less确实是little的比较急，基本意思是“较少的、更少的”，这时注意它的词性是形容词。1.less多用来修饰不可数名词，但是当名词前有数次或a few等修饰词时，其后可接可数名词：The firm has less money and fewer staff than last year.?公司的资金和人员都比去年少了。If you don’t want to get fat, eat less food.?你如果不想长胖，就少吃点食物。We could do with a few more workers and a few less supervisors.?我们可以再增加几个工人，减少几个监工。2.在把时间、距离、金钱等短语看做是一个整体时，less可用来修饰可数名词：We got there in less than four hours.?我们用了不到四个小时的时间就到那里了。3.在有些短语中，说话人着眼于有关事物大约的量，而不去细算精确的数额是，less也可用来修饰可数名词；Less people study Latin today than before.?现在学拉丁语的人比以前少。4.用在感叹句中，less后可接可数名词。If only there were less holes!?要是窟窿少些该多好啊！