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les.serH5les7E5, $-Ladj [before n; not gradable]Lesser is used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount or importance as something else.较小的，较少的，次一等的A lesser man (= a man who was not as strong or brave) might have given up at that point.一个稍弱些的人在那种情况下可能已经放弃了。The charge of murder was altered to the lesser (= less serious) charge of manslaughter.谋杀的罪名被改为较轻的杀人罪名。Ethiopia and, to a lesser extent/degree, Kenya will be badly affected by the drought.埃塞俄比亚和肯尼亚（在稍轻的程度上），将会受到干旱的严重影响。If something is the lesser of two evils it is bad, but not as bad as something else.两桩坏事中较轻者He said that allowing a criminal to escape was the lesser of two evils when the alternative was imprisoning an innocent person.他说虽然允许罪犯逃跑不是一个好的办法，但总比羁押一个无辜的人要好。
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