bit means to a small extent or degree.

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PHRASE

逐渐地；一点一点地

If something happens little by little, it happens very gradually.

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英汉词典释义

adj.

小的, 幼小的, 矮小的，比较小的

(时间、距离)短的，近的，短暂的

琐碎的, 微不足道的，不严重的，不认真的

（用在形容词的后面表示喜爱或厌恶，尤指屈尊俯就地）可爱的，可怜的，讨厌的

(表示否定)(数量)微量的；不多的

[a little](表示肯定)一点点，有一些

(人或动物)幼小的；小得可爱；讨人喜欢的

(声音)不响亮的；微弱的；不强的

小得可鄙的，卑鄙的；可恶的

pron.

少量, 些许，一些，不多

adv.

少到几乎没有, 毫不, 难得, 很少，少许，少量，略微，稍微

n.

(表示否定)微少；没有多少；几乎没有

短时间；短距离

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a small amount or duration;

Adjective

1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

2. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some;

3. of short duration or distance;

4. not fully grown;

5. (informal terms) small and of little importance;

6. (of a voice) faint;

7. younger brother or sister;

8. lowercase;

9. small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context);

Adverb

1. not much;