He could do no less than ask Tom up; and Tom could do no less than go up.

他只能请汤姆来。汤姆只能上去。

I really could do no less than ask a question about its contents, although I did not feel the slightest interest.

我真的只能问一个关于它的内容的问题，尽管我没有丝毫兴趣。

Withal I felt dizzy and queer; and remembering that people often got a boat and had a swim in mid-stream, I thought I would do no less.

与此同时，我感到头晕目眩， 古怪不已。 记得人们经常乘船在中流游泳， 我想我会做同样的事情。

Grateful for the lenity shown them, and in order in some measure to repay it, they could do no less, of course, than pilot me to the melon-patch.

感谢他们表现出的宽容， 为了在某种程度上报答它，他们当然可以做同样的事情， 而不是带我去西瓜地。

'Since you ask, I can do no less than say I am, Stephen, ' continued Knight slowly, and with more resolution of manner than he had shown all the day.

“既然你问了，我只能说我是，斯蒂芬，”奈特慢慢地继续说道，而且比他一整天表现出的态度更加坚决。

But when she came to the plantation, they lost sight of her; and they could do no less. For she went quietly over the wall after Tom, and followed him wherever he went.

但是当她来到种植园时，他们就看不见她了。他们也不能少。因为她悄悄地跟着汤姆翻墙过去，无论他走到哪里，她都跟在他身后。

It is a saying of the country that an Outside dog starves to death on the ration of the husky, so the six Outside dogs under Buck could do no less than die on half the ration of the husky.

一个说法在北国流传，外来狗吃爱斯基摩狗的定量就得饿死。巴克手下的那六条外来狗只吃爱斯基摩狗定量的一半，当然只有饿死一路，其他无路可走了。