. … if your language learning has been less than successful， you might do well to try some of the techniques outlined above.

　　less than用在形容詞的前面是為了給所要表述的內(nèi)容增加否定意味。又如：It would be less than fair to put all the blame on him.(把所有的責(zé)任都加在他身上是不太公平的。)

　　請翻譯下面的句子：

　　1) 父親對他的成績不太滿意。(Father was less than satisfied with his performance.)

　　2) 這個計劃遠不夠完美。(The plan was a good deal less than perfect.)

　　do well to do sth. 的意思是“最好…做”，如：She would do well to go away from these

　　dishonest people.(她最好遠離這些不誠實的人。)