1. 在较小程度下:on the verge of - 接近于,濒临于 | to a lesser extent - 在较小程度下 | major loss - 重大损失
2. 程度稍轻:turbulence 动乱 | chaos 混乱 | to a lesser extent 程度稍轻
1. The fund would maintain a surplus though to a lesser extent than last year, he added.
2. Child rights campaigners say the impact of early marriages on girls - and to a lesser extent boys - is devastating.
3. All the governments have to learn how to implement quality measures that these things don't happen or happen to a lesser extent.
4. Voter fatigue may be partly to blame for Brown's recent woes, and to a lesser extent those of the SPD in Germany.
adv
1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
e.g. less interesting
less expensive
less quickly
Synonym: less