much less是什么意思，much less的意思翻译、用法、同义词、例句

much less英标

美:/'mʌtʃ les/

更不用说；不及

I read much less now than I used to.

我现在看的书比过去少得多。

They are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in.

他们总是缺饮用水，更不用说洗澡水了。

Maggie had seen him nearly every day at first. Now she saw him much less.

起初玛吉几乎每天都见到他，现在见到他的次数少得多了。

I certainly didn't understand how they even connected really to chemical reactions, much less other disciplines that I was interested in.

我当然不明白它们是如何与化学反应联系起来的，更不用说我感兴趣的其他学科了。

He was much less flashy than his brother.

他远没有他哥哥那么华而不实。

"much less" 是一个英语短语，主要用于否定语境中，表示"更不用说""更何况"，强调前文所述情况已不可能，后文所述更不可能实现。以下是详细解析：

核心用法：

否定递进
用于否定句后，引出比前文更不可能或更不合理的状况。
▸ 例句： He can't solve basic equations, much less advanced calculus.（他连基础方程都不会解，更不用说高等微积分了。）
结构要求
- 前句必须为否定句（含否定词如 not, no, never 等）
- 后接成分需与前句语法结构对等（如名词、动词原形等）
  ▸ 例句： She didn't apologize, much less offer compensation.（她没道歉，更别提赔偿了。）

对比其他短语：

still less：语义相同但更正式，多用于书面语
▸ 例句： The theory lacks evidence, still less experimental proof.
let alone：口语中更常用，可替换"much less"
▸ 例句： I can't run a mile, let alone a marathon.

常见错误：

误用于肯定句：
❌ He can swim, much less dive.
✅ He can't swim, much less dive.
结构不对等：
❌ She doesn't eat meat, much less cooking it.
✅ She doesn't eat meat, much less cook it.

记忆技巧：
想象一个向下延伸的阶梯，前句是较低的台阶（否定），"much less"指向更深的下一级（更极端的否定）。例如："不会走（否定）→ 更不会跑（更深否定）"。

单词 "much less" 表示 "更少" 或 "更少的多"。以下是详细的解释：

"much less" 是一个副词短语，通常用来指示某物的数量比另一物要少得多。例如：

以下是几个常见的例句，用以说明 "much less" 的用法：

The company's profits this year were much less than last year. (该公司今年的利润比去年少得多。)
The traffic in this city is much less chaotic than it used to be. (这个城市的交通现在比以前少得多。)
I'm much less tired today than I was yesterday. (我今天比昨天少得多累。)

"much less" 的含义是 "更少" 或 "更少的多"，它强调数量的巨大差异。通常用来表达对比两个事物之间数量的巨大差别。

"much less" 的近义词包括：

"much less" 的反义词是 "much more"，表示两者之间数量的巨大差异，但是与 "much less" 的区别在于 "much more" 表示增加或增多的数量。