| 1. | It is less than a mile to the beach .
离海滨不到一英里。 |
| 2. | The value of the british pound is less than it was 100 years ago .
现在英镑的价值比一百年前的低。 |
| 3. | The total diameter of cavitation, if present, is less than 4cm .
若出现空洞，其直径总和小于4厘米。 |
| 4. | The second root is rejected since it shows that bmax is less than bmin .
舍去第二个根，因为它表示Bmax小于Bmin。 |
| 5. | The lowermost capillary fringe is a zone in which the pressure is less than atmospheric .
最下面的那个毛细水带中的压力小于大气压。 |
| 6. | For altitudes in excess of 350, 000 feet the air density is less than 10 -7 of that at sealevel .
在高度高于350000英尺时，空气密度仅为海平面高度的107。 |
| 7. | This means that the fall velocity of sand particles in such suspensions will be less than in clear water .
这意味着这种悬浮物中的沙粒的沉速将比其在清水中为小。 |
| 8. | In general, the annual rainfall in these regions is less than the annual water loss by evaporation .
总的来说，这些地区的年降雨量比一年内由于蒸腾而失去的水分要少。 |
| 9. | If two marbles collide, they rebound with a total kinetic energy that is less than what they had before the collision .
两粒弹子相撞，它们弹回时的总动能比碰撞之前要小。 |
