少

little

lack

few

poco

young

fewness

be short

smallness

hypoleukocytosis

少[shǎo]

-（数量小）few;little;less:
madefewermistakes;少出差错
renounceemptytalk;少说空话
-（不够原有或应有的数目;缺少）beshort;lack:
beshortofdoctorsandmedicine;缺医少药
Westilllackapairofchopsticks.还少一双筷子。
-（丢;遗失）lose;bemissing:
Seeifanyoneismissing.看看少不少人。
Onebookismissing.少了一本书。
-（不要）stop;quit:
Stoptalkingrubbish!少废话!
Stoppretending!少给我装蒜！
-（稀有）seldom:
seldomseen;unique;rare少见
-（暂时;稍微）alittlewhile;amoment:
Waitamoment,please.请少候。

少女以前要上仪态课。
Young ladies used to have lessons in deportment.

我们的主要问题就是缺少时间。
Our principal problem is lack of time.

干旱少雨使原本就很严重的粮食短缺问题更加严重。
The lack of rain aggravated the already serious shortage of food.

我问一个小孩：“你能数多少个数字？”
I asked a little boy, "how many numerals can you count?"

他没多少文化修养。
He is a man of little culture.

那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。
The dowry of my wife was very little in that age.

现在卖报纸利润很少。
There is very little profit in selling newspapers at present.

如今未经勘测的森林是少之又少了。
Very little forestry is left unexplored nowadays.

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