A suburb was sub, or something less than, a city.

郊区是区，或者比城市小。

But they like to do things on their own. However, the term can mean something less than desirable.

但他们做事情喜欢独来独往。但这个词还能指不及期望的某些东西。

As the teams zoomed out on to the pitch he named the players with something less than his usual gusto.

在两支球队飞快地跑到球场上时，他报出了球员们的姓名，但是不像以往那样兴致勃勃了。

It could be something less than friend, you know?

这可能不是朋友，你知道吗？

Again her glance dismissed Tisdall as something less than human.

她的目光再次将提斯达尔视为非人类。

But we're assuming the sample is something less than a population.

但我们假设样本小于总体。

" Several" is more than two, but not a thousand or not 50 – something less than that.

“几个”多于两个，但不是一千个，也不是五十个——比那还少的东西。

The Tower pound seems to have been something more than the Roman pound, and something less than the Troyes pound.

塔镑似乎高于罗马镑， 低于特鲁瓦镑。

The next time a bully makes you feel like you're something less than this amazing collection of positive traits and talents, remember this list.

下次当霸凌者让你觉得自己不具备这些优秀品质和才能时，记住这张清单。

This reaction yields something less than the sum of its parts, for an alpha particle is lighter than four free protons.

这个反应产生的东西小于其各部分的总和，因为一个 alpha 粒子比四个自由质子轻。

We sense within ourselves this infinite longing for God, but we attempt to fill it up with something less than God.

我们内心感受到这种对天主的无限渴望，但我们却试图用其他不如天主的东西来填补。

We're hungry for God, but we try to fill the hunger with something less than God and so necessarily we are frustrated.

我们渴慕天主，却用不如天主的事物来填补渴望，而这必然失败。

Back in the 1970s, about 45 percent of all families in the U.S. were nuclear families, now it is something less than 25 percent.

早在 1970 年代，美国所有家庭中约有 45% 是核心家庭， 现在这一比例不到 25%。

We know that we need God, but we try to fill the void with something less than God, some combination of those four things.

我们知道自己需要天主，但我们却试图用其他不如天主的替代品来填补空虚。

'No, ' replied Mr. Limbkins; 'at least, as it's a nasty business, we think you ought to take something less than the premium we offered.

“不，”林金斯先生回答。 “至少，因为这是一项令人讨厌的生意，我们认为你应该接受低于我们提供的保费的东西。

But when I came to reckon up what remained to me of my capital, I found it amounted to something less than four hundred pounds!

但是当我算了一下我剩下的资本时， 我发现它总共不到四百英镑！

" To disappoint" someone is to make someone feel sad by not meeting their expectations – by doing something less than what people thought you would do.

“让某人失望” 是指因为没有达到他们的期望而让某人感到难过——通过做一些比人们认为你会做的少的事情。

Yeah, there's something less than 40% of the homes in the U.S. now who use gas cooking, and there are very few climate-warming emissions that come from that stove itself.

是的，现在美国只有不到 40% 的家庭使用燃气烹饪，而且炉灶本身产生的导致气候变暖的排放物也很少。

When they import more bullion than is wanted, rather than incur the risk and trouble of exporting it again, they are sometimes willing to sell a part of it for something less than the ordinary or average price.

当他们进口的金条比需要的多时，与其承担再次出口的风险和麻烦，他们有时愿意以低于正常或平均价格的价格出售一部分。

The journey was a long one. For, although the distance between them was something less than two hundred miles, the train meandered to points far out of the way and stopped for long hours at certain stations during the night.

这是一段漫长的旅程。因为，虽然他们之间的距离不到两百英里，但火车蜿蜒曲折地驶向遥远的地​​方，并在夜间在某些车站停了很长时间。