lesser
/ˈlesə(r); `lɛsɚ/ adj[attrib 作定语]
1 not as great as the other(s) 较小的; 较少的; 次要的
one of the author's lesser works 该作者的一部次要的著作
He's stubborn, and so is she, but to a lesser degree, ie not as much. 他很固执, 她也是, 只是程度差些.
one of the lesser lights (ie less prominent members) of his profession 他那一行的一个次要人物.
2 (idm 习语) the ,lesser of two `evils the less harmful of two bad choices 两害相权其中之轻者.