Dilute means to 'make something less strong or less valuable'.

削弱的意思是" 使某物变得不那么强或不那么有价值" 。

Could you show me something less expensive?

你能不能带我看看便宜一点的房间呢？

Could we talk about something else, something less depressing?

我们能不能谈些不太令人沮丧的事情?

Mitigate means to make something less harmful or severe.

Mitigate的意思是使某事不那么有害或严重。

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

郊区是区，或者比城市小。

In its place is something less visible and harder to police.

取而代之的是一些更难发现和侦破的案件。

Lycra-clad colleagues disappear from view and emerge in something less off-putting.

穿着莱卡紧身衣的同事从视线中消失，然后换上了一些没那么讨人厌的衣服。

To water down means to make something less forceful or effective.

淡化意味着使某事变得不那么有力或有效。

This is from the verb to dilute which means 'to make something less strong'.

这个词源于动词" 削弱" ，意思是" 使某物变弱" 。

" New people, " established Atlantians called them, when they were not calling them something less polite.

期住在亚特兰大的本地人管他们叫" 外来户，" 这还不是最客气的称呼呢。

Right? At that level of poverty, there'll be less food, less kerosene, less water—something less tonight.

对吧？那样程度的贫困，更少的食物、煤油，和水——有些东西今晚会变少。

Alternatively, you may wish to try and surprise your boss with something less common, such as this Zinfandel.

或者，你也可以尝试送一些不太常见的酒当作一个惊喜送给你的老板，比如这个仙粉黛。

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。

Phil, please let me know if you find something less haunted, still within walking distance to my psychic.

菲尔，如果你有不闹鬼而且也离我的灵媒很近的房子，请你一定要告诉我。

Users can choose " show me something less popular" or " surprise me" to get truly unusual costume ideas.

用户可以点击" 查看受欢迎度较低的服饰" 或" 惊喜模式" ，查看真正与众不同的服装创意。

It means to make something less tight.

这意味着使某些东西不那么紧。

On to something less horrifying, the Rhinoceros Hornbill!

接下来是不那么可怕的犀鸟！

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。

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。