to a lesser extent

1. This also endangers American interests in other regions, although to a lesser extent
   这也危及到美国在其他地区的利益，只不过危害程度要小一些。
2. A great deal is now known about the kinds of damage produced in the DNA by ultraviolet radiations, to a lesser extent, by ionizing radiations.
   目前已经知道很多关于由紫外线辐射以及在较小程度上由电离辐射引起dna损伤的种类。
3. In the current problem, it turns out there are two domains: parenting, of course, and to a lesser extent, finance.
   在当前问题中，出现了两个领域：养育，当然，从较小范围的角度讲的融资。
4. To a lesser extent, Eclipse supports installing plug-ins by manually copying them into the appropriate directories.
   在较小的范围内，Eclipse支持把插件手动复制到相应的目录中来安装插件。
5. For this article, we're concerned with the Business layer and to a lesser extent the Presentation layer.
   在本文中，我们主要关注业务层和显示层。
6. This article assumes that you are familiar with Java technology and ( to a lesser extent) with XML.
   本文假设您熟悉Java技术和（初步了解）XML。
7. The patterns identified do still apply, but perhaps to a lesser extent.
   我们调查的模式仍然适用，但是使用范围要小一些。
8. All of the diets led to reduced caloric intake, and all of them led to weight loss at six months and, to a lesser extent, at 12 months.
   所有的饮食方案都减少了热量摄入，它们都能令参与者在六个月后体重减轻，并在接下来的六个月里继续减轻（但减重幅度较小）。
9. That slowdown seems to be mirrored to a lesser extent in other sectors.
   这种放缓似乎在其他领域也有较小程度的体现。
10. Inter-African business is also on the rise with some companies from South Africa, Nigeria, and to a lesser extent Kenya beginning to build continental scale.
    非洲内部的商业也开始增长，来自南非、尼日利亚和肯尼亚（程度不及前者）的一些公司开始建立横跨大陆的业务。
11. The UK and, to a lesser extent Finland, cut value-added tax rates, for example, while other countries, such as Hungary and Ireland, raised their VAT rates.
    例如，英国和芬兰（程度较英国轻一些）降低了增值税税率，而匈牙利和爱尔兰等国则提高了增值税税率。
12. We will also discuss sound and word-level information processing, but to a lesser extent.
    对于声音及字汇层面的讯息处理过程，我们亦将有所著墨，但讨论的范畴则较为简略。
13. Mulberry's brand penetration had increased significantly in Asia, and to a lesser extent in the US.
    玛百莉在亚洲的品牌渗透率出现显著提升，在美国也有幅度相对小一些的提升。
14. These customs are common in Czechoslovakia and to a lesser extent in Hungary and romania.
    这些习俗在捷克斯洛伐克司空见惯，在匈牙利和罗马尼亚就不那么常见了。
15. New research from the US found that severe headaches such as migraine were linked to changes in weather, particularly to increased ambient temperature and to a lesser extent lower barometric pressure.
    来自美国的新研究发现严重的头痛比如偏头痛和季节有联系，特别是周围环境温度增加和较小程度气压降低的情况下。
16. One of their modern uses is in cryogenics, and to a lesser extent, refrigeration.
    他们的一个现代化的用途是在低温，并在较小的程度上，制冷。
17. Multicellular green algae and, to a lesser extent brown and red algae, have many features in common with land plants and are the dominant photosynthetic organisms in shallow seas.
    多细胞的绿藻、在一定程度上还包括褐藻和红藻，它们有许多特征都与陆生植物相同，是在浅海中能进行光合作用的生物。
18. While researchers haven't studied exercise and swine flu specifically, they have explored whether physical activity can enhance immunity and combat colds and, to a lesser extent, seasonal flu.
    虽然研究人员还没有研究运动和猪流感之间的关系。他们已经开始探索运动是否能增强免疫力，防治感冒，并在一定程度上防治季节性流感。
19. A child's values come from its parents and, to a lesser extent, from its schooling.
    孩子的价值观大多来自于父母，也有小部分来自于学校教育。
20. Of the health care resources available, most are currently spent on the specialized treatment and care of the people with mental illness, and to a lesser extent on an integrated mental health system.
    在现有的卫生保健资源中，目前大部分用于对精神疾病的专门治疗和护理，较少一部分用于综合性精神卫生系统。
21. The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.
    森林污染对植物有严重的影响，对野生动物也有一定影响。
22. For me it would be the time of the Greeks and to a lesser extent the Romans.
    对我来讲，我觉得是希腊时期的历史，还有一开始的罗马。
23. China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Chile and, to a lesser extent, India have put it into practice and reaped rich economic dividends.
    中国大陆、新加坡、香港、澳大利亚、智利和印度（程度不及前者）已付诸实践，并获得了巨大的经济回报。
24. The same is true, to a lesser extent, for Ireland and Portugal.
    爱尔兰和葡萄牙也是如此，只是程度稍轻。
25. We are also "competing" to a lesser extent with native installer solutions.
    我们还在与本地的安装方案“竞争”。
26. A corollary of that flawed assumption was that China and to a lesser extent Japan and India could somehow shoulder the global economic burden by substituting for fast-disappearing us and European demand.
    这种存在缺陷的假设产生了一个推论：即中国其次还有日本和印度能通过填补迅速消逝的美国和欧洲需求，在一定程度上承担起全球经济重担。
27. My son does something similar, though usually to a lesser extent.
    我儿子也有这样的行为，不过程度要轻些。
28. By contrast, growth in China and many other emerging economies in Asia and Latin America, and to a lesser extent in the Commonwealth of Independent States, has cooled, after a surge in output beyond potential following the recovery from the Great Recession.
    相比之下，中国和其他亚洲及拉美新兴经济体，以及独联体国家（程度较小一些），在从大衰退（GreatRecession）复苏以来经历了一轮超出潜能的产出猛涨以后，增长已经降温了。
29. Computerization of the office has changed my daily routine and, to a lesser extent, my workload.
    办公室的计算机化改变了我的日常工作程序，而且，在较小程度上，降低了我的工作量。
30. The US, China and Japan saw similar decreases-but to a lesser extent.
    在美国、中国和日本也有下降，但下降的幅度小一些。

adv

1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
   1. less interesting
   2. less expensive
   3. less quickly

   Synonym:    less