They always look smaller close up.

它们从近处看总是更小。

Let's separate into smaller groups.

让我们分成更小的组吧。

Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down.

一些小的承包商已被迫歇业。

The proposal is weighted towards smaller businesses.

这项提议对小型企业有利。

Their smaller rival is battling to end their duopoly.

比他们小的竞争对手正在为结束他们两家寡头集团而斗争。

They are selling their house to move to a smaller one.

他们要卖掉他们的房子，搬到一个小点的房子去住。

The company was fractured into several smaller groups.

这家公司被肢解成几家小公司。

The police wanted to separate them into smaller groups.

警察想把他们分成更小的组。

The systems are getting smaller and using lower voltages.

这些系统正变得更小而且使用更低的电压。

They decided to let out the smaller offices at low rents.

他们决定以低租金把那些较小的办公室租出去。

A centimetre can be infinitely divided into smaller units.

一厘米能被无穷尽地分为更小的单位。

The DNA molecule is compounded from many smaller molecules.

脱氧核糖核酸分子是由许多更小的分子组成的。

The smaller lake ranges from five to fourteen feet in depth.

这个较小的湖的深度在5至14英尺之间。

It is often a good idea to start with smaller, easily achievable goals.

以较小的、容易实现的目标来做开端经常是个好主意。

This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.

这就意味着较小银行在贷款高峰期能将高额利润入私帐。

There must be some misunderstanding—I thought I ordered the smaller model.

一定是搞错了—我以为我订的是更小型号的。

A steady growth in the popularity of two smaller parties may upset the polls.

两个较小政党声誉的持续增长也许会搅乱大选。

The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.

该设备本身变得越来越小、越来越精巧，因而也就越来越便于存放。

Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain.

法国的农场比美国甚至英国的都小得多。

Times become more flexible off-season, especially in the smaller provincial museums.

特别是小型省级博物馆，在淡季开放时间更灵活。

Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.

大型超市的掠夺性定价正威胁着小商店的生计。

Smaller companies' stocks generally have underperformed larger ones in the past several years.

在过去的几年里，较小公司的股票在总体上表现不如较大公司的股票。

It is becoming harder for the authorities to sucker healthy banks into taking over smaller ones.

当权者要欺骗营运良好的银行接管小银行越来越难。

The strike affecting the country's largest airline is producing easy pickings for smaller companies.

罢工给全国最大航空公司带来的影响使得较小的航空公司轻易捡到便宜。

The first thing viewers usually say when they see me in the flesh is "You're smaller than you look on TV."

观众见到我本人时常说的第一句话往往是“你比在电视上看上去矮小一些”。

Sometimes smaller is better.

有时候小些反而更好。

I've got something smaller.

我有一些更小的东西。

Could it be smaller?

它还能更小吗？

Is the dog smaller?

这只狗比较小吗？

It gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.

在一次一次的错误中慢慢损耗变小。