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The larger firm was capable of providing a better range of services.

较大的公司能够提供一系列更好的服务。

This is an important step toward lower interest rates.

这是向较低利率迈出的重要一步。

She can hold her own against almost any player.

她几乎能和任何一名选手一较高下。

They were unsteady on their feet and rather uncoordinated.

他们站立不稳，协调性较差。

Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.

较年长的母亲往往对身为人母的乐趣过于理想化。

Residents in general are poor and undereducated, and live in sub-standard housing.

居民们普遍都很贫穷，受教育程度低，居住条件较差。

Hay fever is an affliction which arrives at an early age.

枯草热是年纪较小时会患的一种病。

The more recent conifer plantations cannot yet compare with the old woodlands.

年代较近的针叶树林场还比不上年代久远的林场。

He is loathed by some of the more traditionally minded officers.

他为某些思想较守旧的官员所憎恶。

The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage.

锹和耙的手柄较长，可发挥较好的杠杆作用。

Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living.

各公司正在把工作岗位转移至生活费用较低的城镇。

The programme was a gold mine for small production companies.

这一方案能为产量较小的公司带来滚滚财源。

The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.

航空公司投入了大笔资金购买噪音较小的新型飞机。

Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.

一些较老式的电话机仍然只收代币。

The molecules in regular liquids are held together by relatively weak bonds.

常规液体里分子之间的键合力相对较弱。