less and less

釋義

1. 牛津電影裡 89%

   越來越少

   smaller and smaller amounts

   I started playing less and less.

電影裡這樣說 · 9 部

• across her skin is doing less and less good...It's Such a Beautiful Day2012
• - Truly? Because we do it less and less. - Yes. Of course.Husbands and Wives1992
• General Turgidson, I am becoming less and less interested...Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
• doing less and less good..."]It's Such a Beautiful Day2012
• I started playing less and less.You're Not You2014
• But then the letters start comin' less and less.The Secret Life of Bees2008
• In the ensuing years, patients were given less and less care.Sicko2007
• More and more I'm breathing less and less.She Loves Me2016

在完整場景裡學

• 丈夫、太太與情人1992
  • 飯前宣佈兩人要分開：grow apart（漸漸疏遠）
  • 深夜夫妻翻婚姻舊賬：to the best of my knowledge（就我所知）
  • 電話裡逼問出同居：a different ball game（完全是另一回事）
• 奇愛博士1964
  • 轟炸機長戰前動員：toe-to-toe（硬碰硬）
  • 秘書替將軍擋電話：what's cooking（有什麼動靜）
  • 想撤回核攻擊命令：cause a stink（鬧得滿城風雨）

同一詞條的短語

• less is more
• no less
• no less than
• even less
• more or less
• a little bird told me
• great oaks from little acorns grow
• do wonders
• little by little

習語頻道里接下來

• put to sleep
• the survival of the fittest
• it figures
• a last resort
• yes and no
• i'm sorry to say
• without fail
• pick a fight
• without exception
• wouldn't be seen dead
• make use of
• with open arms