Our galaxy is so huge that dozens of lesser galaxies scamper about it, like moons orbiting a giant planet.

我们的银河系实在庞大，吸引着数十个较小的星系环绕着它奔跑，恰似环绕巨大行星旋转的卫星。

Factors like strong patrilineality and patrilocality, as well as women's inferior land rights and lesser involvement in trade, made women more dependent on men than was generally the case in Ghana.

与加纳的一般情况相比，像父权制以及从夫居等强大的因素，以及妇女的劣等土地权和较少的贸易参与等因素，使得妇女更加依赖男子。

People voted for him as the lesser of two evils.

人们投票选他只是出于两害相权取其轻罢了。

Students played the lesser parts and sang in the chorus.

学生们扮演了一些次要角色，并参加了合唱团的演唱。

He was encouraged to plead guilty to the lesser offence.

有人怂恿他供认犯了那个较轻的罪行。

They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage.

他们对较轻的刑事伤害罪的指控服罪。

The sergeant faces a lesser charge of wilful neglect of duty.

这位军士面临着一个较轻的故意玩忽职守指控。

She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators!

她可以心算复杂的数字，而我们常人就需要计算器！

The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent , wildlife.

森林污染严重影响了植物的生存，其次也对野生动物造成了影响。

No medication works in isolation but is affected to a greater or lesser extent by many other factors.

任何药都不能独立起效果，而是或多或少地受到很多其它因素的影响。

A review panel concluded that there were no exceptional circumstances that would warrant a lesser penalty for him.

一个评估小组作出结论：没有什么例外情况可使他获得从轻惩罚。

They are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, lesser cold and greater cold.

它们是：立冬、小雪、大雪、冬至、小寒和大寒。

Most pop music is influenced, to a greater or lesser degree, by the blues.

大多数流行音乐或多或少都受布鲁斯音乐的影响。

The lower the gravity, the lesser the weight and the greater the height of the mountain.

重力越低，重量越小，山的高度就越高。

"The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation," said USFWS Director Daniel Ashe.

美国鱼类和野生动物管理局局长丹尼尔·阿什说：“小草原松鸡正处在绝境中。”

Now, the island is one of only a handful of lesser flamingo breeding colonies in the world.

目前该岛是世界上为数不多的小火烈鸟繁殖基地之一。

In no sense mercurial, these great fortunes survived the financial panics that destroyed lesser ones.

这些巨大的财富绝不是反复无常的，它们在金融恐慌中幸存了下来。

Refusing a lesser reward completely makes these feelings abundantly clear to other members of the group.

拒绝较低的奖励会让团队中的其他成员非常清楚这种感觉。

The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.

蒸汽的高成本、加上货运对速度的低需求，使得世界上大多数的海运货物都是通过帆船来运输的，直到20世纪初，这一状况才有所改变。

A variety of other crops, including oranges and tomatoes destined to become processed foods, are also picked mechanically, albeit to a slightly lesser extent.

其他多种作物，包括注定要成为加工食品的橙子和西红柿，也都是机械采摘的，尽管使用机械的程度略低。

The Cascadia Earthquake Zone is big enough to compete with San Andreas (it's been called the most dangerous fault in America), but it's much lesser known than its California cousin.

卡斯卡迪亚地震带足够大，可以与圣安地列斯（它被称为美国最危险的断层）相媲美，但它的知名度远不及它在加州的表亲。

But lesser companies will generally stay away.

但是小规模的公司只能保持远离。

But it is also true of lesser-known scribblers.

一些鲜为人知的三流作家也是如此。

Other polls also show Obama ahead by a lesser margin.

其它的调查结果也显示奥巴马领先，但差距较小。

Lesser opposition figures have got off less lightly.

反对程度较轻的人物，受到的惩治也较轻。

Certainly this makes moisture and rot lesser problems!

当然这样就较少地造成潮湿和腐烂问题。

Compared with stealing money, stealing book was the lesser evil.

对比偷钱采说，偷书算是较小的罪恶了。

One of the lesser known parts of my job is making introductions.

我的工作中有一个不太为人知的内容，那就是为人做介绍。