重点讲解:
1. less than
(用在数字或数量前)少于,低于,比…少;
eg. Motorways actually cover less than 0.1 percent of the countryside.
高速公路的实际覆盖面积还不到农村地区的0。1%。
eg. Less than a half hour later he returned upstairs.
不到半个小时,他又跑上楼来。
2. cling to
缠住;依附;
eg. The road extends several miles along coastline, then cling to the inland.
这条路延海岸线延伸了几英里, 然后转向内陆。
eg. I have had too many identities to cling to one name!
我有太多的身份而不能被附着于一个名字上。
3. by far
(比较时用作强调)显然,…得多,大大地;
eg. By far the most important issue for them is unemployment.
对他们来说最重要的无疑就是失业问题。
eg. It was better by far to be clear-headed.
保持头脑清醒要好得多。
n. 紧抓,紧贴
vi. 粘紧,附着,紧贴