meeting and departing are irregular
少───less;离───leave
I expect it to earn its cost in less than three years.───我希望它在3年内赚回成本.
Five is less than seven.───五比七小.
He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer.───有人劝他少抽烟、少喝啤酒。
She might have been less dismissive of my talents if he could have seen my latest achievements.───如果她看到我最近的成就,她也许就不会那么小看我的才干了.
By then, Henry seemed less compliant with his wife's wishes than he had six months before.───与六个月以前相比,亨利当时对他妻子的意愿似乎已不那么百依百顺了。
He is none the less vigorous for his years.───他虽年老而依然健壮.
Think much, speak little, and write less.
The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries.
Company in distress makes trouble [the sorrow] less.